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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 This is awful. There needs needs to be a law not to do this to people. Do you guys comprehend what it's like to support someone over the phone and you are walking through the steps and you throw in an extra step?
Normal people get confused, and advanced users, who work to streamline their workflow, get annoyed (nicest word I could think of).
Some people are saying "one extra click is not bad" but when you need to download 15 updates to set-up a computer, that's 15 extra clicks, 15 times you need to stop, 15 chances to miss the right thing, 15 times you need to leave the keyboard to reach for the mouse (or reach up to the screen) to click the extra button.
Do that 10 times per day and that 150 extra steps. Now you are entering RSI (repetitive stress injury) area. Either make the default to off or put a warning label on it that it may result in injury or defenestration.
TechPotato, it's only an extra click IF you turn this optional feature on in your Settings. Otherwise, it's zero clicks and saves directly to the Downloads folder or whatever other folder you specify in Settings. Further in that case where it is an extra click, where you want it to prompt you to browse for a folder to save (rather than using the same Download folder each time) that's 1 extra click in a long sequence of clicks, so as % change, it's a small increase even then.
This one click in that long sequence replaces SEVERAL extra clicks and a fundamental workflow change for those of us who frequently just need to open or run a file without saving it. Before this change, we would have to save the file, then launch it, then navigate back to it and delete it later. On balance, I think the minor change (1 click in an existing long sequence) for some vs. several clicks plus a workflow change (adding a whole step to delete the file), this is a net win.
To be fair, I get that any extra click is a negative. So I'm not trying to be inconsiderate to your concerns. This response is more directed at your angry tone: this is a great improvement for many of us. Instead of just complaining and threatening RSI (presumably to raise the specter of lawsuits, all of which is absurd), perhaps you could propose an alternative that would help address your concerns without just suggesting MS undo the work they did to help solve this as one of the most requested feature changes that had always been in IE and old Edge, but was missed in the new Edge.
15 or 500 files, it's a lot, so you better turn this prompt off in here: edge://settings/downloads
