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Try installing tabbrowser extensions:

http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions.html.en

There is a setting in it under advanced to only ever use one browser
window. Not sure if it is exactly what you are looking for, but would
be worth a try.

Preston


On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 20:30:29 +0200, Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
> Not really gentoo (i seem to be getting picky about this!), but does
> anyone know how to stop mozilla from opening a new browser window
> every time I download a file? I just get rid of them, them being empty
> windas...
> Cheers
> Antoine
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Preston Hagar wrote:
> Try installing tabbrowser extensions:
>
> http://white.sakura.ne.jp/~piro/xul/_tabextensions.html.en

>
> There is a setting in it under advanced to only ever use one browser
> window. Not sure if it is exactly what you are looking for, but would
> be worth a try.
>
> Preston
>
>
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004 20:30:29 +0200, Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>Not really gentoo (i seem to be getting picky about this!), but does
>>anyone know how to stop mozilla from opening a new browser window
>>every time I download a file? I just get rid of them, them being empty
>>windas...
>>Cheers
>>Antoine


Tabbrowser extensions would be a good idea, except tabbrowser extensions
(TBE) tends to cause other problems.

I myself use an extension for only this purpose (probably part of the
push to split the TBE functionality into more manageable bites for people)

Disable Targets For Downloads 0.6.
Prevents sites spawning blank windows when clicking binary downloads.

You can find it here:
http://update.mozilla.org/extensions/moreinfo.php?id=241&vid=635

Works fine for me.

Holly

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On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Antoine wrote:

> Not really gentoo (i seem to be getting picky about this!), but does
> anyone know how to stop mozilla from opening a new browser window
> every time I download a file? I just get rid of them, them being empty
> windas...

Why can't you RIGHT click and do "Save Link As" instead?


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On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:02:35 -0400 (EDT), Ajai Khattri <ajai@bway.net> wrote:
> On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Antoine wrote:
>
> > Not really gentoo (i seem to be getting picky about this!), but does
> > anyone know how to stop mozilla from opening a new browser window
> > every time I download a file? I just get rid of them, them being empty
> > windas...
>
> Why can't you RIGHT click and do "Save Link As" instead?

I could, but that is also extra effort... I don't understand why it
can't be made the default behaviour when a link is clicked on that
mozilla would just download anyway... I am guessing that one instance
could get rid of another instance (having it appear and then disappear
would be fine) as they are linked somehow (via gecko?). Surely this
could be made a configurable option?
Cheers
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yep, sure...in OPTIONS, DOWNLOAD MANAGER.




On Sat, 9 Oct 2004 06:53:05 +0200, Antoine <melser.anton@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 8 Oct 2004 23:02:35 -0400 (EDT), Ajai Khattri <ajai@bway.net> wrote:
> > On Thu, 7 Oct 2004, Antoine wrote:
> >
> > > Not really gentoo (i seem to be getting picky about this!), but does
> > > anyone know how to stop mozilla from opening a new browser window
> > > every time I download a file? I just get rid of them, them being empty
> > > windas...
> >
> > Why can't you RIGHT click and do "Save Link As" instead?
>
> I could, but that is also extra effort... I don't understand why it
> can't be made the default behaviour when a link is clicked on that
> mozilla would just download anyway... I am guessing that one instance
> could get rid of another instance (having it appear and then disappear
> would be fine) as they are linked somehow (via gecko?). Surely this
> could be made a configurable option?
> Cheers
> Antoine
>
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On Sat, 9 Oct 2004, Antoine wrote:

> > Why can't you RIGHT click and do "Save Link As" instead?
>
> I could, but that is also extra effort... I don't understand why it
> can't be made the default behaviour when a link is clicked on that
> mozilla would just download anyway... I am guessing that one instance
> could get rid of another instance (having it appear and then disappear
> would be fine) as they are linked somehow (via gecko?). Surely this
> could be made a configurable option?

It *is* - look in your Preferences...


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On Sunday 10 October 2004 10:20 pm, Ajai Khattri wrote:

> > I could, but that is also extra effort... I don't understand why it
> > can't be made the default behaviour when a link is clicked on that
> > mozilla would just download anyway... I am guessing that one instance
> > could get rid of another instance (having it appear and then disappear
> > would be fine) as they are linked somehow (via gecko?). Surely this
> > could be made a configurable option?
>
> It *is* - look in your Preferences...

Please, point it out for us..

Jeff

On Mon, 11 Oct 2004, Jeff Smelser wrote:

> On Sunday 10 October 2004 10:20 pm, Ajai Khattri wrote:
>
> > > I could, but that is also extra effort... I don't understand why it
> > > can't be made the default behaviour when a link is clicked on that
> > > mozilla would just download anyway... I am guessing that one instance
> > > could get rid of another instance (having it appear and then disappear
> > > would be fine) as they are linked somehow (via gecko?). Surely this
> > > could be made a configurable option?
> >
> > It *is* - look in your Preferences...
>
> Please, point it out for us..


Have you looked in the Preferences under Navigator -> Downloads ??


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