![]() ![]() ![]() But if you don’t like it, you can always keep using the prompt like some people use their Chromium browsers. This change is just Firefox fantasizing about people switching from Chromium to Firefox and not just be Firefox the dying browser so they want to give one little option that Chromium browsers have. The funny thing is a button that says “open with” was always worst than a setting to automatically download a files to a folder, I mean, if we count that you could Open With and then check a box that says “do this automatically from now” it was always worst and not much happened from it. I mean, If you don’t want to use it then don’t use it. I don’t even like Mozilla or Firefox but people sound dumb complaining about this. Pref(“_to_download_panel”, false) // DEFAULT=true NOTE : Be sure to set as well about:preferences > Applications > Portable Document Format (PDF) to ‘Always ask’ DISABLE new file download opening behavior = Restore Firefox’s classic download (download prompt) Pref(“_open_with”, false) // DEFAULT=false 2 – Remove the download from both session list and history. 1 – Remove the download from session list, but not history. 0 – Don’t remove the download from session list or history (Default) DO NOT REMOVE history from session downloads list or history when you delete a downloaded file Pref(“_downloads_in_tmp_dir”, false) // DEFAULT=false Files saved (not opened as previously mentioned) will still end up in the Firefox download folder. Files opened from the “what should Firefox do with this file” dialog, or set to open in helper applications automatically, will stay in the OS temp folder. ![]() DISABLE putting “opened as” downloads in (a subfolder of) the OS temp folder (FF102+) DISABLE downloads button autohide feature DISABLE downloads panel opening on every download DISABLE adding downloads to the system’s “recent documents” list DISCOURAGE downloading to desktop (0=desktop 1=downloads 2=last used) ENABLE user interaction for security by always asking where to download If of any help, download related about:config prefs : Now You: automatic downloads or download prompts, what is your preference? Firefox users who want more control over the downloading behavior or block automatic downloads, need to enable the "always ask you where to save files" option under Downloads in the Firefox settings to achieve that.įirefox 97 Stable is scheduled for a release on February 8, 2022. Mozilla's new automatic downloading system for Firefox makes downloads more comfortable to users. Our suggestion back then was to enable the "ask where to save each file before downloading" option in Chrome to prevent this attack from happening, as Chrome will prompt to pick a download location for the file before the file is saved to the local system. scf file format, which Windows processed automatically when the folder is opened.Ī drive by download attack, which downloads files automatically without user interaction, or getting users to click on the download link, was sufficient to plant the prepared file on the user system. Back in 2017, a new attack was discovered that used Chrome's automatic download behavior. Why you may want to enable download promptsĭownloads are checked by the integrated Safe Browsing component, but anything that passes the check, is downloaded automatically. You may use it to save files to different folders on the local system. Switch to "Always ask you where to save files" to get a prompt each time to select the download directory for the selected file.įirefox displays a save to prompt each time a download is started in the browser. ![]() On Windows, that is the Downloads folder ( which Windows users can change).
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