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Bug 320255
Opened 19 years ago
Updated 2 years ago
Firefox should clear the error page for a tab/window if a download is started from that tab
Categories
(Core :: DOM: Navigation, defect)
Core
DOM: Navigation
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(Reporter: gerv, Unassigned)
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Details
Steps to reproduce: - Try and download a .exe file which doesn't exist from your webserver - Get a "404 Not Found" page - Press "Reload" - Get another copy of the "404 Not Found" page (call this "point A") - Put the .exe file on the webserver - Reload the page Result: Firefox silently downloads the .exe file, but the 404 page remains. This scenario is indistinguishable from point A - i.e. it's the same as if the file were still absent. Expected: page goes back to looking like about:blank, Download dialog comes up, or anything that might tell you that Firefox is in fact doing something and that the file is now there. This hit me when I was trying to get some access controls right. I was fiddling and fiddling, and still seemed to gett a 404. Then I looked in my Download directory, and found five copies of the file! Gerv
Comment 1•19 years ago
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Is this only a problem when browser.download.manager.showWhenStarting is false?
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Comment 2•19 years ago
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I'm not sitting at the relevant computer right now; I'd need to check. The answer is probably "sort of" - in that, if that value was true, you would get a download manager, but the browser window would still contain incorrect information, which is bad. Gerv
Comment 3•19 years ago
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What should the window contain after the download starts? about:blank?
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Comment 4•19 years ago
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about:blank would be a reasonable choice. Another option would be a "File download in progress" message. Just something non-misleading. Gerv
Comment 5•19 years ago
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The "file downloading in progress" indication is given by the download manager, which by default appears when a download starts, so this really is an edge case... Given that, I think "Firefox should clear the error page for a tab/window if a download is started from that tab" would be a better summary, do you agree?
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Comment 6•19 years ago
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OK :-) Gerv
Summary: Firefox silently downloads files while claiming they still don't exist → Firefox should clear the error page for a tab/window if a
Firefox should clear the error page for a tab/window if a download is started from that tab
Comment 7•19 years ago
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I don't know what you did to the summary there, but it was horribly broken.
Summary: Firefox should clear the error page for a tab/window if a
Firefox should clear the error page for a tab/window if a download is started from that tab → Firefox should clear the error page for a tab/window if a download is started from that tab
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Comment 8•19 years ago
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Ook. I cut and pasted what you wrote, but only the second half appeared in the text box, so I pasted the first half in again. Firefox 1.5 final input line bug. :-( Gerv
Comment 9•19 years ago
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I bet you're on Linux, as you had an embedded newline in the summary (which caused FF 1.0.7/Win here to truncate the text in the input at the newline). Fun stuff.
Updated•19 years ago
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Assignee: darin → adamlock
Component: Networking → Embedding: Docshell
QA Contact: benc → adamlock
Comment 11•17 years ago
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I've had this occur with "Show the downloads window when downloading a file" true. The response page should be helpful even when it's false; I'd like to see an info page showing the download URL, and the same controls as in the download manager for each file, including a link to open the file which would be disabled until the file is complete, as well as a link to the download manager itself. I think if I was new to the issue and saw about:blank, I wouldn't think it had started downloading.
Updated•15 years ago
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Assignee: adamlock → nobody
QA Contact: adamlock → docshell
Updated•2 years ago
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Severity: normal → S3
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