#4022 HIGH Update1: browser cannot open files generated by view source

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#4022: browser cannot open files generated by view source
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  Reporter:  walter           |       Owner:  walter 
      Type:  defect           |      Status:  new    
  Priority:  high             |   Milestone:  Update1
 Component:  browse-activity  |     Version:         
Resolution:                   |    Keywords:         
  Verified:  0                |  
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Changes (by walter):

 * cc: walter (added)
  * milestone:  V1.1 => Update1


Comment:

 Between this bug and 4042 I think we have some problems that need to be
 fixed.

 The idea behind view source is two-fold: (1) let kids see the internal
 structure of HTML content; and (2) let kids make changes to that content.
 This is one of the paths of least resistance to getting kids to start
 simple programming.

 Now, one could argue that they should use an HTML editor instead of Write
 for the above, but Write is capable of doing these operations in a
 reasonably friendly way and it is the only real option we have in the near
 term.

 So what are the bugs? 4022 is a matter of properly closing the loop: C-U
 or FN-SPACE causes browse to open the page content in Write as raw HTML.
 You can change view the source as per goal (1) and you can modify it as
 per goal (2), but you have no way of viewing your modifications in the
 browser. I don't understand the root cause, but I assume it is related to
 file or mime-types and somehow registering the "resume" with the D-Bus
 datastore API? Seems like we are very close to being able to fix this one.
 I think the importance of letting the kids hack HTML trumps limiting the
 possibilities of resume options.

 4042 I only just experienced for the first time while testing Build 622
 over the weekend. No resume options were given, which is presumably a bug
 and not a matter of limiting the possibilities of resume options.  I
 haven't tried it on recent Joyride builds, so maybe it is no longer a
 problem.

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