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Announcing the Open/Save as/Save and Delete prompts for downloads!
There is absolutely an extra click after this change.
Before: Click link > Change folder if needed > Save
Now: Click link > Click Save As > Change folder if needed > Save
Additionally that extra click happens at the bottom of the screen (whereas the file browse dialog appears in the middle of the screen), so that extra click is probably far from where your mouse cursor was.
i-am-kent Is there someway to just have to Save As option automatically instead of having to click another button at the bottom of the window? I would rather just click download and have the pop-up window open to select where I want to save my download.
why is it so hard to just click on "save as" and then choose your download location? while maintaining other options such as open, cancel and save. this new settings adds useful features at the cost of 1 click. I don't see any problem with this. it takes a lot more clicks to just switch between multiple download options if they offered it in settings.
it's not that it's hard to click one extra time, it's that there's zero reason for it to be like this. It wasn't a problem before they removed it to add this feature.
All that needs to be done is add a simple option to toggle it for people that want it in the settings, nothing needs to be changed for the people that don't want it.@i-am-kent I really do hope that the ability to open the Save As window automatically without going through the whole bottom screen prompt thing is planned on being added as I've had to downgrade my Edge version to v85 for now and if it's not added eventually I will almost certainly need to switch browsers.
HotCakeX, I like it the way it works now, BUT, to be fair to the critics, if MS had enabled this feature to work the way it did in Legacy Edge and IE, that would have been better and prevented these complaints: it used to be the same setting option as now (flag for prompt for save location or specify universal download destination in settings) but a single click always did that. Right-click would bring up additional options, including Open. I never thought, "Oh, I don't like that I need to right click to Open a file." Instead of delivering the most common request here (make it work like IE and Legacy Edge), they created a new, Google Chrome-style button option at the bottom of the screen. Maybe that's because it's not feasible to add a right-click option in a Chromium browser, or maybe they didn't like that from a UI design perspective (right-click is not generally required in a browser), but in terms of function, that would have kept everyone happy.
I also think there's merit to the critics' point that appearing at the bottom of the window can be a hassle or worse (if the bottom of the window is off the bottom of the screen). If no right-click, then presenting an anchored pop-up at the point of the click to download would at least ensure they don't have to go looking for the Save As button somewhere else on the window.
To be clear on my own view here, I'm happy with the way it works now and LOVE THE OPEN OPTION. I'm just saying that I would also be happy with those changes noted above, which I think would be better for those other users who feel they lost some function with the new change.
HotCakeX 1 Click adds up a lot if you are downloading multiple files or just downloading files occasionally. If there were 2 options for downloads, with the new one having 1 extra click for every single download for those who want to save in a different locations VS having the “Save As” option chosen automatically, All I would need to do is turn on the second option once in settings and continue on with my day knowing I don’t have to click “Save As” anymore. I personally think it would be nice to have both options available.
