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Firefox Question

I like the new version 1.5 overall (particularly the feature that opens a new window when I click on a URL in Eudora, instead of changing the last window viewed, which was what it did before, and the ability to move tabs), but one thing drives me crazy about it (as it did in previous versions).

When I download a file from a site, it automatically puts it on my desktop. It doesn't offer any other options. I think I can go in and change the default to some other location, but I don't want a single default location--I want to specify at the time of download where I want it to go. Does anyone know if this is possible, and that there's something I'm missing?

Posted by Rand Simberg at December 13, 2005 08:52 AM
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See Tools/Options/Downloads, and select "Ask me where to save every file"

Posted by at December 13, 2005 08:57 AM

Ah...thank you.

Posted by Rand Simberg at December 13, 2005 09:06 AM

That helps me too. I had already also found where to override the "open new link in its own window" command, so now they all open into tabs.

I like FF.

Posted by Bill Peschel at December 13, 2005 02:46 PM

If you don't like a behavior of firefox just go to 'Tools>Extensions' and then click on the 'Get More Extensions' link. You can find countless mods for Firefox one of which someone may have already added an option that will help you define the behaviors you want to have available. Me personally I got to have the tabbed browser preferences extension, Forecast Fox is always handy, and Image Zoom to quickly resize photo's (just to name a few).

Posted by Josh Reiter at December 14, 2005 02:03 PM


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