Comment 173 for bug 1065126

Programmers of FireFox should finally do something about this. Since years during each download I am offered this checkbox "Do this automatically for files like this from now on." and never, ever is anything done in the way as my checked checkbox would indicate. If this bug, I consider this clearly as a bug, is indeed related to bug 285976, then it would indeed be time to address this. IMHO this gets close to effrontery to offer that checkbox since years and never honoring it in any way, not even with a warning that it will not be respected. Very, very poor programming. The fix suggested in the discussions of bug 285976, i.e. hiding that checkbox, would for me and all other confused users probably be an acceptable alternative to an actual implementation of the handling of the downloads as offered via this checkbox. It is time to act and hide this confusing checkbox I believe.