394571 - Can't view download info/properties while downloading

Status: VERIFIED WONTFIX

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

Since the DM redesign, you can't see the info pane (former properties) while downloading. Sometimes I need to see/copy the URL I'm downloading the file from.

Comment 1

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

Bug 391896?  There's not a nice way to make the info button available now.

Comment 2

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

(I just saw your comment in that bug, but I still think that bug will be fixed, but this one might be wontfixed)

Comment 3

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

When I filed the bug, I needed to see the URL I'm downloading from (to check what nightly I was downloading). Having to copy the URL just to look at it is weird.

There's no need for a button (it's less convenient to use for me, btw), you can bring back the context menu item.

Comment 4

[Stephen Donner [:stephend] Not actively reading bugmail]

(In reply to comment #3)
> When I filed the bug, I needed to see the URL I'm downloading from (to check
> what nightly I was downloading). Having to copy the URL just to look at it is
> weird.
> 
> There's no need for a button (it's less convenient to use for me, btw), you can
> bring back the context menu item.

We've brought back the context menu item "Copy Source Location" with bug 227749
; does that do what you wanted/needed?

Comment 5

[Nickolay_Ponomarev]

No, but it's up to the UI people to decide whether letting people *see* the download info while downloading is important.

Comment 6

[Mike Beltzner [:beltzner, not reading bugmail]]

Blocking on a UI decision, assigning to madhava for that.

Comment 7

[Madhava Enros [:madhava]]

I know that there are people who will want this information, but given that it seems like an edge-case and that there is a work-around (copying or going to the "source location") I'd be inclined to leave it out.  We want the display to be as uncomplicated as possible.

Comment 8

[Shawn Wilsher :sdwilsh]

No longer blocking on UI decision, and as per comment 7, WONTFIX.

Comment 9

[Wayne Woods]

As far as I can tell, comment 7 is only half a work-around... it doesn't get you the destination folder. Is there any other reasonable way of getting that? While it might seem silly to some, I don't know how many times I've hit Save without remembering what folder it was pointing to, or been using an unfamiliar computer with a default save folder.

There doesn't need to be an info/properties button on the UI, but I don't think it's unreasonable to have it in the context menu for the download again. Previous comments already spoke to this, but comment 7 seems to be operating on the assumption that everyone wanted a button.

Comment 11

[al_9x]

(In reply to comment #7)
> I know that there are people who will want this information, but given that it
> seems like an edge-case and that there is a work-around (copying or going to
> the "source location") I'd be inclined to leave it out.  We want the display to
> be as uncomplicated as possible.

I have never seen another download manager that conceals the download source and the destination the way FF3 does.  Not even a tool-tip. There is nothing complicated about invoking a properties dialog from the context menu as in FF2.  Nothing is gained by removing that menu item.