Firefox Download Box, Controlling Your Annoying Friend.
Firefox, Freeware, Organization February 6th. 2008, 12:59pmA majority of my readers use Firefox to browse the web. I myself happen to be a big fan of Firefox, as some of my previous posts have indicated. Always striving for efficiency, I have made a few tweaks to lower my frustration and increase the enjoyment of my web browsing experience. Amongst these changes, one of the first things I do on a new install is to change the way the download dialog (ctrl+j) behaves.
To clarify, I don’t like the downloads box to pop-up when I start a download and I want to choose where to save my file. To achieve this, I go to Firefox options:
and select your options as noted below:
To access the infamous download box in the future, use the ctrl+j hotkey combination:
February 6th, 2008 at 2:27 pm
You might also want to consider installing the Download Statusbar plugin for Firefox.
February 6th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
I used to use download statusbar but (when I used it) it didn’t pay attention to the downloads dialog it hides but rather lets the files build up and cause a memory problem for Firefox after some time.
February 7th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
Thanks for the tip - I love my FF too but to have everything downloaded to my desktop almost drove me crazy.
March 7th, 2008 at 10:25 am
this download really annoting me some time, always need to close it or clear it