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show download speed in download brief box

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zra1221
zra1221
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i am using firefox 40 on win xp sp3. when i download files in previous versions of firefox and click on download brief box button i sea that what is the speed of downloading file, but know to find downloading speed i must open the liberary window to sea the download speed.

is there any way to show speed of download in download brief box? best regards.

i am using firefox 40 on win xp sp3. when i download files in previous versions of firefox and click on download brief box button i sea that what is the speed of downloading file, but know to find downloading speed i must open the liberary window to sea the download speed. is there any way to show speed of download in download brief box? best regards.

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Wesley Branton
Wesley Branton
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As far as I know, this is not possible. You can explore the many Firefox addons and see if one of those can change this feature.

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jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
jscher2000 - Support Volunteer
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You can see the speed in the tooltip if you hold your mouse pointer over the progress bar (see attached screenshot), but I don't think there is any convenient way to show it on the downloads panel itself.

Speaking of add-ons, this one came up in a search: https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/addon/download-status-bar/

FredMcD
FredMcD
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I think this will do what you want,

Download Status Bar {web link} If you are the kind of person who likes to have total control over every aspect of your downloads, "Download Status Bar" is the add-on you are looking for.