Your download options are stored in these java script files along with all your other preferences. You have to do this each time you make a change in about:config. All you have to do then is substitute the new one for your back up, and that becomes YOUR own default configuration. BUT once you have all of that done, make a back up of prefs.js and user.js.
If you are using a default install of FF it takes a while to sort out all your user preferences, in fact it takes a bloody long time !. I would expect these people who complain so much not to use Safe Browsing but I guess I am wrong, or maybe they just complain because they need a hobby that doesn’t include the internet. I have turned it off and I always get a nice prompt asking me if I want to download the file because it is so unsafe since it wasn’t checked against a server, but I don’t have to choose a folder, I still get prompted, I only don’t need to see some stupid file browser window. The problem also is how the article talks about some dumb vulnerability like 5 years ago, and it was Window’s fault, not Chrome, if a file is processed as soon as you enter the folder where it was opened, then downloading it with or without prompt would do the same.Īnd I mean, people complaining about how insecure downloading automatically is, well, you have Safe Browsing on, and you are giving your data to Google. But if you don’t like it, you can always keep using the prompt like some people use their Chromium browsers. This change is just Firefox fantasizing about people switching from Chromium to Firefox and not just be Firefox the dying browser so they want to give one little option that Chromium browsers have. The funny thing is a button that says “open with” was always worst than a setting to automatically download a files to a folder, I mean, if we count that you could Open With and then check a box that says “do this automatically from now” it was always worst and not much happened from it. I mean, If you don’t want to use it then don’t use it. Please stay tuned by following us on Twitter or Facebook.I don’t even like Mozilla or Firefox but people sound dumb complaining about this. Support can be obtained from the dedicated support forum.
Video overview on how to use Video DownloadHelper: You are not compelled to use conversion for downloading videos from websites, and you can avoid picking variants marked as ADP to avoid the need for aggregation.
This is an upgrade feature that helps pay for the free stuff (we need to eat too).
change audio and video formats) and aggregation (combining separate audio and video into a single file). Video DownloadHelper supports several types of streamings, making the add-on unique amongst Video downloaders: HTTP, HLS, DASH, … Whenever a site uses a non-supported streaming technology, Video DownloadHelper is able to capture the media directly from the screen and generate a video file.īesides downloading, Video DownloadHelper is also capable of making file conversions (i.e. It also works with most other popular video sites like DailyMotion, Facebook, Periscope, Vimeo, Twitch, Liveleak, Vine, UStream, Fox, Bloomberg, RAI, France 2-3, Break, Metacafe, and thousands of others. When DownloadHelper detects embedded videos it can access for download, the toolbar icon highlights and a simple menu allows you to download files by simply clicking an item.įor instance, if you go to a YouTube page, you'll be able to download the video directly on your file system. Video DownloadHelper is the most complete tool for extracting videos and image files from websites and saving them to your hard drive.