I am very pleased to go back on my previous words, quoted below. As of 0.9.7 Build ID: 2002011604, File | Save Page As is working just as it should with regard to filenames. Save Link As is also working.
This is a really good development. Congrats to the developers! Andrew Hagen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 16 Jan 2002 03:37:42 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Hagen) wrote: >As of the 2002011503 build, it appears that the context menu's "Save >Link As" will be fixed to correctly use the filename as the filename, >while File | Save Page As will use the HTML Title as the filename. > >So now, when I want to save an HTML page, I will have to avoid using >File | Save Page As, even though the latter is the natural thing to >use. > >It makes me retch. > >Andrew Hagen >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >On Sat, 12 Jan 2002 15:33:55 +0100, Steffen Motzer ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi, >> >>If I try to download anything by using the "save as" option, Mozilla >>(0.9.7) replaces the real filename (which is part of the URL) with the >>description used in the href link! >> >>If I left-click the link this does not happen (but this isn't really an >>option, if I try to download a number of PDF files (or any other >>filetype for which there is a plugin or default application installed): >> >><a href="testfile.pdf">download this file</a> >> >>I don't want to manually fix the filename every time I download a >>file!!! >> >>-- >>Bye, Steffen ! >> >>"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety >>deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin >