#9 Avoid indirection when opening documents

[Peter Becker]

On UNIX and Linux systems all files are opened through the browser -- even if the browser itself won't open then but treats them like a download, asking the user to pick a program. This applies e.g. for OpenOffice or PDF documents.

These indirections should be avoided, opening the programs directly. Of course this is highly platform-specific and might require quite some configuration.