How to determine what file extensions are supported by a browser?

I would like to find a procedure to determine which file extensions
(in addition to *.html) are supported by a browser.

Do Firefox and IE keep a list of all the supported file types?

Is T&E (trial and error) the only way to find those out?

TIA,

-RFH

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:54:22 -0700, Ramon F Herrera rearranged some
electrons to say:

> I would like to find a procedure to determine which file extensions (in
> addition to *.html) are supported by a browser.
>
> Do Firefox and IE keep a list of all the supported file types?
>
> Is T&E (trial and error) the only way to find those out?
>
> TIA,
>
> -RFH

With Firefox, type

aboutlugins

in the URL text box.

On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:54:22 -0700, Ramon F Herrera rearranged some
electrons to say:

> I would like to find a procedure to determine which file extensions (in
> addition to *.html) are supported by a browser.
>
> Do Firefox and IE keep a list of all the supported file types?
>
> Is T&E (trial and error) the only way to find those out?
>
> TIA,
>
> -RFH

P.S. Why would you post a question about IE in a linux group?

On Sep 20, 6:23*am, david <n...@nospam.com> wrote:
> On Sat, 20 Sep 2008 03:54:22 -0700, Ramon F Herrera rearranged some
> electrons to say:
>
> > I would like to find a procedure to determine which file extensions (in
> > addition to *.html) are supported by a browser.
>
> > Do Firefox and IE keep a list of all the supported file types?
>
> > Is T&E (trial and error) the only way to find those out?
>
> > TIA,
>
> > -RFH
>
> P.S. *Why would you post a question about IE in a linux group?


Easy: Because we Linux users and sysadmins are:

- smarter
- better educated
- more willing to help

Than the MS ilk.

-RFH

In news:4d39ecc6-3a43-47da-8124-(E-Mail Removed),
Ramon F Herrera <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:

> I would like to find a procedure to determine which file extensions
> (in addition to *.html) are supported by a browser.
>
> Do Firefox ...

In the future, please post your questions in an appropriate Usenet
newsgroup. Your query has nothing to do with Linux networking issues.

Edit -> Preferences -> Applications

On Sep 20, 3:54*am, Ramon F Herrera <ra...@conexus.net> wrote:

> I would like to find a procedure to determine which file extensions
> (in addition to *.html) are supported by a browser.

I think that's kind of a deceptive question. Browsers typically don't
care much about file extensions. For example, my Firefox browser has
no problem understanding the content at "http://www.google.com/". What
file extension is that exactly?

DS