1474945 - Re add removed prefs and fuctionality for the Downloads Manager removed in bug 888915

Status: NEW

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, enhancement)

Description

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

See Bug 888915 comment 81.

The following prefs were removed because the functionality is either obsolete or no longer available in the jsdownloads backend:

-pref("browser.download.manager.showAlertOnComplete", true);
-pref("browser.download.manager.showAlertInterval", 2000);
-pref("browser.download.manager.retention", 2);
-pref("browser.download.manager.quitBehavior", 0);
-pref("browser.download.manager.scanWhenDone", true);
-pref("browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting", true);
-pref("browser.download.manager.closeWhenDone", false);

Some of the functionality could be re-added to the frontend.

We just need to determine which should be bought back and implement this.

Comment 1

[Ian Neal]

As mentioned on IRC by MC:
No way to let the download directory open when download has finished. Extensions - Download Statusbar with many more features doesn't work anymore; the same with Preserve Download Modification Timestamp so downloads show always the current date and time; seems DownThemAll also doesn't work with 2.53

Comment 2

[Frank-Rainer Grahl (:frg)]

As mentioned on IRC by MC:
First one was never in the product. Second one neither. jsdownloads is now using history entries too and does not persist all data which doens't make it easier.