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Disable annoying Download popup windows...

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Tuigje van den Righel
Tuigje van den Righel
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Why is not possibe disable the popup window for download section? They are disturbing the experience terribly and also you marker apeearing the toolbar icon for Downloads Furthermore why are uimposing somerghinfg the for the user to change options/settings for this featue. As mentioned it is highly intervening with the product expierence , for me so much I that seriously consider chanmger my browser and leave Firefox ,

Why is not possibe disable the popup window for download section? They are disturbing the experience terribly and also you marker apeearing the toolbar icon for Downloads Furthermore why are uimposing somerghinfg the for the user to change options/settings for this featue. As mentioned it is highly intervening with the product expierence , for me so much I that seriously consider chanmger my browser and leave Firefox ,

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Terry
Terry
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Change this preference to false in about:config. browser.download.alwaysOpenPanel

https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/about-config-editor-firefox https://www.mozilla.org/firefox/98.0/releasenotes/

WARNING: Changing preferences through this interface not officially supported Hidden settings edited using the about:config tool are explicitly not supported, which means that Mozilla makes no guarantees they will be supported in the future, or that Mozilla will fix them if they break. Mozilla does not test these preferences, and will not in the future. That includes security and performance testing which these preferences may affect.

[Warning added by moderator]

Modified by Chris Ilias