Actually, I got it from another source -- on a listserv wholly unrelated to Firefox or Mozilla. If you deserve the credit for originally posting the fix (or a link to it), then kudos to you. The bottom line is that it solves the problem.As to being c...
<snip> I use the workaround I posted earlier: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/firefox-now-saves-files-that-i-only-wanted-to-open/m-p/45... </snip>FAR too complicated for the average user. Not everyone has your Mozilla skills.<snip> And by ...
I suspect that most people complaining here (as I did) don't care about anything other than this so-called "feature" going away. The information I supplied allows people to make that happen.If Mozilla doesn't "get it" at this point, and realize this ...
I can report that this fix seems to be a fix. I've had it in place for several days, and though I've looked at many documents online, my "Downloads" folder remains empty. What I can't understand is why Mozilla didn't publish the fix weeks ago, when...
Since Mozilla doesn't want to seem to fix this issue, here's a simple fix. I've tried it, and it works.Put "about:config" [without quotes] in your address bar and hit <enter>.May have a warning that you have to accept ("I promise to be careful" or so...