Firefox/Projects/Download manager improvements
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The goal for this project is to improve the download experience in Firefox, as well as have better defaults and a more streamlined approach to file handling.
- Champion: limi
- Project Lead: TBD
- Project Members: TBD
- QA: TBD
Status
- ON RUNWAY
- Proposal has been finalized, ready for implementation
- Tracking bug for all UI changes: bug
- Proposal: http://limi.net/articles/improving-download-behaviors-web-browsers
Goals
- Replace the download manager window with a panel, and have a better download progress indicator
- Move download history to main history window
- Improve MIME type default behaviors, download instead of asking when safe, move “advanced” options to “Save As”
- Make common file types/protocols in the Applications pref pane more accessible
- Unify security questions on executables where we can (ie. move to OS-level where supported)
Secondary goals:
- Inline display of content we know how to handle (ie. text/*, image/*)
- Cursor indicator for links that result in protocols/files
Non-Goals
Timeline / Milestones
Requirements
Dependencies
Testing
- Ensure that security concerns are still addressed with the new behaviors