97884 - Option-click does not perform save as

Status: VERIFIED DUPLICATE of bug 55686

(Core :: DOM: Selection, enhancement)

Description

[info]

Apologies for the intrusion, but let me explain something to your developers!

I have conducted exhaustive surveys of adult webmasters, about why they are 
resisting the new Gekko based browsers.... 

<rant>

The real 'backbone' of the internet is, has always been, and always will be 
adult content! It is simply superior to Dads sock drawer, and always will be!
No other part of thew Internet generates as much traffic or $$$.



The single most CRITICAL COMPONENT that is missing from ALL major browsers, with 
the exception of Navigator Gold and N4 is the [shift]-click  "Save Target As" 
shortcut in those browsers!



Both adult Webmasters (likely the only loyal Navigator users still out there) 
and ALL porn collectors treasure this single feature above all others! As a 
technician, I have even made a small business out of customizing old PC 
keyboards so that a "Paper Clip" need not be used to take advantage of this 
indispensable Navigator feature!

IE, Opera nor any other browser offers this functionality!

If you ever hope to find people latching on to the admittedly 'superior' nuances 
of the Gekko-based product it is absolutely mandatory that this critical 
functionality be (quietly) restored to that product!

Without it, we're all doomed to "Smart Tags" for good!

</rant>

Comment 1

[gabriel]

Shift click works for me. Try using linux.

Comment 2

[Dave Miller [:justdave]]

dunno, I always did a right-click (or a control-click on Mac) and picked "Save
Link As..." or "Save Image As..." from the context menu when I wanted a Save As...

This doesn't belong in the server operations product.  This sounds like an RFE
for Mozilla.

-> Browser

Comment 3

[Niels Aufbau]

Shift+clicking on a link (for "save link as") works fine for me on Windows 98. 
I even tried it at a porn site.  What is this bug about?

Comment 4

[Niels Aufbau]

The reporter replied to me by email, but I think he meant this to be a comment
in the bug:

"This was an old bug with some earlier builds - now long repaired, also,
copy/paste to URL entry is also fixed."

That would make this bug worksforme, unless someone can find a fixed bug that
it's a dup of.

Comment 5

[Mike Young]

worksforme

Comment 6

[Terri Preston]

Verified WFM Win XP build 2001120403 and linux build 2001120408 (Since mentioned
earlier, you get a menu list on mac, I assume this is acceptable?)  Marking verified

Comment 7

[Terri Preston]

sfraser -> is this broken on Mac, did it ever work?  If not, should actually
reopen and make it a Mac only bug (shift click does nothing)

Comment 8

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

on Mac, option-click should be save link as.

Comment 9

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

I should add that option-click doesn't work.

Comment 10

[Terri Preston]

Alright then, this bug is for Mac only, clicking option and clicking on a link
should open a dialog for save as and it does not (Mac OS X 2001120408)

Comment 11

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

actually, bug 55686 covers this...

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 55686 ***

Comment 12

[Terri Preston]

Okie dokie, marking verified