GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 318326
cannot open files with different mime types association (extension, contents)
Last modified: 2005-10-09 21:07:08 UTC
When trying to open files for which the mime types association by extension and contents differ nautilus will give an error (The filename ... indicates that this file...). It usually happens with media files (extentions .wmv, .asf, .avi...) This is a big pain as you can see from google too: http://www.google.ro/search?q=nautilus+%22indicates+that+this+file%22&start=0&start=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&client=firefox&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:unofficial A regular user will simply think that GNOME doesn't work, as the file can be played properly in Windows. Please add to the dialog box a checkbox 'Dont show this warning again" and add another button after "Cancel" named "Open anyway", which will simply open the file with one of the two associated applications (contents or extension). Thanks
I know the proper fix is in mime types, but there are too many types to handle. Implementing this in nautilus will make it more usable.
Yes, I have seen this as well. For instance http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/history/365345 has a solution for this by aliasing mime types. I wonder if we should do this for a very few mime types to avoid confusion.
This has already been reported. I have just been told work is in progress to revise the dialog. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 138033 ***