Closed Bug 234397 Opened 21 years ago Closed 21 years ago

Download manager should open in tab/background

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, enhancement)

x86
All
enhancement
Not set
normal

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VERIFIED WONTFIX

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(Reporter: johnleemk, Assigned: bugs)

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Details

User-Agent: Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040205 Firebird/0.8.0+ Currently the DM opens in a new window and is not in the background(although I understand doing this would be difficult). Opening it in a tab in the background would be a nice solution, and could also solve the problem of bug 234396. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Start a download. Actual Results: The download manager window opens. Expected Results: The window should have opened in the background or in a tab(whichever; both would be bloat).
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: download manager should open in tab/background → Download manager should open in tab/background
I would prefer the DM be able to Dock in the Sidebar like history & bookmarks it should provide simple/fast '--progress=TYPE' stats on download like 'wget' http://wget.techknight.com/index.php # wget -c -nH -nd -r -np ftp://pub/fedora/linux/core/1/i386/iso/yarrow-i386-disc1.iso 458850K .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... 72% 147.93 KB/s 458850K ===============================> 72% 147.93 KB/s Icons & Fonts too large in DM for my tastes, wget displays ascii text for progress which is very lightweight & informative. Sensible Download Manager Discussion http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=379511
you can already open it in the background Options>Downloads>Show Download Manager window when download begins the tab thing can cause dataloss so this is invalid
Pham, the window opens on *top* of the current window for me. I don't see how opening it in a tab would be data loss, though. In the current tab, yes, but in a new tab, no.
Flags: blocking1.0?
taking qa
QA Contact: aebrahim
Status: NEW → RESOLVED
Closed: 21 years ago
Flags: blocking1.0?
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
I suppose this bug could be reopened, the possibility of data loss is not given anymore since newer versions of Firefox ask you what what to do if you quit with multiple tabs opened. Arguing in favor of this bug, having the download manager open in a window each time can be quite annoying if you are used to working with tabs only.
Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
I agree. Firefox download manager should exist in a tab and not in a separate window. It will be much more convenient.
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