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Fix Firefox to launch MIME filetype handler applications
Authored by: neuralstatic on Mar 30, '04 04:06:59PM

i finally started to look into my firefox setup -- i have that same frustration with npr files.

but i find i am unable to add any new mime types through firefox's gui. the "open file with ____" pull down menu has zero options.

and if i go through prefs, i can remove or edit, but not add new ones. and SMIL doesn't show up there. though i notice it's in the mime.rdf file?

any ideas?



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Fix Firefox to launch MIME filetype handler applications
Authored by: pbw on Mar 31, '04 02:03:00AM

I had a problem with the hint. When I chose the RealPlayer app under "RealOnePlayer/Contents/MacOS", it would try to launch Classic. I had to edit the mimeTypes.rdf file to point to the Applications/RealOnePlayer.app. Then it worked fine.

Neuralstatic: In order to add the SMIL to the Firefox Download File Types, I just clicked the SMIL link on the npr.org site. A dialog box came up asking me what to do. I chose Save File to Disk and clicked the checkbox to do this for all. Then SMIL showed up in Firefox's list.



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