Display Text Directly
Treat "text/x-*" as "text/plain"
What is Display Text Directly?
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
Rating: 4.75
(4)
Creation date: 2015-03-08
Weekly download count: 2
Firefox on Android: Yes
Manifest version: 2
Permissions:
- *://*/*
- storage
- webRequest
- webRequestBlocking
Size: 10.08K
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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.
User reviews
by Firefox user 17773660, 2023-02-10
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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