Reviews for Open With
Open With by Geoff Lankow
96 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by kelendral, 6 sni ilu6.8.6 version took some hacks for Basilisk.
I've got the toolbar button working on my Basilisk install matching the one on my Pale Moon install. Took some slight modifications of about-openwith.js, openwith.js, and openwith-fx.xul
It is cool seeing Pale Moon icon in my Basilisk and Basilisk icon in my Pale Moon status bars.
Also convenient for checking how sites render in IE, Edge, FF, Chrome easily.
I prefer the 6.8.6 version on my browsers which will continue to support XUL addons. - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13720958, 6 sni iluI thought the instructions were fairly simple. Install python. Open a command prompt and run the Python script. Great extension, very very useful.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13649848, 6 sni iluIt works well, you have to manually paste the path to your exe
- Rated 5 out of 5by Edward27821, 6 sni iluLove the extension in Thunderbird but it is difficult to locate
- Rated 5 out of 5by gerardos, 6 sni iluPerfect for opening video links with mpv. It just works.
Edit: Contrary to recent reviews, as of March 2024, this add-on still works! At least on my machine (Windows 10). - Rated 5 out of 5by tientisheh, 6 sni ilu
- Rated 5 out of 5by TigerMan, 7 sni iluLoved this extension for such a long time and now on Firefox 57 is fantastic. Even better, developer Geoff has the support of his work that other developers should aspire to. Thank you.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Daktyl, 7 sni iluI spent so long looking for an extension that does this. I want the author to know how much I appreciate any work he puts into this (already donated
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13514785, 7 sni iluI missing Qupzilla.
Your script cannot find QupZilla
I have modify it in this way:
"
def find_browsers():
apps = [
'Chrome',
'Chromium',
'chromium-browser',
'firefox',
'Firefox',
'Google Chrome',
'google-chrome',
'opera',
'Opera',
'qupzilla',
'QupZilla',
'SeaMonkey',
'seamonkey',
]
" - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13509334, 7 sni iluINSTRUCTIONS ON HOW TO INSTALL IN WINDOWS BELOW
So far this is working fine with Windows 8.1 - I will report back if I have any issues in 7 or 10 when I get around to installing it on my other systems.
For those not understanding WHY this new setup is required, Firefox has completely changed how extensions will work moving forward. Long story short, they took away the deep functionality which pretty much all developers relied on. Trust me, no one is happy about it and the majority of devs are publicly jumping ship.
However, I'm not sure of the issue from reviewers about installing Python for this extension to work, since all it does is expand a few language extensions in the background on your computer. Python has been around since 1991 and trustworthy. A standard user will never see a difference in any normal day to day operations.
For those who do not understand how to install in Windows:
1. Install Python (Download from link, run file, and then follow install screens)
2. Download the linked .py file and then move it to a special folder or the root of your C:/ drive (I put mine under the python install folder/Lib)
3. Open a Windows Command prompt (Type command or cmd into Start Menu search and select the cmd.exe)
4. Navigate inside the command prompt to the folder where you put the file in #2 (i.e. "cd c:\path_of_file_folder")
5. Run the command given in instructions: "open_with_windows.py install" (You must be in the same folder as the file)
6. Click Test in the extension info screen inside of Firefox. It will tell you immediately if it worked and you can begin finding/adding external programs to launch - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 12674645, 7 sni ilu
- Rated 5 out of 5by M. Möhling, 7 sni iluWorks fine, lightweight open source .py helper file,* option to select all installed browsers, good job.
* with FF 57, all other "open with" addons require external helper files, too, one of them is 20 MB on Linux... However, the Python helper file has to be installed using the command line, which may be difficult for some users. - Rated 5 out of 5by cluefly, 7 sni ilu
- Rated 5 out of 5by yarnweaver, 7 sni iluHave successfully transitioned to the new version with the external Python helper application (on ubuntu, a version of python was already previously installed). For the previous version, I had "browsers" (actually custom scripts) specified by command line, and the UI for the new version made it relatively painless to re-create them. The biggest frustration was that browsers configured under the old version aren't automatically imported into the new version upon upgrade - and in my first attempt to set a browser up, I got my entry for the "name" and the "command" field the wrong way round - but after correcting that mistake, it worked first time.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13378652, 7 sni ilu
- Rated 5 out of 5by Bash, 7 sni iluПять звёзд за версию 6.8.6...
Вернулся на без проблемную версию 6.8.6, здесь хоть не надо устанавливать дополнительное "ПО"...
А разработчика я понимаю, не так легко подстроится под "Firefox 57", на который я вряд ли перейду, так как нужные мне приложения в нём не работают. А пока буду да последнего использовать "Firefox ESR 52". - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13434810, 7 sni iluOpen With is a classic among add-ons. I use the add-on for web development and to open links in desktop software. The developer has been maintaining the add-on for years and has even released a modernized version as a WebExtension. WebExtensions must adhere to restrictions that the developer has overcome with a Python script. This method works fine on Linux.
Many thanks to Dark Trojan! - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 10244801, 7 sni iluThis is too complicated for me to get working. I need more info on the installation process.
PS. I use FF 56. Do I have to run 57 to get it working?
Edit: On +57 now and have looked more careful at installation process. Love it!