On Sat, 3 May 2014, King Beowulf wrote:

> 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!

Ed,

   I'm really glad that you don't turn into a pumpkin at midnight! I'm
running the same FF and Slackware versions and _thought_ there'd be
something in about:config but didn't think to open that page and try
different search terms, such as download. Mea culpa!

> 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.

   Perfect answer.

> reference:
> http://kb.mozillazine.org/About:config_entries

   This is valuable and a new resource for me.

> Ack, freakin' pain in the ass.
> Carpe Mozilla...and strangle the bastard....

   Hey! At least is't not IE.

   Thank you for a valuable lesson that's very much appreciated appreciated.

Carpe weekend,

Rich
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