I am not sure we understand each other well. The first issue is that the download folder is not separate from the folder where FF downloads files such as PDFs to when you want to look at that file within FF. The first folder should be the download folder, which the user can set to her wishes via preference setting. The 2nd folder should be a temporary folder, where FF stores those files the user just wants to look at using the browser and that folder ought to be under any Unix system a temporary folder, e.g. in /private/tmp. As I do not want the 2nd use to clutter up my actual downloads folder, I have set as the FF download folder a temporary foler in /private/tmp. Any true download has then to be retrieved from there manually. That is the first problem with FF, never addressed really, never resolved I believe since 13 years if I am not mistaken. The 2nd problem associated with truly downloading files only is the fact that FF did not honor the checkbox "Do this automatically for files like this from now on." when downloading some file type, e.g. a PDF and chosing some application by which to open it. Checking that checkbox never had an effect and FF continued for years to ignore the users choice.
My take on this is that FF should distinguish the two folders used for only looking at a file, e.g. a PDF from within FF, or actually downloading, i.e. truly downloading a file. The 2nd fix would be to either hide a not functioning checkbox or then implement the feature the checkbox is offering. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to firefox in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065126 Title: "Always do this from now on" does not work Status in Mozilla Firefox: Confirmed Status in One Hundred Papercuts: Confirmed Status in firefox package in Ubuntu: Confirmed Bug description: Downloading an unknown file type in Firefox displays a dialog for choosing which application to use for opening the file. The dialog contains a check box labelled "Always do this action from now on". Checking this option does not work: When I download a file of the same type next time, the same dialog is displayed again. This feature is broken for as long as I can remember (> 10 years). It's time it was fixed (or removed). ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 12.04 Package: firefox 15.0.1+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 3.2.0-31.50-generic 3.2.28 Uname: Linux 3.2.0-31-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia AddonCompatCheckDisabled: False AlsaVersion: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24. ApportVersion: 2.0.1-0ubuntu13 Architecture: amd64 ArecordDevices: **** List of CAPTURE Hardware Devices **** card 0: Intel [HDA Intel], device 0: AD198x Analog [AD198x Analog] Subdevices: 2/2 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 Subdevice #1: subdevice #1 AudioDevicesInUse: USER PID ACCESS COMMAND /dev/snd/controlC0: ruediger 2536 F.... pulseaudio BuildID: 20120907231657 Card0.Amixer.info: Card hw:0 'Intel'/'HDA Intel at 0xfe220000 irq 49' Mixer name : 'Analog Devices AD1984' Components : 'HDA:11d41984,17aa20bb,00100400' Controls : 32 Simple ctrls : 20 Card29.Amixer.info: Card hw:29 'ThinkPadEC'/'ThinkPad Console Audio Control at EC reg 0x30, fw 7KHT24WW-1.08' Mixer name : 'ThinkPad EC 7KHT24WW-1.08' Components : '' Controls : 1 Simple ctrls : 1 Card29.Amixer.values: Simple mixer control 'Console',0 Capabilities: pswitch pswitch-joined penum Playback channels: Mono Mono: Playback [on] Channel: Unavailable Date: Wed Oct 10 18:17:44 2012 EcryptfsInUse: Yes ForcedLayersAccel: False IfupdownConfig: auto lo iface lo inet loopback InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 11.04 "Natty Narwhal" - Release amd64 (20110427.1) IpRoute: default via 172.31.0.1 dev wlan0 proto static 169.254.0.0/16 dev wlan0 scope link metric 1000 172.31.0.0/20 dev wlan0 proto kernel scope link src 172.31.9.26 metric 2 MostRecentCrashID: bp-7716491c-74b4-4213-bbf0-37b512110505 PrefSources: prefs.js Profiles: Profile0 (Default) - LastVersion=15.0.1/20120907231657 (In use) RelatedPackageVersions: rhythmbox-mozilla 2.96-0ubuntu4.2 totem-mozilla 3.0.1-0ubuntu21.1 icedtea-6-plugin 1.2-2ubuntu1.2 RunningIncompatibleAddons: False SourcePackage: firefox UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to precise on 2012-04-28 (165 days ago) dmi.bios.date: 03/18/2011 dmi.bios.vendor: LENOVO dmi.bios.version: 7LETC9WW (2.29 ) dmi.board.name: 6457BBG dmi.board.vendor: LENOVO dmi.board.version: Not Available dmi.chassis.asset.tag: No Asset Information dmi.chassis.type: 10 dmi.chassis.vendor: LENOVO dmi.chassis.version: Not Available dmi.modalias: dmi:bvnLENOVO:bvr7LETC9WW(2.29):bd03/18/2011:svnLENOVO:pn6457BBG:pvrThinkPadT61:rvnLENOVO:rn6457BBG:rvrNotAvailable:cvnLENOVO:ct10:cvrNotAvailable: dmi.product.name: 6457BBG dmi.product.version: ThinkPad T61 dmi.sys.vendor: LENOVO To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1065126/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
