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firefox refuses to open text documents directly

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d_112359 replied
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d_112359

i'm running firefox 152.0.1 on android 15 running on a samsung s23.

for some reason, firefox insists on downloading text files, instead of displaying them directly. in my experience, firefox used to display text files directly by default.

i checked this on a pc running firefox 115.26.0.esr and was surprised to see the same behaviour. in addition, although i'm able to specify display/download preferences in settings as usual, the option 'open in firefox' doesn't exist for text files...

can anyone tell me why??

i'm running firefox 152.0.1 on android 15 running on a samsung s23. for some reason, firefox insists on downloading text files, instead of displaying them directly. in my experience, firefox used to display text files directly by default. i checked this on a pc running firefox 115.26.0.esr and was surprised to see the same behaviour. in addition, although i'm able to specify display/download preferences in settings as usual, the option 'open in firefox' doesn't exist for text files... can anyone tell me why??

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jbr
jbr
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They might be specifically marked as some "unknown" content by the server to force downloads, so you'd need to provide a few examples to verify.

A correctly set up .txt response is e.g. https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt and I can open this just fine — does it also work for you or this one also triggers a download?

d_112359
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thanks very much, @jbr. that's exactly what the problem was.

cheers

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