302664 - OSX: need pref to allow auto-deletion of downloaded files handled by helper apps

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 302433

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, enhancement)

Description

[Marc Bejarano]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050727 Firefox/1.0+
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.8b4) Gecko/20050727 Firefox/1.0+

under other platforms, files that are downloaded and handled by helper apps are
stored in the temp directory and then deleted when mozilla quits.  in OSX, they
are downloaded to your default download directory and are not deleted.  this can
drive users who use firefox on multiple platforms crazy.  i agree with comments
in bug 191239 saying that the non-OSX behavior can lead to data loss, but i'd
prefer that behavior.  there should be a pref to let the user choose which
behavior they prefer.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Related: bug 302433, "Helper application temp files litter the desktop on Mac".