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Firefox doesn't prevent computer from going to sleep when downloading files

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smalik
smalik
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Firefox doesn't prevent computer from going to sleep when downloading files unlike other browsers. Can you please tell me how I can resolve this issue?

Firefox doesn't prevent computer from going to sleep when downloading files unlike other browsers. Can you please tell me how I can resolve this issue?

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Samrat Bhattacharjee
Samrat Bhattacharjee
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This extension prevents your computer from going to sleep while Firefox is downloading files.

[https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/fire.../no-sleep-download/]

smalik
smalik Question owner
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I already know about this add-on, thanks any way. My question is, why doesn't Firefox have this option built-in to its browser? I don't think Firefox will resolve this issue because I Googled about this issue & found a few posts about people that had this issue in 2006 also. Do you have any idea why Firefox is not adding this feature into its browser?