Saving downloads in Firefox.

Under Windows, Firefox gives me the option to "Save As.." when saving a
file. Firefox under Linux doesn't seem to be able to do this. This is a
particular nuisance with bank information, which always uses the same file
name for all accounts.

Have I missed something?

Doug.
--
We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.
- Winston Churchill.

On 2007-07-31, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@doughost.invalid> wrote:

> Have I missed something?

Yes. Go to Edit > Preferences > Main and enable the "Always ask me
where to save files" radio button.

nb

notbob wrote:

> On 2007-07-31, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@doughost.invalid> wrote:
>
>> Have I missed something?
>
> Yes. Go to Edit > Preferences > Main and enable the "Always ask me
> where to save files" radio button.
>
> nb
Thanks. I did notice that, but wanted to keep the default for ordinary
downloads. I will give it a try. Hopefully it will suggest the last
directory used.

Doug.
--
History is philosophy derived from examples.
- Dionysius of Halicarnassus, 1st c. B.C.

On Wed, 01 Aug 2007 03:34:38 +1000, Doug Laidlaw <laidlaws@doughost.invalid> wrote:


>Under Windows, Firefox gives me the option to "Save As.." when saving a
>file. Firefox under Linux doesn't seem to be able to do this. This is a
>particular nuisance with bank information, which always uses the same file
>name for all accounts.

>Have I missed something?

The windows version has the same behavior.

Doug Laidlaw wrote:

> Under Windows, Firefox gives me the option to "Save As.." when
> saving a
> file. Firefox under Linux doesn't seem to be able to do this. This
> is a particular nuisance with bank information, which always uses
> the same file name for all accounts.
>
> Have I missed something?
Yes
--
Robert

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