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Get rid of the downloads window in Firefox

download statusbarOne thing I very much hate about Firefox is the download window. Whenever I download anything an annoying window pops up. I would be ok with it if it would materialize in the background, but instead, after each link click to download it springs up in my face.

Of course I don’t really hate Firefox for this, since there had been an addon around for ages to help with this problem. Download statusbar puts all your downloads in a bar at the bottom of the browser, saving you from that nagging download screen.

All finished items can be cleared with a mouse click, but if you don’t clear them the only problem it causes is a 15 pixel bar at the bottom of the screen. It increases my productivity a bit because it removes the pop up, and also because now I don’t have to click close every time I download something. This is one of my must-have addons, after each OS reinstall it’s one of the first ones I download.

2 Responses to “Get rid of the downloads window in Firefox”

  1. Ashwan Says:

    If you don’t want to use another add-on, you can also just turn off the download window in Firefox options (on the Main tab.)

  2. Nerdwissen » Blog Archiv » Das Downloadfenster von Firefox entfernen Says:

    [...] Abhilfe bietet die Download Statusbar. Das Add-on für Firefox entfernt das Fenster und ersetzt die Übersicht durch eine Statusleiste am unteren Rand der Firefox-Fenster. Dabei werden der Downloadstatus sowie verbleibende Zeit wie gewohnt angezeigt. Per Mouseover über dem jeweiligen Download lassen sich die Informationen noch ausführlicher betrachten. [via Hack Your Day] [...]

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