Display Text Directly

Treat "text/x-*" as "text/plain"

Display Text Directly - Firefox Add-on

Display Text Directly is a Firefox add-on that rewrites 'text/x-*' files into 'text/plain', ensuring they are displayed instead of being treated as unknown files and offered for download.

Add-on stats

By: Lukas Mai
Users: 15
Rating: 4.75
(4)
Version: 0.1.2resigned1 (Last updated: 2024-04-25)
Creation date: 2015-03-08
Weekly download count: NaN
Firefox on Android: Yes
Risk impact: High risk impact
Risk likelihood:
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
  • *://*/*
  • storage
  • webRequest
  • webRequestBlocking
Size: 10.08K

Other platforms

Not available on Chrome
Not available on Android
Not available on Edge
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Add-on summary

Some files are served with a text/x-foo Content-Type, e.g. http://tomaw.net/irssi/printlevels.pl has Content-Type: text/x-perl. Instead of treating these unknown text types as text and displaying them, Firefox treats them as completely unknown and offers them for download.

This add-on rewrites text/x-* into text/plain so everything works as expected.

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Add-on safety

Risk impact

Display Text Directly requires some sensitive permissions that could impact your browser and data security. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk likelihood

Display Text Directly is probably trust-worthy. Prefer other publishers if available. Exercise caution when installing this add-on.

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