D21542: Ignore Okteta part if there is an external application available

[Friedrich W. H. Kossebau]

kossebau added a comment.


  In D21542#473161 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D21542#473161>, @elvisangelaccio wrote:
  
  > In D21542#473134 <https://phabricator.kde.org/D21542#473134>, @kossebau wrote:
  >
  > > What is so wrong with hex editor previews? Spot your trojans while they enter your system in a zip !;)
  > >
  > > More serious: I am not sure if users want a full-blown application started instead of the previewer.  Even more if this cannot be foreseen when triggering the preview, what actually will happen.
  > >  I would rather expect no preview if there is no (wanted) previewer available. And have a dedicated "Open" instead.
  >
  >
  > See the test plan: I wanted to open an excel in some archive, I got hex numbers instead. I think that's not what the average user would expect.
  
  
  But why not do open the full app for all mimetypes? This seems a bit of a surprise box then. And questions the purpose of the preview mode.

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Cc: aacid, kde-utils-devel, tctara
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