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29 June 2006

Ask the bunnies: Is there a way to disable the annoying "downloads completed" smooth-scrolling popup thingy in FireFox?

post by: loquacious at: 00:56 | 11 comments

I hate it. I hate it so much. Such a stupid, pointless and annoying waste of my meager cpu cycles. It seriously bogs my machine down something fierce.

It takes me less time to download most files, manually go to the folder and confirm it's all there than it does for the popup to begin scrolling up and down on my poor old P3.

posted by loquacious 29 June | 00:58

Tools → Options → Downloads → Download Manager →
Uncheck "Show Download Manager window when a download begins"

For all your Firefox config needs, try here

posted by GeckoDundee 29 June | 01:16

Nah, it's not the download manager window, it's the popup that appears in the lower right that scrolls up and down.

I'm using like FF 1.0.7 or something still on this computer, so I should probably upgrade anyway.

In the meantime I'll browse the config link you provided.

posted by loquacious 29 June | 01:21

Ah, here it is. Thanks!

config string follows:

browser. download. manager. showAlertOnComplete

Boolean

True (default): popup window at bottom right corner of the screen will appear once all downloads are finished.
False: the popup window will not appear.

posted by loquacious 29 June | 01:25

Yup, that was it. Thanks again.

posted by loquacious 29 June | 01:28

No, thank you for finding the right info. I'm still using Mozilla, so knowing how to disable things in Firefox that I find annoying is very useful. (I've got the latest version of Firefox installed, but I'm too busy chasing kids off my lawn and reminiscing about Mosaic to take the time needed to move everything over and re-learn my browsing habits).

posted by GeckoDundee 29 June | 01:41

Whoo! I've been wondering the same thing. You folks rule!

posted by Eideteker 29 June | 02:01

I find the Download Statusbar Extension to be a hell of a lot better than whatever the default piece of shit thing is.

posted by Rhomboid 29 June | 02:16

How is the speed and memory footprint on that, Rhomboid? Does it bog any? My machine is just an old p3-750.

posted by loquacious 29 June | 02:46

I have no idea, as it is one of about three dozen extensions that I use and Firefox leaks memory like a seive anyway. But I can't imagine that it alone would cause much of a RAM increase, certainly no more than opening the stock download manager window.

posted by Rhomboid 29 June | 03:24

I, too, use the Download Statusbar Extension. It is very useful. But I haven't paid attention to its consumption.

posted by matildaben 29 June | 10:32

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