708497 - Quit-during-download warning should say what download will be canceled

Status: NEW

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, enhancement)

Description

[Jesse Ruderman]

@BuffySquirrell writes:
"if you exit Firefox now, one download will be cancelled. what? WHAT download?"
<https://twitter.com/#!/BuffySquirrell/status/144555658354765826>

I'm not sure how to reproduce this (post bug 414161), but code inspection suggests that Buffy is correct:

http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/annotate/7ab478082ca7/toolkit/components/downloads/nsDownloadManager.cpp#l2078

http://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/annotate/7ab478082ca7/toolkit/locales/en-US/chrome/mozapps/downloads/downloads.properties#l27

Comment 1

[Jesse Ruderman]

Hmm, if the stalled/forgotten download is porn, you might not want the filename showing up on your screen as a surprise.