New open folder button

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New open folder button

Unread post by Utnapishtim » 2018-09-12, 01:34

I've noticed that Firefox and Waterfox have a new, bigger button to open folder in the Downloads window & drop down menu. It's a big square, taking up the whole end of the downloads list entry, as opposed to the small circle with the folder icon we have in PM right now.

Big square button
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Small circle button
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I think this would be a useful change, it might look a little ugly, but I tend to miss Pale Moon's small open folder button pretty often, and I rarely want to outright open the file after I download it, so I usually resort to right-clicking the entry.

New Tobin Paradigm

Re: New open folder button

Unread post by New Tobin Paradigm » 2018-09-12, 02:11

Good for them. It is ugly, and a big huge button? Why do we need that.. In any event, I always use the context menu.

Besides it being a stupid change that doesn't in any way match the rest of the UI controls.. People would bitch if we changed this. In this case, I would be one of them.
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Re: New open folder button

Unread post by Thehandyman1957 » 2018-09-12, 02:19

I would second that motion...... ;)

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Re: New open folder button

Unread post by Utnapishtim » 2018-09-12, 02:38

Shame, the FF way is indeed ugly, but the small button is really just eye candy, I can never hit it. I always have to use right click > open folder :( I'd say this is one of the few good changes to come out of the Mozilla bloat factory
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