On Wednesday, November 18, 2009, at 9:50 p.m., NoOp wrote:
But let's get real here; if the "feature" is no longer available in 2.0, is that something that one would reasonably say is a blocker for them to go from 1.1.18 to 2.0?
You're right, this isn't a catastrophic loss of functionality; I suppose if there were no action to address this issue via the SeaMonkey code base or even via a third-party plug-in, then I could cope somehow.
But it wouldn't be hard to add back the functionality. There is a proposed patch posted to bug 474640, and it seems small enough to remain beneath the level of bloat. Basically it just adds a "Copy Target Path" to the context menu of the downloaded item.
Either way, I'm not going to commit to 2.x for several weeks at least; I am keeping an eye out for migration issues and will probably wait until the first or second bugfix release to make the switch.
BTW: When you select Tools|Download Manager in Fx 3.x all you'll get is a dialog type window with no menus; you can right-click on the file & get: Open, Open Containing Folder, etc. The last being where you downloaded the file. Then again, I suppose that you can do exactly the same with SeaMonkey 2.0; just discovered this while comparing the two (Fx & SM 2.0). So Drew C. we're saved; you can migrate to 2.0. Jens can modify his bug, Benoit will be happy, and you can use: Tools|Download Manager - right click on the file and select 'Open Containing Folder' and that will open to the very location where you downloaded the file. From there you can copy the location to paste as you wish.
I was aware that I could do this, but as I've made clear, I'd rather be able to copy the local path directly in one step.
It's possible that I am in a very small minority of users who value this feature. Let me explain my situation: I typically save my downloads to many different folders, and after they are downloaded, I often perform various operations on the files from the command prompt or from another application. There are times when I execute a command that affects downloaded files in several folders at one time. I could accomplish this using GUI methods, but I prefer the speed of the command line. Am I the only person out there who still likes to type commands to get things done instead of clicking, scrolling, and dragging?
Even with GUI applications, I have found that it's much quicker to paste a file's path into an Open File dialog instead of navigating through folder trees to get to the file.
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