Download manager tweak alternative?
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Download manager tweak alternative?
Hi to all!
Is there a working alternative to Download manager tweak or better an option to make Download window open in a tab? I'm unable to find something useful...
Is there a working alternative to Download manager tweak or better an option to make Download window open in a tab? I'm unable to find something useful...
Re: Download manager tweak alternative?
What was the last version of Download Manager Tweak for legacy Firefox that worked entirely well in Pale Moon 29.1.1, immediately before the current release (Pale Moon 29.2.0)? EDIT: Belay that. I see from other forum posts that someone made a native Pale Moon fork of Download Manager Tweak at some point. I assume that it's the Pale Moon fork that stopped working for you at some point.
Also, The Good ol' Sidebar extension can force Download Manager to open in the Sidebar:
The Good ol' Sidebar Options
> Panels tab
> Downloads subtab
> Behavior
> Open in Sidebar = checked (enabled)
Once you've done that, you can open Download Manager in a new tab, by ctrl-left-clicking on the double-sided arrow button at the top right of the Sidebar. Not very convenient. It might be easier to just bookmark about:downloads and put it on your Bookmarks Toolbar, or assign a short keyword to it, or (if you're smarter than I am) make a toolbar button or keyboard shortcut for it.
EDIT: Hopefully, the original forker will update the Pale Moon version of Download Manager Tweak to make it work again.
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Re: Download manager tweak alternative?
Yes, the Downloader manager tweak work ok till PM v29.1.1. The working version was 1.0.10 by squashr1979.
And thank you, also about:downloads bookmarked is ok, not like DMT but better than nothing.
And thank you, also about:downloads bookmarked is ok, not like DMT but better than nothing.
Re: Download manager tweak alternative?
I've released a fork of "Download Manager Tweak" under the name "Download Manager Customizations". It's live on the add-on site now:
https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/download-manager-customizations/
https://addons.palemoon.org/addon/download-manager-customizations/
Re: Download manager tweak alternative?
Better name would be Download Tweaker or some shit. I mean that is a mouthful.
Re: Download manager tweak alternative?
You're definitely right about the name being too long. Coming up with a good name has been one of the more difficult parts of these forking effortsNew Tobin Paradigm wrote: ↑2021-06-09, 10:11Better name would be Download Tweaker or some shit. I mean that is a mouthful.
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Re: Download manager tweak alternative?
Download Tweaker is too generic, though. Can mean anything. I'm sure most people should be able to handle three words, right?
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Re: Download manager tweak alternative?
How about; 'Download Customizer' or 'Custom Downloader' ? or better yet "Awesome Downloader"
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Re: Download manager tweak alternative?
The problem is that the extension isn't doing one specific job. Its main purpose is to display the download manager in a tab or in the sidebar but it also adds some download related features (although I've tried to simplify things by removing some). I didn't want to leave out the word "manager" because otherwise users might have thought that it meddles with the downloading process somehow.
EDIT: I wouldn't mind changing the name if such a change is generally considered to be OK.
EDIT: I wouldn't mind changing the name if such a change is generally considered to be OK.
Re: Download manager tweak alternative?
I use Downloads Statusbar and don't have a dog in this fight, but I prefer your original "Download Manager Customizations" because it more accurately describes what the extension does. The proposed alternatives may be shorter but they are less clear, for the reasons you stated. Besides, it's not like you have to look at the extension's name once you are done configuring it … which is actually one more reason for having a highly descriptive name, in case you ever want to go back and change something. (Thank goodness BIZARRE, the Pale Moon fork of Image Zoom, doesn't have any options, because I might not know what to look for a few months from now.)