Download Without Saving / Downloading previous versions
I'm well aware that they made changes to Firefox 98 and removed the option to Download without saving. However, the documented "fix" to change the about.config to disable a specific command is blocked when using the browser in an Enterprise setting (probably due to a group policy so employees can't tamper their browsers to do something they shouldn't do, like login using their personal accounts).
Note that the reason why Download without saving is useful is because I work a lot on one-off reports. It saves me a click of not having to deal with cleaning out my downloads folder. I feel that the devs have catered too much on the novice users and ignored the power users. At least Edge still allows you to do it.
is there a way to download the Firefox version before this without automatically updating to the latest one? I honestly don't like this change. I have transitioned my work to Edge, but one frustrating thing about it is I can't open reports of the same name. I do 2 passes on one report and put it on a template to combine them. Firefox allows me to download these reports at the same time, but having to sift through your download folder to delete the files you don't want to keep. I would want to give Firefox a chance if this is reverted, else, I will have to uninstall it because it doesn't serve me a purpose anymore as a browser to run and open one-off reports.
Or if there is a way to change browser.download.improvements_to_download_panel to false even if access to about.config is blocked by Enterprise?
If you're going to do a future update, please do have a switch for us to go back to the old way of doing things without having to go through tampering config settings.
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Note that Firefox always needs to download a file to be able to show the file. The difference is that Firefox previously downloaded the file to the OS temp folder in some cases, but current releases always download to the default folder set in "Settings -> General" making the cleanup more effort.
cor-el said
Note that Firefox always needs to download a file to be able to show the file. The difference is that Firefox previously downloaded the file to the OS temp folder in some cases, but current releases always download to the default folder set in "Settings -> General" making the cleanup more effort.
I am aware that it saves on the temporary internet files, but Firefox automatically removes them on close (at least that's what they used to), so I don't have to deal with these files the next time I open the browser.
For the time being, I'll stick with ESR 91.10 just so I don't get too frequent updates as the versions 98 and above broke my whole process. I do hope the devs would rescind this "feature" as we should still allow users to choose what they want, not devs making the choice for them because they think some users are not smart enough.
Dropa said
There is a way. url: about:config type in search: improvements Follow my screenshot to get the option back on how to save or not.
I tried that but that option is blocked if your computer's on an enterprise setting. If only they could put that option outside of about:config, that would be nice.
Dropa said
triadwarfare said
Dropa said
There is a way. url: about:config type in search: improvements Follow my screenshot to get the option back on how to save or not.I tried that but that option is blocked if your computer's on an enterprise setting. If only they could put that option outside of about:config, that would be nice.
Wait, so your firefox is enterprise firefox? I guess you can talk to IT to make those changes to help the situation then.
Not possible. I have to talk to a desktop engineer for this, the one who basically configured the browser policies in the first place. Desktop support won't be able to fix this.