Closed
Bug 80557
Opened 24 years ago
Closed 22 years ago
The "Set Default..." dialogue after clicking a file link should include the option to "Save to Disk".
Categories
(Core Graveyard :: File Handling, enhancement)
Core Graveyard
File Handling
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
FIXED
People
(Reporter: Peter, Assigned: law)
References
Details
(Keywords: helpwanted)
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win98; en-US; rv:0.9+) Gecko/20010511 "Set Default..." dialogue after clicking file link show should include the option to "Save to Disk". I am really tired of Mozilla trying to open or execute some file when all I want is to *download* the darn thing. This *so-called intelligence* is highly annoying when I#m not allowed to turn it off. Does anyone understand how mime types work? I've optimized extended and expanded memory since DOS 4 and don't have a clue what mime does (actually, how to configure it). I JUST WANT TO DOWNLOAD THE FILES. I have better programs than mozilla to handle downloaded files. Anyhow, what do you do once Mozilla has opened a file in winzip or displayed a jpg on the browser? Then you're forced to unpack the zip file or re-download the jpg. It's just silly and cumbersome. In the end, you'll want the file on disk anyhow. +-----------------------------------------------+ | What should Mozilla do with this type of file | | <> use default action [Set Default..] | ----> +-----------------------------------------------+ +- New Type ------------------------------------+ | | | Description of file [ ] | | file extension [ ] | | mime type [ ] | | Application to use [ ] | | [Choose...] | +-----------------------------------------------+ | | | <X> Set default action to "Save file to Disk" | <-- THIS ONE !!! | | | < > use this mime for the outgoing type | | | | [OK] [CANCEL] | +-----------------------------------------------+
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Updated•24 years ago
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Keywords: helpwanted,
mozilla0.9.1
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Comment 1•24 years ago
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+- Downloading ----------------------------------+ | | | What should Mozilla do with this type of file | | | | <X> use default action | | [ Save this file to disk ] [Set Default..] | <-- THIS IS HOW | | IT SHOULD BE !!! | < > use a different action | | < > save this file to disk | | < > open with application [ ] [choose] | | | | [ OK ] [Cancel] | +------------------------------------------------+ I should be able to JUST hit return (or click on "OK") and be done with it.
Comment 3•24 years ago
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ccing law -- he wrote the dialog. I should note that on Linux that _is_ how the dialog comes up -- save to disk is the default. This is probably due to us not reading the system mime registry on Linux. Peter -- if what you want is save and not open, why are you doing a click? would not a shift-click or context menu "save link as" be more appropriate?
Assignee: asa → mpt
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
QA Contact: doronr → zach
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Comment 4•24 years ago
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Because most people don't use context menus, and most people don't know about shift+click (I'm an experienced user and didn't know about it). Also, people who just want to *save to disk* should be offered the *same level of convenience* as those who want to display the file ;)
It seems there are two issues: 1. Do we give preference to the existence of a system-defined "helper app" over save-to-disk? I don't think we're likely to change this. Giving preference to save-to-disk is just too wrong in too many cases (e.g., Word documents, streaming audio, etc.). 2. The process of changing the default for a given type to save-to-disk is harder than it ought to be because the "New Type" dialog doesn't offer a "save to disk" option. If it did, then the first time Peter (or other user) saw a content type, they'd hit the "Set Default..." button, check "save to disk," press OK, and be done with it. Either there is already a bug for item 2, or there should be one (maybe even this bug could be it, with the right summary and commentary). Adding Paul Chen to cc: list (he gets to own the pref New/Edit Type dialogs).
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Comment 6•24 years ago
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UMM, I always save M$ word documents to disk first. And saving a streaming audio clip as a file to disk is also not a bad thing - one can listen to it again and again without redowloading it.
And you're certainly welcome to change your default so it works that way. I suspect that the majority of users out there can't hardly tell a MS word document from a web page, is all.
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Comment 8•24 years ago
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Well, currently, there is no way to set the "default" to *Save to Disk* for all filetypes :( That's what I am hoping this bug will fix.
Comment 9•24 years ago
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Blake and I will hopefully be taking a pickaxe to the helper apps UI later today. I'll have to look at the details more closely. But given that this basically seems to be asking `Do you want me to do what you told me to do, or do you want me to do something else?', it's quite possible that the dialog should be gotten rid of completely to avoid unnecessary defenestration of hardware. In any case, you shouldn't use radio buttons for commands. Buttons are for commands. Radio buttons are for settings. Just because Microsoft get this wrong in the Windows `Shut Down' dialog, that's no excuse for us to get it wrong too.
Summary: "Set Default..." dialogue after clicking file link show should include the option to "Save to Disk" → Set Default..." dialogue after clicking file link show should include the option to "Save to Disk
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Updated•24 years ago
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Summary: Set Default..." dialogue after clicking file link show should include the option to "Save to Disk → The "Set Default..." dialogue after clicking a file link should include the option to "Save to Disk".
Comment 15•24 years ago
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See Helper App Dialog Redesign in bug 86640 and bug 88066. Both appear to be working on ways to fix this.
Comment 17•24 years ago
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nope, the New Type dialog still lacks a "save to disk" choice --whether i access it from the pref panel or the "advanced" button in the helper app dialog. at least, this is the case for me using 2001.06.29.06-trunk commercial bits on win98...
Comment 18•24 years ago
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perhaps you were accessing the Edit Type dialog instead? [which has "save to disk" available as a choice.]
Comment 19•24 years ago
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When I click on a link now (in Win2k) it asks if I want to "Open in application" or "save to disk". There is also a check box whether I want to be asked this question again. Clicking "Save to disk" and unchecking the box (as in "don't ask") does what I want. Clicking on files of that type from now on launches a dialog asking me where I want to put the file. My opinion is that it now does the Right Thing and this bug should be considered Resolved/fixed.
Comment 20•24 years ago
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Yes, that's what I saw too. I was trying to reproduce it when you posted.... works too well :)
Comment 21•24 years ago
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okay, i'm prolly misunderstanding this issue. :) i've filed another one, bug 88458, which asks to add the "save to disk" choice to the New Type dialog [not with the helper app/downloading dialog].
Comment 22•22 years ago
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Assignee: mpt → law
Component: User Interface Design → File Handling
QA Contact: zach → sairuh
Updated•22 years ago
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QA Contact: sairuh → petersen
Comment 24•22 years ago
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Verified in the Win32 2003-01-23-04 and OS X 2003-01-23-03 trunk.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Updated•8 years ago
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Product: Core → Core Graveyard
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