98760 - Download file location ignored

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect)

Description

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

If I download files and choose to tell Mozilla which directory to save the file
in, it will put it on the Desktop anyway (ignoring my request).

If it matters in this case, the protocol was FTP, the file was of type
application/macbinary (I think, .bin for sure) and I chose to save the file on a
non-startup disk.  I had write permission on the destination directory, the
files I tried were about 200 and 400MB in size.
 
There doesn't appear to be anything wrong with the transfer, just the
destination - so I'm guessing on component.

Comment 1

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

bill, what build are using, and is it a trunk or 0.9.4 branch build? thx!

Comment 2

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

This is the 2001090605-trunk build.

Comment 3

[Keyser Sose]

Create a new profile that should fix the problem.

Comment 4

[Greg K.]

Bill, what were the steps you went through to request Mozilla save this file in
a particular location? Please be specific. Also, provide the URL you were trying
to download

Comment 5

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

IIRC, the files were MPEG video, though I don't recall the URL.  I would click
on the video, change the dialog from "open with..." to "save to disk" and then
get an OSX filesystem navigation dialog.  I selected the folder on my disk with
lots of space, clicked the OK button, and the video saved to my desktop (on my
full disk...).

Comment 6

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

But it worked today... I can't discount OSX having flaked out before reporting.

Comment 7

[Greg K.]

Bill, perhaps it would be best to mark this bug WFM for now until some evidence can be 
gathered.

Comment 8

[Bill McGonigle (not currently reading bugmail; please contact directly)]

Keyser, do you know how to reproduce it?  Sound like you've seen it once or
twice.  Do you have a copy of a corrupt profile that will cause the problem? 
I'm not reproducing it, though I've upgraded OSX versions since I reported it,
which may contribute (or not...).  Otherwise, WFM.

Comment 9

[Keyser Sose]

Nope marking WORKSFORME.

Comment 10

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass verification of WorksForMe bugs: to find all bugspam pertaining to this,
set your search string to "IfItWorksForSlappyTheSquirrelThenItWFM".

if you think this particular bug is *still* an open issue, please make sure of
the following before reopening:

a. that it's still a problem with ***recent trunk builds*** on the all
appropriate platform[s]

b. provide clear steps to reproduce (unless a good test case is already in the
bug report), making sure it pertains to the original problem (avoid morphing as
much as possible :)