176672 - Simple way to download files

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 97123

(SeaMonkey :: General, enhancement)

Description

[Glenn Kusardi]

Build: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.2b) Gecko/20021024

I'm missing a simple way to download files. As for my system, Mozilla loads a
Quicktime Plugin if I enter the address to a MP3 file in the URL bar.

Maybe it would be an enhancement and useful if you could enter a URL and
download this file without displaying anything (just load a progress window or
the download manager).
So you maybe have CTRL+ENTER to open the url in a new tab and ALT+ENTER to
download the url.

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

It already exists for links : shift-click (ctrl-click on a Mac)

Comment 2

[Glenn Kusardi]

I know that but it's a pretty difficult way to open composer, paste the link
there, save the HTML file, load the HTML file and make a shift-click (or
right-click and "Save Link Target As...") on the link :).

Comment 3

[Andreas Kunz]

Have you tried changing your Quicktime plugin settings? In the control panel
choose Quicktime - Plugin - MIME settings. There you can tell Quicktime not to
start for certain file types.

If you want a general feature like entering an URL into download manager, that
sounds nice (to me) and I could not find a duplicate of it.

Comment 4

[Glenn Kusardi]

Well I want to decide myself whether to open a file or to save it to disk. As of
plugins I must hope that the plugin provides something like a "Save As..." function.

Why not add a generell function for have the choice to open a url or to save a
url? You have this possibility with links so why not have it with the URL bar
too? But I wouldn't rely on the download manager. I don't use the download
manager, for example.

Comment 5

[Andreas Kunz]

The missing 'Save as' function of plugins is of course no mozilla bug. So I
assume this bug is only about a way to enter an URL *for downloading, not viewing*.
I think that sounds somewhat reasonable...
Places for this might be the 'Open web location' menu entry in the 'file' menu.
There already are options to open in a new tab, new window etc. - so there also
could be an option for saving to disk.

Comment 6

[Glenn Kusardi]

That is, what I thought of.

Comment 7

[Damian Yerrick]

Let's get this off Asa's plate:

component: Download Manager
  summary: Download a file by entering its URL

Comment 8

[Christian :Biesinger (don't email me, ping me on IRC)]

bug 97123 implemented shift+enter in the urlbar to save a file, therefore
marking this bug as a duplicate.

However, that feature was broken by bug 164006, for which I filed bug 181724

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 97123 ***

Comment 9

[Wesha]

v.