Feature Request: Add Copy Target URL in Download dialog
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(Firefox :: Downloads Panel, defect)
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(Reporter: evan_greenup, Unassigned)
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User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:65.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/65.0
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Background of this feature request:
Sometimes, the target file is very big or the internet connection is unstable. It is necessary to use professional download tools instead of firefox, However, the webpage may not provide the url of target file by the hyperlink in HTML page, it might be a JavaScript redirection and other things that cannot copy target url directly.
As a result, I usually try to firstly let it start downloading in firefox, Then, click copy URL link from download progress bar in firefox. Finally cancel download in firefox.
It is not only not beautiful, but also wasting time.
Actual results:
What I recommend:
I am wondering that is there any possibility to add a button aside of target icon or at the left bottom of the dialog same row with OK Cancel button or below Save and Open With OptionBox. When click this button, it will copy the target url to clipboard of relevent operating system.
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Updated•6 years ago
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Comment 1•6 years ago
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While this would be a nice feature for power users, it's not something that we should expose to the majority of users of Firefox. One problem is that the copied URL wouldn't always work: there are other things that might make the download work or not, like cookies, different headers that were sent, a POST request, etc.
Besides, at the point when that dialog shows up, to make things faster for the user, the download has already started, so canceling it is also wasteful.
However, I encourage you to report what sort of problems or features are missing from Firefox that requires an external download tool to be used. Maybe we can improve things in that area so that these tools are not so necessary. And check out some of the Downloads Manager extensions that integrate with the browser.
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Comment 2•6 years ago
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(In reply to :Felipe Gomes (needinfo me!) from comment #1)
While this would be a nice feature for power users, it's not something that we should expose to the majority of users of Firefox. One problem is that the copied URL wouldn't always work: there are other things that might make the download work or not, like cookies, different headers that were sent, a POST request, etc.
Besides, at the point when that dialog shows up, to make things faster for the user, the download has already started, so canceling it is also wasteful.
However, I encourage you to report what sort of problems or features are missing from Firefox that requires an external download tool to be used. Maybe we can improve things in that area so that these tools are not so necessary. And check out some of the Downloads Manager extensions that integrate with the browser.
Firefox is an web browser, it is not a network transmission tool, as a result, it would be a bad idea to let Firefox become a professional downloader. Downloads Manager Extensions are not all open sourced, some of the plugin might have evil code.
There is a number of wonderful and mature CLI/GUI download tools which is reliable, powerful and light-weight.
To be noted that the download dialog is optional to user, you can choose whether it shows up via setting tag. For majority users, it can be skipped by default, for power users, they can enable it, add a copy link could be extremely helpful to the user who enable dialog. And it won't affect the normal use of majority users.
To be NOTE that, download dialog already exist in Firefox, the only thing I suggest is to add a small button in that dialog.
What is your opinion?
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