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UI
IrinaL I'm currently using the "ask where to save each file before downloading" option but I'd say it's only about 75% as useful as the old Save | Save As feature. This is because I often save multiple files to the same location so the old Save was more convenient for that.
While on the subject of the old file dialog, I've found I really miss the Open option. I use the new Edge for most everything but find myself going to back to Classic for this one feature. The use case for me is grading student assignments. I realize this is a pretty niche use case but I imagine anyone that has to open lots of file in fairly rapid succession would appreciate the efficiency gain. Instead of having to download a file, then open that file, then delete the file, I just press the open button. It really speeds things up for me.
sjwestern wrote:
If you click on the file recently download from the bar at the bottom it opens up.All of us know how to open a downloaded file, that's not the point.
Many times I have to read or edit documents "on the fly" without the need to save the original document on the local computer.
With the new Edge (and with Chrome) every time i click on the link it download the files in the default location so in the download folder you end up with 2, 3, 4 or even more useless copies of the same file that pollute your download folder.
Even more if you enable the option "Ask where to save each file before downloading" you need to provide a save location before you can open the file making the thing more annoying.
With the old Edge (and with IE) instead when click on a link and select "Open" the browser not only download silently in the temp folder (which will be cleared after some time) but if you try to open multiple times the same file from the same link the browser uses the same cached file without downloading multiple copies of the that file, without wasting space and opening the file much faster
- The download UI is one of my huge complaints also, and there definitely needs to be at least an option to change between Chrome style download UI and something like old Edge download UI.
I agree, the current download UI is the worst ever. Downloaded stuff appears at the bottom, and there's no persistent "downloads" button up there in the toolbar. You have to open the hamburger menu or press ctrl + j. Opera's solution is quite decent, actually. If they can combine that and and add some parts from the old Edge, we'll have a winner.
