[Bug 209695] [NEW] attachments open in read only mode

[Jane Silber]

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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