The Download Actions dialog, which can be opened by clicking the - Manage... button, contains file types that you have downloaded. - You can choose what &brandShortName; should do when clicking on a specific - file type by selecting the file type you want to modify and clicking the - Change Action... button.
-This will display the Download Actions dialog, where you can choose to have - the file type opened by the default application, opened by a particular - application, saved to disk, or shown with an installed plugin. For example, - if you view lots of media files on web pages, you might want to specify that - &brandShortName; always open media files in your media player instead of - asking where you want each media file to be saved.
+The Applications panel lets you choose applications and other + handlers to handle different types of content (e.g. PDF documents). It shows + you a list of content types and lets you select a handler for each type.
+You can choose a local application to handle any type. For some types, + you can also choose a web application to handle the type, choose a feature + (like Live Bookmarks for feeds) + or a plugin in &brandShortName; to handle + the type, or save the type on your computer.
-Feeds are specially formatted documents which summarize the content of web - sites. For example, a feed might summarize the latest news headlines from a - news site or the latest posts on a blog. You can view the content of feeds in - &brandShortName;, create Live Bookmarks for them, or add them to a feed reader - on your computer or on the Web. The &pref.plural; in this pane determine what - &brandShortName; does when you view a feed.
+To choose a handler for a type, select the type from the list. The current + handler for the type will turn into a menu. Open the menu and select the + handler you want to handle the type.
-Show me a preview and ask me which Feed Reader to use
- When you view a feed within &brandShortName;, you will be shown a preview of
- its contents. With this &pref.singular; selected, you are always given a
- choice of what you would like to use to subscribe to the feed at the top of
- the preview page.
Subscribe to the feed using
- Instead of displaying a preview of the feed when you view one, you can have
- the feed be opened directly in a feed reader by selecting a reader from the
- list of available readers. You can choose to use an application on your
- computer to subscribe to feeds by clicking the Choose Application...
- button and finding the application on your computer. Alternately, you can
- choose to automatically subscribe to feeds by saving them as Live Bookmarks.
- To choose a subscription method, simply select it from the list.
Note: When a plugin is available to handle a type, and you + choose another handler to handle that type, &brandShortName; will only use + your chosen handler when you access the type directly. When the type is + embedded inside a web page, &brandShortName; will continue to use the plugin + to handle the type.
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