Forum Discussion
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.
15 or 500 files, it's a lot, so you better turn this prompt off in here: edge://settings/downloads