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i-am-kent
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Sep 08, 2020

Announcing the Open/Save as/Save and Delete prompts for downloads!

Update: Open/SaveAs is now available on Edge Stable ( version >= 86.0.622.38)   Greetings, Microsoft Edge Insiders!    As a part of our top feedback, we have been looking at implementing feat...
  • PathogenDavid's avatar
    PathogenDavid
    Oct 12, 2020

    GraniteStateColin 

    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.

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DavidGB
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i-am-kent

 

As well as also wanting to have the option of the previous behaviour, the other thing I'd need before considering Edge a usable browser for me WRT Downloading is some additional information on the download on the shelf while the download is happening. Specifically I need it to show the download speed alongside the  'x of y' progress. Especially on a big download, seeing the download speed has slowed or gone to zero is often the quickest way to see something has gone wrong with the download.

 

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Deleted
Jan 06, 2021
Yes, I would love to have that as well, it shows in the downlaods page but not that menu, I will upvote this
  • HotCakeX's avatar
    HotCakeX
    MVP
    Jan 24, 2021
    Until we have an ideas section to upvote things, we need to just submit feedbacks individually