Firefox and Plugins/Mime type association

[Michael Schwendt]

On 25/06/07, John Austin <ja at jaa.org.uk> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Firefox 2.0.0.3 and F7
>
> I really would like to know who or what decides how
> the mime type to plugin/application mapping is determined.

The plugins themselves register with the browser the MIME types they
support. Look up the URL "about:plugins" in Firefox.

> 2. If a mime type is supported by more than one plugin/application
>    how is the download action table determined ?
>
> 3. Is there a secret way of changing the association as the
>    FF Change Action GUI does not appear to give you this option ?

Perhaps you can override some of the behaviour in "about:config".