Closed Bug 204838 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

New Launch .exe option should be offerred in initial download dialogue

Categories

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, enhancement)

Product:
SeaMonkey
Component:
Download & File Handling
Platform:
x86
Windows XP
Type:
enhancement
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

(Not tracked)

Status:
VERIFIED WONTFIX

People

(Reporter: spqr, Assigned: bugzilla)

References

Details

User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030507 The new launch .exe option should be offered in the initial download dialogue instead of having the user save it to a location and only be allowed to launcch it after the download has completed. This really does not save the user a step, since one still has to go and delete the file anyway (if it is a one time installer or something similar). Perhaps there should be a temporary directory where such files are kept and then automatically deleted later if the user selects launch instead of save. Reproducible: Didn't try Steps to Reproduce: 1. 2. 3.
I agree entirely, why even bother if the user still has to save, then launch?
I think mozilla should just download the executable to the default temp dir of the system and then execute it.
*** Bug 216495 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Heh, I thought that was a bug, because I remebered wrong about the launch warning... It shouldn't be just exe, IE has that option for all file types......
I believe we WONTFIX'd bugs requesting this before, but I can't find them...
Indeed, we wontfixed bugs like this on the basis of this being a security hole big enough to drive trains through. I'm not even going to waste my time looking for the dup.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
ok :) vrfy
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
*** Bug 261275 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Product: Browser → Seamonkey
*** Bug 246299 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 289883 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 350971 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
I still haven't found a reasonable explanation as to why this feature isn't included. It's not a security issue as there is no difference from me clicking open in the browser dialog or by saving it and then clicking open.
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