[Solved] Attachment behavior (since upgrade to phpBB 3.0.1?)

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[Solved] Attachment behavior (since upgrade to phpBB 3.0.1?)

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When you click an attachment here to download, is the file extension recognized by your browser? I used to have that behavior (.odt would be open with OOo then for example) but from a while, it just downloads, no dialog to open it with any application.

I've had troubles with my system so I'm not sure if it comes from my side or not (MIME issue?).
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Re: Upgrade to phpBB 3.0.1

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Did you ever have it with this forum? - I didn't think opened ( vs download ) ever here.

I'll move this to a new thread to continue the actual feature:
Should it? - actually it really should I suppose, at least for ODF files.
Should it be an option? - again I would think so
Would it make sense for it to open in a separate window?
Anyway, not sure how we would turn that on. Patch the phpBB code, use a java script?
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Re: Attachment behavior (since upgrade to phpBB 3.0.1?)

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I've split the thread.

Yes, I had that behavior before. In Firefox, a popup would appear asking if I wanted to open the file with OOo or another application or if I wanted to download it. And there was a check box to set it as the default behavior, see attachment (works fine for a PDF on the French OOo web site):
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So something has changed here it seems.

I think that comes from the MIME type that is not sent by the site, so the browser can't see what's arriving and just proposes to save it somewhere.
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Re: Attachment behavior (since upgrade to phpBB 3.0.1?)

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For the record, it works fine at work on my W2k system. So it must be my Linux box, I'll try to have a look, don't spend time on this!
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