[EXT] Download Manager (S3)

[XTAL256]

Latest update (4.13) and the window size issue remains. Please, please, fix this. It's really annoying and not that hard to fix.

[malliz]

You are using some weird third party build so look at that first.

[Lebon14]

Hi there.

Is there any work done to try to make the addon work as a WebExtension plugin for Firefox 57?

Thanks!

[pag77]

Unfortunately, WebExtensions (the new API for Firefox 57+) does not have the functionality for the correct operation of this addon in Firefox.
So this addon will no longer work with the release of Firefox 57 in November 2017!
This is the inevitable change in Firefox - all Xul-addons will die out in Firefox 57
https://blog.mozilla.org/addons/2017/02 ... ilestones/

But you can install Firefox 52 ESR and enjoy work until June 2018
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/o ... tions/faq/

[Lebon14]

I read that. However, there's no way for you to go around it?

[pag77]

> However, there's no way for you to go around it?

this obstacle can not be circumvented - this is end of the road.

[Lebon14]

That's really too bad, I LOVED your download manager.

[yarrmateys]

what exactly is the obstacle related to though? is it capturing the file download progress data so it could be displayed elsewhere, or something else?

[pag77]

what exactly is the obstacle related to though? is it capturing the file download progress data so it could be displayed elsewhere, or something else?

rename, check virus, check md5, show in bottom panel (only show in button-toolbar or inject html to any site), etc...

[yarrmateys]

hmm. so it'd lose a bunch of abilities, but a version with somewhat reduced functionality that would work as a simpler download manager that displays progress of downloaded files could still work for now, maybe in the future mozilla will expand the api to add more hooks.

it could be displayed in the button toolbar. then there's sidebar api, isn't there? could have a way to choose though, having a sidebar interfere with website's size would get annoying fast with many websites designed for variable width. wouldn't html injection cause overall slowdown, esp. with other addons that also do that?

[pag77]

simpler download manager that displays progress of downloaded files

already exists a similar extension in Firefox: https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/elite- ... d-manager/
and there are a lot of such extensions in chrome (chrome API == Firefox WebExtensions API): https://chrome.google.com/webstore/sear ... extensions

[yarrmateys]

i looked at them, but it doesn't seem like any of them have a function to filter out some results, such as images. that's one of the reasons i used yours instead of others, other than the bottom bar.

chrome extensions don't quite work yet. even with an extension that tricks google store into letting the extensions be installed into firefox they don't actually work right, if at all.

[pag77]

chrome extensions don't quite work yet.

for install from Chrome Webstore to Firefox please try this addon:
https://addons.mozilla.org/addon/chrome-store-foxified/

[yarrmateys]

that's exactly what i meant when i said "extension that tricks google store into letting the extensions be installed into firefox". the extensions i tried to install with that don't work right, for example chrono download manager doesn't capture links at all. firefox's webextension api implementation isn't complete yet.

[freakout87]

what exactly is the obstacle related to though? is it capturing the file download progress data so it could be displayed elsewhere, or something else?

rename, check virus, check md5, show in bottom panel (only show in button-toolbar or inject html to any site), etc...

Hi there,

I absolutely love this extension. The only feature that I've ever cared about is being able to have the download bar at the bottom of the screen, so I don't have to have a stupid window hovering over the top of my page to monitor progress, that closes as soon as I click outside of it.

I would be willing to pay hundreds of dollars to get just that ability back. Is there really *no* way it can be done????