Apache OpenOffice (AOO) Bugzilla – Issue 122702
Download from Sourceforge does not respect browser's settings for target
Last modified: 2013-07-21 10:54:55 UTC
Using Firefox 22 configured to ask where to put each download doesn't work. The OO file is placed in C:\Documents and Settings\mike alterman\Local Settings\Temp automatically - a bit confusing to me. I tried other downloads and I get a pop-up asking where to save file. In Firefox, go to Tools, Options, General tab to set the download location. From http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html select english (us), Linux Intel DEB. Thought you should be aware of issue. I'm in the process of switching from winxp pro sp3 to ubuntu 12.04 . Thanks.
I don't know how a download can influence the behavior how the browser is saving the file. On Linux I cannot reproduce the reported issue. Is someone able to reproduce it on Windows? @Mike: Have you seen this behavior also with our websites?
My test reshots: For WIN with Seamonkey browser it works fine: <http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/?source=dlp> I click the "Download" button, what leads to <http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/latest/download?source=dlpA>. Auto-Forward leads to <http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/latest/download?source=dlp>, from where after a short moment the normal browser message "what do you want to do with AOO_incubating_3.4.1.....exe" Message appears, and the suggested page is the one to where I downloaded latest file from that source. More or less the same following reporter's download link to English / WIN. But the link for Linux-Intel-DEB seemed to ignore settings, The WIN files Explorer immediatelyy opens to save the document. But the WIN download is for a .exe, the linux download for a tar.gz, so this means nothing. I will do some more tests with a blank new browser profile.
Everything as expected for me with Seamonkey 2.17 and a new blank user profile on WIN7, for every download the dialog asking what I want to do and where I want to save. I am pretty sure that user's problem is not caused by SourceForge, but by browser settings. @Mike A: Please report your results with a blank new browser profile. Please be more precise (What Lionux-DEB? 64 bit or 32bit? ENUS or EN-GB?) in your report, and tell every mouse click an every key press.
Created attachment 81034 [details] screenshot of ff save location Providing screenshot to confirm setting of default download location.
From http://www.openoffice.org/download/other.html english (us) [each link is what is behind the word download for each file ] win intel http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stable/3.4.1/Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Win_x86_install_en-US.exe/download Right clicking on download and selecting new tab brings up dialog asking where to save file. Linux Intel 32 bit http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stable/3.4.1/Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Linux_x86_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz/download Right clicking on download and selecting new tab automatically starts download at C:\Documents and Settings\mike alterman\Local Settings\Temp Linux x86-64 RPM http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stable/3.4.1/Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Linux_x86_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz/download Right clicking on download and selecting new tab automatically starts download at C:\Documents and Settings\mike alterman\Local Settings\Temp Linux x86-64 DEB http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stable/3.4.1/Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_Linux_x86-64_install-deb_en-US.tar.gz/download Right clicking on download and selecting new tab automatically starts download at C:\Documents and Settings\mike alterman\Local Settings\Temp Mac OS Intel http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stable/3.4.1/Apache_OpenOffice_incubating_3.4.1_MacOS_x86_install_en-US.dmg/download Right clicking on download and selecting new tab brings up dialog asking where to save file. @ Rainer What do you mean by 'a new blank user profile'?
> What do you mean by 'a new blank user profile'? @Mike A.: Please create a new one due to <http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/profile-manager-create-and-remove-firefox-profiles?esab=a&s=delete+user+profile&r=1&as=s> and try again.
@ Rainer - I'm baffled, your suggestion to create a new profile allows me to save any version of OO English - US to a desired location. Note; I had to change the default location from download to always ask under options. Thanks for your help. I'm going to post a note to Firefox forum. Mike PS; if the forum administrators want to keep this open, I'll let you know the outcome of the firefox discussion.
Problem is not reproducibe with a new profile. Therefore closing this issue.