Public bug reported:
Binary package hint: mozilla-thunderbird
When clicking on an attachment to a Thunderbird mail message, OpenOffice
will open that attachment in read-only mode. This is new behaviour in
8.04 LTS, and has been implemented in response to bug #87101. However,
I personally consider this new behaviour to be a bug, as it creates
workflow hurdles.
Consider the following example: I receive a spreadsheet as an
attachment. I open it, and in looking at it want to do something minor
like add a column of numbers or some other minor operation. In this
case I have no interest in saving those changes. However, in order to do
this simple task, I have to actually save the file to a local directory,
add my numbers, then go and delete the file afterwards (or gather loads
of unwanted files on my hard disk).
I understand the rationale behind the original bug report, but I
disagree with the implementation of the "fix". I think a more logical
solution to bug 87101 is to warn the user at the time they try to save
something to /tmp, rather than assume that in all cases someone wants
changes to be permanent. The core issue is trying to stop people from
saving to temp storage, and so I think the solution should be targetted
there. I think the current behaviour of forcing a file to be opened read
only gets in the way in a number of situations, and is a bug.
** Affects: mozilla-thunderbird (Ubuntu)
Importance: Undecided
Status: New
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attachments open in read only mode
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/209695
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