Closed Bug 680708 Opened 13 years ago Closed 12 years ago

The Downloads window says in its title "1 fichier" ("1 file"). I count 2 files.

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, enhancement)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Downloads API
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: nicolas.barbulesco, Unassigned)

Details

Hello,

Firefox 5.0. Mac OS X 10.6.8.

The Downloads window says in its title "1 fichier" ("1 file"). I count 2 files.
See screen photo :
http://screencast.com/t/z2k5vmtzM

Please, Firefox, learn to count to 2.

Nicolas
In my FF6 on Win XP, there is no file count in the title bar of the Download manager when no downloads are in progress. Maybe the text is a bit odd and it wants to say that 1 file is downloading?
Can you check this?
Component: General → Download Manager
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
QA Contact: general → download.manager
Version: unspecified → 5 Branch
Like aceman said, the download manager counts the number of active downloads and not the number of overall downloads.
Considering comment1 and comment2, setting resolution to Resolved WFM.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago
Resolution: --- → WORKSFORME
If we consider correct that a window containing 2 file entries be named "1 file", then Firefox "works" correctly.
Status: RESOLVED → UNCONFIRMED
Resolution: WORKSFORME → ---
OK, then propose what the title should say. Remember it wants to say how many files are downloading. Do you also want to add the number of files already downloaded? Write the exact wording in the title that would be understandable to you (and all other users). We can then consider it an enhancement request.
I am fine with the window being always named "Téléchargements" ("Downloads"), with no info about its contents.
But I understand that some people prefer having the info about the contents. In this case, the info has to be correct, in order not to mislead the user. No info is better than wrong info. Currently the contents info is wrong and misleading. So how to write this info ?

Firstly, in "1 fichier - Téléchargements" ("1 file - Downloads"), let's switch "Downloads" and the file part, so that the title start with the essential part. Furthermore, I imagine that the file part is absent when the Downloads window is empty.
So the Downloads window will always start with the same beginning, so the user will easily find it in the various window lists offered by Firefox and by the OS. Even more easily when such list is alphabetically sorted.

Then, how to write the file part, taking Aceman's comment 5 into account ?
"2 fichiers dont 1 en cours"
Translated in English, what sounds the most natural :
"2 files including 1 in progress" or "2 files of which 1 in progress"
Severity: major → enhancement
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Keywords: uiwanted
OS: Mac OS X → All
Hardware: x86_64 → All
Version: 5 Branch → Trunk
Not worth fixing, the new download panel doesn't have this problem.
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 13 years ago → 12 years ago
Keywords: uiwanted
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
See also file bug 785653.
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