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Options Dialog

A few relevant changes were also made to the Options dialog (still accessible via Tools > Options…). As Figure 7

illustrates, the first thing to notice is the new OS-dependent icon set used for the top buttons. However, if

you look more carefully, you’ll see that a new Applications button has been added.

The Applications tab lets you customize the way Firefox handles known file types and protocols.

Figure 6. Viewing Application Options in Firefox 3

The view is divided into two columns, the first listing content types, while the other displays the action

that’s to be performed when that particular content type is accessed. The big improvement is that now it’s

no longer necessary to hack through about:config settings to set content handles: now, you’re allowed to

browse for a specific set of predefined actions using a GUI.

I was actually very impressed by how refined the application’s GUI is—in this release, it appears much

more refined then Opera’s. Firefox will try to find an appropriate plugin (if installed) to handle file content,

but you can also select your favorite application via a dialog that shows all the installed applications which

can open that particular file type.

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