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v137.0.2 has modified my "open picture" settings without my permission

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Why the hell has update 137.0.2 modified the settings when opening pictures in a new tab without my permission?

JPG, JPEG and PNG had always been set up as "Open in Firefox". What it would do is, load the picture in a new tab, INSIDE FIREFOX. With the latest update, the "Open in Firefox" setting is not even there! The only options available to select are:

  • Always ask
  • Save file
  • Use Applications\PhotoViewer.dll (default)
  • Use other...

Why do you guys always feel the need to push things on your users? This is annoying and unprofessional

Why the hell has update 137.0.2 modified the settings when opening pictures in a new tab without my permission? JPG, JPEG and PNG had always been set up as "Open in Firefox". What it would do is, load the picture in a new tab, INSIDE FIREFOX. With the latest update, the "Open in Firefox" setting is not even there! The only options available to select are: * Always ask * Save file * Use Applications\PhotoViewer.dll (default) * Use other... Why do you guys always feel the need to push things on your users? This is annoying and unprofessional
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I can't track down any intentional change to download handling in Firefox 137. Maybe your handlers.json file (which stores your choices) was regenerated with current default options for some reason?

Servers can send different Content-Disposition instructions with a file:

  • attachment => tells the browser to handle externally rather than display in a tab
  • inline => tells the browser to display in a tab (or embedded in a page)
  • (none) => browsers treat as inline

So there shouldn't be a problem with most images, just ones that servers try to force you to save.

But is there a fix for those? Hmm, I can't think of a built-in setting.

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