[CentOS] What the heck is a "text/html decoder"

[Frank Cox]

On Mon, 04 Nov 2013 22:51:59 +0100
Dennis Jacobfeuerborn wrote:

> > My phone service provider offers a way to check my voicemail via a
> > webpage.  However, when I go to that webpage with Firefox and try to play
> > back a saved message, a window pops up that says this:
> >
> > "The following plugin is required: text/html decoder"
> >
> > What is it looking for and how can I install it?  I already  have these
> > totem rpms:
> 
> It's looking for a web browser. "text/html" is a MIME type:
> 
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_media_type#Type_text

Firefox isn't a web browser?  I go the voicemail page using firefox, click on the play message link, and get the above noted pop-up window.

Sorry to appear dense, but I'm not understanding what it (and you) are saying, somehow.

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