Comment 35 for bug 15179

Perhaps adding something to the download dialog (where you pick to open it
with an application or save to disk) saying that unless the file is saved to
another location, that it will be deleted when the computer is shut down
would be sufficient.
That, at least, would warn the user, if they read the dialog.

On 15/05/07, Sean Kennedy <email address hidden> wrote:
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> Because sometimes they download something, and expect to be able to find
> it later ...
> I think this is how a desktop background got disappeared in one case.
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> On 15/05/07, Alexander Sack <email address hidden> wrote:
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> > On Tue, May 15, 2007 at 04:15:50PM -0000, Sean Kennedy wrote:
> > > Yes, I think the general Downloads dir would get too crowded.
> > > What about a personal downloads directory (like was originally
> > proposed),
> > > say ~/.webfiles or ~/.firefox/webfiles? Things downloaded to this
> > directory
> > > should be saved read-only so the user will be prompted to save the
> > file
> > > somewhere else if they edit it (from whatever program they use to edit
> > it).
> > > It should be possible to have this directory automatically cleaned
> > when the
> > > other personal data is cleaned, probably with a warning though, like
> > when
> > > forgetting saved passwords (I think that is the one with the warning).
> > > There should be a way, for those who like the current behaviour, and
> > know
> > > what they're doing, to change this directory back to /tmp.
> >
> > Then why not just save as read-only and keep the downloads in tmp?
> >
> > - Alexander
> >
> > --
> > Users should be discouraged from editing temporary files
> > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/15179
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