non-snap version of FF under Ubuntu 22.04?

[Carsten Agger]

On 27.04.2023 19.45, Oliver Grawert wrote:

>> I can't open local HTML files that reside outside of my home
>> directory (and
>> its subdirectories). I can't open, for instance, something in
>> /usr/local/...
>>
>> Can you open files outside, or are you just referring to files in
>> your home
>> directory?
>>
>> I'm not an enemy of Snap, but this sucks!
>>
>>
> while you will surely not be able to open all html files from random
> places, the typical documentation paths are allowed to firefox ...
>
> seems to me that /usr/local/doc and man should be definitely in the
> permitted list, would you mind filing a bug about this so someone can
> work on adding it ?

I must confess that I'd expect my web browser to open an HTML page in 
any location where I have read access, no questions asked.

If its inability to do so is a "feature" of the snap, then I'd prefer 
not having a snap but a .deb package which would presumably work as 
expected.


Best

Carsten