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 Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1065126 Title: "Always do this from now on" does not work To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/1065126/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
