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Don't other browsers have a "temporary downloads" folder? For when you select "open this file with (...)" in the download dialog? Opera does. Now I finally sor
by tripzilch 14y ago
Don't other browsers have a "temporary downloads" folder? For when you select "open this file with (...)" in the download dialog? Opera does.
Now I finally sort of understand why people like opening PDFs in browser plugins, I suppose ...
> I usually end up with a clusterfuck of a download directory (mine has 20 GB already in half a year, most of it is one-off downloads!)
yeah well but that is your own fault for saving temporary downloads in a non /tmp directory. just put them somewhere where they'll get cleaned out every so often. this is a computer, you don't even have to take the trash out yourself, but it's still up to you to differentiate between "to discard" and "to keep".`
- mschuster91 14y agoWindows does not have a /tmp, and Chrome doesn't offer an easy(!) way to switch download locations per download.
- Sprint 14y agoOf course Windows does, $TEMP!
- Gormo 14y agoYou mean %TEMP%.
- Dylan16807 14y agoThat folder never gets cleared.
- Sprint 14y agoFrom what I know applications are meant to clean up after themselves.
- mschuster91 14y agoBut rarely, applications do this. The only notable exceptions is Winrar temp-extractions and some installers. Most other products simply let their stuff rot in TEMP hell.
- mschuster91 14y agoActually there are two TEMPs, one Local Settings and one Roaming Settings TEMP. But unlike most linuxes, Windows doesn't clean them, and some applications even fuck up when you delete their temp-stuff.