[Bug 225782] [NEW] Images dragged and dropped from Firefox are re-downloaded

[Alexander Sack]

On Fri, May 02, 2008 at 03:58:53PM -0000, demetris wrote:
> Public bug reported:
> 
> When I drag and drop an image from Firefox to the desktop (or to a
> folder in Nautilus), the image is redownloaded.  It is not noticeable
> with small images.  However, the bigger the image, the more noticeable
> it becomes.  It happens with both versions of Ubuntu desktop, 32bit and
> 64bit.
> 
> To replicate this behaviour:
> 
> 1. Open in Fx an image that is large for your internet connection.
> 2. Once the image has loaded, drag and drop it in a folder in Nautilus.
> 
> (As a reference, in Firefox 3 on Windows XP images seem to be read from
> the cache, and drag-and-drop is as quick as copy/paste.)
> 

Not sure if this is easily fixable. Firefox should provide the temp
file to the drag object ... i guess nautilus just gets the remove URL ...

 affects ubuntu/firefox-3.0
 status triaged
 importance low

firefox 2 wont see this fix for sure.

 affects ubuntu/firefox
 status wontfix

 - Alexander


** Also affects: firefox-3.0 (Ubuntu)
   Importance: Low
       Status: Triaged

** Changed in: firefox (Ubuntu)
       Status: New => Won't Fix

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Images dragged and dropped from Firefox are re-downloaded
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/225782
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