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Darmody ◴[24 Mar 22 18:59 UTC] No.30794009[source]▶
I wish they put some effort into making Firefox better.

To me, lately Firefox has been a pain in the ass to use. Regular silent updates that forces me to restart the browser and close all my work. Saving my session doesn't always help to continue working where it was interrupted.

The latest change to the downloads is horrible. Sometimes my work requires me to download hundreds of files that I only want to open with some software for several seconds, then dismiss it. Now instead of being able to open it directly from the browser, I have to watch how everything is saved in my downloads folder and then waste my time deleting all those files manually.

I'm not paying them any money. I don't want to waste my money only to see their executives getting richer without anything in return.

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quesera ◴[24 Mar 22 19:43 UTC] No.30794479[source]▶
> The latest change to the downloads is horrible.

  about:config
  browser.download.improvements_to_download_panel false
...will revert to the old behaviour.
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Darmody ◴[24 Mar 22 22:38 UTC] No.30796318[source]▶
That's the first thing I did. It doesn't revert to the old behaviour.
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quesera ◴[24 Mar 22 23:23 UTC] No.30796786[source]▶
It's documented to do so, and it works for me.

What part isn't working for you?

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Darmody ◴[24 Mar 22 23:47 UTC] No.30797004[source]▶
It just doesn't revert to the old download.

As I said, the first thing I did when I saw the release notes was checking how to go back to the old settings. I tried that on 2 computers, both using linux (Ubuntu and PopOS), without any luck.

It doesn't ask me anymore what if I want to open the file or save it.

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1. quesera ◴[25 Mar 22 02:09 UTC] No.30797968{5}[source]▶
Curious. I run several profiles of Firefox, on macOS and Linux (Ubuntu derivative) and it works in all cases that I've tested.

I hope it eventually works for you -- I also prefer the old behaviour when doing multiple downloads in quick succession.