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Firefox 7; changes in download location handling

  1. I am unable to give satisfactory answers to sumo questions about this, and the reporters do not seem satisfied that any other contributor has provided a suitable answer. Is anyone else able to look at this and help please. There is possibly more than one distinct issue, and there are at least two threads about these problems, however at least one issue is well defined but unresolved:


    One of the issues is that when using Ctrl+S to save a file the file picker uses the location last used by the domain from which the save is made. This appears to be a change in behaviour from Firefox 6, and I do not know how to find any documentation on this, it may be a regression. I am using Windows XP.

    I did compare firefox | 3.6 | 6 | and | 9 | there definitely was a change with firefox 7 .


    Any tips on this, am I doing something wrong ? I did download a fresh copy of mozregression after the first attempt failed, just in-case it was looking in the wrong locations and had been updated. (I ran bat: start-|10n.bat )

    I did attempt to pin it down further with mozregression but the bisection falls over at about 2011-05-11 when I try it, with nightlies from August 2011 not being found.
    (If I try earlier start dates the bisections do run, allowing me to input good/bad as STR results)

    So for instance I get results from

     mozregression --good=2011-05-11
    

    As

    Last good nightly: 2011-05-11 First bad nightly: 2011-10-25
    
    Pushlog: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?startdate=2011-05-11&enddate=2011-10-25
    

    Apparently because of

    could not find nightly from 2011-08-02 
    could not find nightly from 2011-08-03
    ...
    could not find nightly from 2011-10-07
    could not find nightly from 2011-10-08
    I am unable to give satisfactory answers to sumo questions about this, and the reporters do not seem satisfied that any other contributor has provided a suitable answer. Is anyone else able to look at this and help please. There is possibly more than one distinct issue, and there are at least two threads about these problems, however at least one issue is well defined but unresolved: * simple clear [/questions/882443?page=2#answer-265188 STR] by ''oddrune'' of file picker behaviour * [/questions/882443 Save image doesn't remember last location saved for Firefox 7] * [/questions/887248 'Save Image As' keeps changing directories] One of the issues is that when using Ctrl+S to save a file the file picker uses the location last used by the domain from which the save is made. This appears to be a change in behaviour from Firefox 6, and I do not know how to find any documentation on this, it may be a regression. I am using Windows XP. I did compare firefox | 3.6 | 6 | and | 9 | there definitely was a change with firefox 7 . --------- Any tips on this, am I doing something wrong ? I did download a fresh copy of mozregression after the first attempt failed, just in-case it was looking in the wrong locations and had been updated. (I ran bat: start-|10n.bat ) I did attempt to pin it down further with [http://harthur.github.com/mozregression/ mozregression] but the bisection falls over at about 2011-05-11 when I try it, with nightlies from August 2011 not being found. <br>(If I try earlier start dates the bisections do run, allowing me to input good/bad as STR results) So for instance I get results from mozregression --good=2011-05-11 As Last good nightly: 2011-05-11 First bad nightly: 2011-10-25 Pushlog: http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/pushloghtml?startdate=2011-05-11&enddate=2011-10-25 Apparently because of could not find nightly from 2011-08-02 <br>could not find nightly from 2011-08-03 <br> ... <br>could not find nightly from 2011-10-07 <br>could not find nightly from 2011-10-08
  2. That was an intentional bug fix some time ago: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536503

    Unfortunately it seems like there is no way to turn that off.

    That was an intentional bug fix some time ago: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536503 Unfortunately it seems like there is no way to turn that off.
  3. Thanks for the reply.

    The change seems to be one that did not make it into http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/7.0/releasenotes/buglist.html

    Thanks for the reply. The change seems to be one that did not make it into http://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/7.0/releasenotes/buglist.html
  4. more options

    Here's a couple of related Bugs.

    "arbitrary" selection of download directory in multiple tabs (tabs with different server name)
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693153

    site-by-site last downloaded-to directory is not always remembered
    https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672817

    Here's a couple of related Bugs. "arbitrary" selection of download directory in multiple tabs (tabs with different server name) <br /> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=693153 site-by-site last downloaded-to directory is not always remembered <br /> https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=672817
  5. KadirTopal said

    That was an intentional bug fix some time ago: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536503 Unfortunately it seems like there is no way to turn that off.

    Maybe I'm not understanding but it seems from the bug referenced the intention was to make sure we always download to the last used directory for that site. The person that John was helping is seeing that this is NOT the case. So it's a bug. If I follow their STR I get the dog folder when I try to save the second cat picture. This is wrong, I should get the cat folder. If I cancel out and try again, I get the correct (cat) folder.

    ''KadirTopal [[#post-43264|said]]'' <blockquote> That was an intentional bug fix some time ago: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=536503 Unfortunately it seems like there is no way to turn that off. </blockquote> Maybe I'm not understanding but it seems from the bug referenced the intention was to make sure we always download to the last used directory for that site. The person that John was helping is seeing that this is NOT the case. So it's a bug. If I follow their [https://support.mozilla.com/questions/882443?page=2#answer-265188 STR] I get the dog folder when I try to save the second cat picture. This is wrong, I should get the cat folder. If I cancel out and try again, I get the correct (cat) folder.
  6. Hmm, maybe I misunderstood that issue. Michael, could you file a bug for that behavior?

    Hmm, maybe I misunderstood that issue. Michael, could you file a bug for that behavior?
  7. I ticketed the mozregression issue here: https://github.com/mozilla/mozregression/issues/26

    I am unable to reproduce, however

    I ticketed the mozregression issue here: https://github.com/mozilla/mozregression/issues/26 I am unable to reproduce, however
  8. @ jhammel,
    Thanks, I just came across your reply again, it was something I had forgotten about.

    Maybe I am misunderstanding part of the mozregression use. I will have a go with it again next week see if I still think there is a problem.

    I was under the impression mozregression tested all versions of firefox nightly between the stated dates. Does it in fact only try pushing one version, something I may not have noticed prior to the fast release cycle.

    @ Kadir / Verdi
    I note a post now mentions bug702748 "Use a pref for disabling per-site remembering of download directory"

    @ jhammel,<br/> Thanks, I just came across your reply again, it was something I had forgotten about. Maybe I am misunderstanding part of the mozregression use. I will have a go with it again next week see if I still think there is a problem. I was under the impression mozregression tested all versions of firefox nightly between the stated dates. Does it in fact only try pushing one version, something I may not have noticed prior to the fast release cycle. @ Kadir / Verdi<br/> I note a [https://support.mozilla.com/en-US/questions/882443?page=3#answer-278573 post] now mentions [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=702748 bug702748] '' "Use a pref for disabling per-site remembering of download directory" ''
  9. The preference may now be used in Firefox 11 Release, and a reminder from Alice and Cloudchaser that the pref has an upper case D

    browser.download.lastDir.savePerSite
    

    .... fixed forum link. aw

    The preference may now be used in Firefox 11 Release, and a reminder from Alice and Cloudchaser that the pref has an upper case D browser.download.lastDir.savePerSite *see [/questions/887248?page=2#answer-323415] and [https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=740723#c2 bug740723#c2] ''.... fixed forum link. aw''

    Modified by AliceWyman on