Closed
Bug 456395
Opened 16 years ago
Closed 16 years ago
Download history is cleared despite unchecked in "Preferences"
Categories
(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)
Tracking
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VERIFIED
DUPLICATE
of bug 432724
People
(Reporter: hopper99, Unassigned)
References
Details
User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1 Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; de; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1 When I check "history" to be deleted and "download history" to be NOT deleted in the preferences / private data menu, the download history is still cleared when I clear my private data. The relevant option/checkbox, although present in the preferences menu, is greyed out in the menue "clear private data now" (Tools). This inconsistency is not only confusing, it does cause damage: Unfortunately, because of this bug I inadvertently lost my (important) download history list when I cleared my browsing history. Reproducible: Always Steps to Reproduce: 1. Open Tools > Preferences, in "Private Data" check "Clear (browsing) history but leave "Clear Download History" unchecked. 2. Make sure you have one or more downloaded files in your download history (download manager) 3. Clear your private data Actual Results: Download history will be deleted as well despite unchecked! Expected Results: It should, of course, leave the download history untouched when I explicitely tell it to do so. I want my browsing history to be cleared, but want to keep my download history. This was not an issue with FF 2, and is a bug now. If it´s intentionally designed to behave like that, then a) the Tools/Preferences checkboxes are confusing and contradict the actual outcome b) I consider it a severe restriction of my freedom of choices (after all, it DID work in FF2!)
Comment 1•16 years ago
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Downloads expire when the history does so really these are linked.
Component: Preferences → Download Manager
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
QA Contact: preferences → download.manager
Version: unspecified → 1.9.0 Branch
Comment 2•16 years ago
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It is the intended behavior to clear the download history when you clear history (it's still history). I've filed bug 456398 to fix the inconsistency in the preferences.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 16 years ago
Resolution: --- → WONTFIX
Comment 4•15 years ago
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Not sure why this was split off to bug 456398, given the summary it's exactly the same issue.
Resolution: WONTFIX → DUPLICATE
Updated•15 years ago
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Status: RESOLVED → VERIFIED
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