[Bug 828413] Re: Firefox places downloads to irrelevant directories

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On 2002-01-09T08:34:04+00:00 pype wrote:

>From Bugzilla Helper:
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:0.9.3) Gecko/20010801
BuildID:    2001080104

I usually put MP3 in a different directory than PDF files, which is not either
the one i use for pictures, etc.
It would be really great if mozilla was smart enough to pick the target
directory of a saved file based on its mime type (plus some user preference)
rather than storing every file in the last used directory ...

An intermediate feature would be to support a list of user's favourite store
location.

Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Download a tarball and put it into "install"
2. Download a mp3 and save it into "music"
3. Download a tarball again

Actual Results:  aargh! you have to go back manually into "install" from
music :(

Expected Results:  mozilla "see" (or i told it before) i like storing tarballs
into "install" and open the save dialog with that directory rather than
the last directory used.

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On 2002-01-09T10:15:13+00:00 Lhirlimann wrote:

Reporter could you add [RFE] in your bug's description ? and change OS
=> ALL ?

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/828413/comments/1

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On 2002-01-09T17:13:39+00:00 Alex-mozillazine wrote:

Nice idea. Modern Windows versions have folders such as My Documents, My 
Pictures, My Music and My Videos (they can be placed on older systems by other 
software but the locations aren't always consistent e.g. Windows Media Player 
prefers C:\My Documents\My Music whereas RealJukebox prefers C:\My Music). 
These could serve as useful defaults on that platform. It should be possible to 
customise these locations (and the MIME types), at the very least with a hidden 
pref or possibly heuristics.

Marking NEW.

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On 2002-01-09T19:01:03+00:00 Bugzilla-iwaruna wrote:

file handling

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/828413/comments/3

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On 2002-04-04T06:12:57+00:00 Ipottinger wrote:

adding self to cc list

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/828413/comments/4

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On 2008-03-15T12:40:47+00:00 Jruderman wrote:


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 405146 ***

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/828413/comments/5

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On 2013-11-15T12:26:35+00:00 Deletesoftware+moz wrote:

*** Bug 405146 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/828413/comments/16

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On 2013-11-15T12:27:00+00:00 Deletesoftware+moz wrote:

*** Bug 680580 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Reply at: https://bugs.launchpad.net/firefox/+bug/828413/comments/18

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On 2022-04-06T13:56:54+00:00 Release-mgmt-account-bot wrote:

The bug assignee didn't login in Bugzilla in the last 7 months.
:Gijs, could you have a look please?
For more information, please visit [auto_nag documentation](https://wiki.mozilla.org/Release_Management/autonag#assignee_no_login.py).

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** Changed in: firefox
       Status: Unknown => Confirmed

** Changed in: firefox
   Importance: Unknown => Medium

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