On 05/01/2014 05:42 PM, Rich Shepard wrote: > Prior versions of firefox had a preferences option to clear the download > history after each download; version 24.x apparently does not. I've looked > through all preferences and searched the Web without finding anything > pertinent to firefox versions > 5 or so. > > Does anyone here know how this can be set? > > TIA, > > Rich
Rich, Here's how to accomplish what you seek - at least when I tested Firefox 24.5 Slackware64 14.1. Seems I only have time to obsess about this stuff at midnight! 1. Open FF 2. type "about:config" in the URL area 3. In the search box, type "browser.download" to filter the list 4. Look for the following 2 keys and set as specified: browser.download.manager.retention 0 browser.download.useToolkitUI true 5. restart FF. "browser.download.manager.retention" has values to remove the download list: 0: Upon successful download 1: When the browser exits 2 (default): Manually HOWEVER! This only works with the old style download manager. The new download manager is a browser window which ignores this setting. To set the old d/l manager (pop up window), set "browser.download.useToolkitUI" to false. No you download will magically vanish when done. reference: http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries Ack, freakin' pain in the ass. Carpe Mozilla...and strangle the bastard.... -Ed _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
