Open Bug 760776 Opened 13 years ago Updated 3 years ago

There is no notice/feedback/warning when a program/application is started upon clicking a downloaded file

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(Firefox :: Downloads Panel, enhancement)

x86_64
Linux
enhancement

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(Reporter: Aleksej, Unassigned)

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(Whiteboard: [testday-20120601] Actual & Expected results are mixed up in #c0)

2012-06-01-03-05-20-mozilla-central-firefox-15.0a1.en-US.linux-x86_64 Steps to Reproduce: 1. Have an application chosen for a file type for clicking in the Downloads Panel. 2. Download a file. 3. Click an entry in the Downloads Panel. Actual results: There is some notice that a program is being started because of the click, then the program starts. Expected results: A program starts, quietly.
Whiteboard: [testday-20120601]
(In reply to Aleksej [:Aleksej] from comment #0) > Actual results: > There is some notice that a program is being started because of the click, > then the program starts. > > Expected results: > A program starts, quietly. If I read this correctly, you're saying that a confirmation message appears before the program starts. This is expected for some file types, like executable files. Or is this a different issue?
Oops, sorry, I mixed actual and expected results up. It should be: Expected results: There is some notice that a program is being started because of the click, then the program starts. Actual results: A program starts, quietly.
There's already a preference for this, see "browser.download.manager.alertOnEXEOpen" in about:config. The default value is 'true', you will receive a warning when you start an executable. In that warning, you have a "don't ask" box to shut it off for the future. That would set the configuration value to 'false'.
Whiteboard: [testday-20120601] → [testday-20120601] Actual & Expected results are mixed up in #c0
Sorry, I still find unclear what's the bug about, comment 3 seems to explain the correct behavior, is not this what happens?
Severity: normal → S3
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