Good afternoon.

A linked avif-file is opened in Qutebrowser as expected, when the page, containing the link, and the avif-file are read from the local hard disk :
The same file-structure, uploaded to my hosting server, results in the download-dialog being displayed, when the link is clicked.

The problem does not occur in Firefox.

There does not appear to be easily accessible information about this behavior of Qutebrowser or about what I could do to improve it. I can use JavaScript onclick handlers to remedy part of my problem, but this is too much of a change and I deem it superfluous. I will rather change the image format again, but not yet ...

Maybe you know something ?

Erm... I notice the continuity of my Qutebrowser threads and the bad choice I made to wait until I was in a really bad mood before posting here. This should be the last such event and I consider again giving up on Qutebrowser, too.

Edit: You can have the original page: https://www.uplawski.eu/div/Kompost (new version as of 21:30 uses JavaScript)
This documents problems with a compost-container which is difficult to move without breaking some of its parts and sensible to strong winds under certain conditions. This one was given to us for free and I communicate my experience to our local waste disposal administration.

Qutebrowser is webengine isn't it? Lets see... Yes Qt6webengine and PyQt6.

Read the docs for Qt5-Qt6webengine. It needs javascript to do a lot of things. The web inspector won't even work without scripts on.

https://doc.qt.io/qt-6/qtwebengine-overview.html
https://pypi.org/project/PyQt6/
https://www.riverbankcomputing.com/software/pyqt/

What you are describing sound just like QtWebengine. I use it all of the time in my own web browser. I block all of that, and do things manually.

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I do not block JavaScript and even use it on a different page to get around the problem of links to AVIF.
I am no longer an Informaticien. That I can see Firefox act in the way I had expected replaces all expert-knowledge about the underlying technology. Your references are not given in vain. They serve already to evaluate better the amount of inconvenience that I encounter when deploying technology in the hope to simplify my task of publishing images.

I did it wrong and will improve.
Edit: Done. JavaScript is used to display the images.

This forum needs a [TOTAL SUBMISSION] button


Edit: Epiphany-Browser works. Engine-Trouble, I guess. But could be APU-trouble, too or a flat tire, a bird-strike or adverse weather conditions.

UPDATE To make QuteBrowser display AVIF like any other image-type that it supports, you must ensure that the server transmits the right Content-Type. I did not contact my Web-administrator, but modified the .htaccess file in the root-directory of my Web-site:
Something I have forgotten in the past and will – again – forget. Probably now.

I cannot know, why other Browsers display the AVIF-image anyway, but Qutebrowser or Qt WebEngine need the additional information, but be surprised : I don't give and consider this an unneeded complication. Basically useless knowledge and a responsibility that I do not want.

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