response headers on geofabrik's pbf files deliver text/plain as mime-type, which is wrong in my opinion. so ff tries to display it as text. workaround for me (no guarantees): find mimeTypes.rdf in your ff-profile, MAKE A BACKUP, and then add:

  <RDF:Description RDF:about="urn:mimetype:application/octet-stream"
                   NC:fileExtensions="pbf"
                   NC:description="PBF-File"
                   NC:value="application/octet-stream"
                   NC:editable="false">
    <NC:handlerProp RDF:resource="urn:mimetype:handler:application/octet-stream"/>
  </RDF:Description>

this overrides the header's mine type.


Am 21.02.2012 13:32, schrieb Martin:

Hi,

on Ubuntu  Firefox still ask what to do with the files. But you can try 
following:
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/Options%20window%20-%20Applications%20panel?s=settings+window&r=4&e=sph&as=s
and then choose "Always ask "
I hope this helps.

//Cheers, Martin

Am 2012-02-21 13:22, schrieb GerdP:

Hi Roger,

yes, I can confirm this. I did not search for a solution.

Gerd


Roger Calvert wrote

I have found in the last couple of days that Firefox (which updated
itself recently) tries to open pbf files from the geofabrik depository
rather than downloading them. Has anyone else noticed this? If so, have
you found a solution? (A work round is to use Save As, but this should
not be, and never used to be, necessary.)

Thanks,

Roger
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