[Bug 341666] Download dialog is confusing

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  epiphany | Downloads | Ver: unspecified

Josselin Mouette changed:

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------- Comment #18 from Josselin Mouette  2008-07-21 10:51 UTC -------
Created an attachment (id=114913)
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Simplify download dialog (updated for 2.22)

Here is an updated version for 2.22 that works with gecko 1.9, and formalizes
better what is done and under which conditions.
With auto_downloads on:
 - safe types are opened directly
 - safe types without helper are downloaded directly
 - unsafe types are downloaded after asking
With auto_downloads off:
 - safe types are asking whether to open or save as
 - safe types without helper bring directly the "save as" dialog
 - unsafe types bring the "save as" dialog after asking

The proposition in bug#511984 to configure auto-download and auto-open is
interesting, but it opens the door to endless configuration. You can configure
ephy to download files automatically when you like to click on a lot of
tarballs and find them later in your downloads directory, but if later you
click on a PDF, it behaves the same and that’s not really useful.

(In reply to comment #16)
> Does the patch make the file chooser pop up with the XDG download directory
> pre-selected?

Nope. A previous version did merge the two preferences (download directory and
last directory where you saved), but it wasn’t good since it makes the path
where files are going unpredictable. I fear that doing the opposite (always
pre-selecting the download directory) is going to be similarly confusing, and
would diverge from all other applications where the "save as" dialog brings to
the last directory you used.

Maybe instead, we should add the download directory to the dialog with
gtk_file_chooser_add_shortcut_folder.


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