Closed
Bug 132791
Opened 22 years ago
Closed 22 years ago
Need pref to disable download manager completely
Categories
(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)
Tracking
(Not tracked)
VERIFIED
INVALID
People
(Reporter: bugzilla, Assigned: bugzilla)
Details
I would like to turn off the download manager and use the old method of downloading, which worked very well for me. A pref to 'enable' or 'disable' would do nicely. This is all assuming the old stuff is still in the build somewhere.
Comment 1•22 years ago
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Duplicate of "Download Manager pref panel no longer visible" *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 132440 ***
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Comment 2•22 years ago
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This is *NOT* a duplicate of bug 132440. That bug deals only with the UI front end. (The download manager is not disabled, only hidden from view.) This bug is to DISABLE the new download manager altogether. (Not just hide it.) Kevin: Can you re-open (remove duplicate status) and give any more needed clarification?
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Comment 3•22 years ago
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As stated by jasonb, this is not a duplicate. Bug 132440 is about the pref panel to choose type of window displayed by download manager. This one is to turn download manager completely off. Reopening.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Updated•22 years ago
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Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Comment 4•22 years ago
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This _is_ a dup. The UI in question will let you either use the old style progless dialogs, or the dlmgr, or neither. If I misunderstood, please correct me and I'll reopen it. Thanks. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 132440 ***
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago → 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → DUPLICATE
Comment 5•22 years ago
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No, it only changes the interface that you see on the screen. The download manager is still working in the background. I'm not sure why this is so difficult to understand. No matter what you "see" when you download (the download manager window, a session progress window, or nothing at all) - it is STILL being download by the download manager. Once you've received your file you can verify this. Go to Tasks -> Tools -> Download Manager. You'll see the download in the list that its downloaded. What this pref is about is disabling the code for the download manager downloads themselves, NOT for what you visibly see. We want the option of not having that code be utilised (the download process code) at all. Kevin: Back to you again. <grin>
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Comment 6•22 years ago
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Perhaps folks should carefully read the comments before resolving bugs as duplicates. We've already been here on 3/22. Reopening.
Status: RESOLVED → REOPENED
Resolution: DUPLICATE → ---
Comment 7•22 years ago
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In that case this bug is invalid, as the download manager *doesn't* download anything itself. The download is performed by the network library. The download manager is *only* about UI. Nothing has changed regarding what code actually performs the download. If I misunderstood again, please correct me and I'll reopen it. Thanks.
Status: REOPENED → RESOLVED
Closed: 22 years ago → 22 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
Comment 8•22 years ago
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(Note: If the bug is simply that you don't want old downloads appearing in the download manager, then this is a duplicate of bug 132755.)
Comment 9•22 years ago
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Please explain, then, what changed within the last few months. Are you saying that the "download manager" is nothing more, or less, than a windows listing downloads and their progress - that this is merely front end window dressing to what has always existed? Correct me if I'm wrong, but didn't the introduction of the download manager bring into play new code (Changes to the network library?) that caused some instability? If not, if nothing about the back end code changed around the time that the UI for the download manager appeared, then I apologise for arguing for this.
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Comment 10•22 years ago
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RE comment #9: Ditto. If download manager is only ui then bug 132755 will satisfy my concerns.
Comment 11•22 years ago
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Yes, download manager is pure UI. If you have found instabilities in the network code, please get a talkback build and file talkback reports. (Even if the download manager had included network code and that network code _did_ include instabilities, mind you, that would not be a reason to include a pref to switch to the old code -- we would instead need to fix the new code.)
Comment 12•22 years ago
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Updated•20 years ago
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Product: Browser → Seamonkey
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