Download statusbar no longer works

30mm

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Jun 15, 2013, 4:53:46 PM6/15/13

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The Download statusbar plugin for Firefox latest version does not seem
to function at all now. What happened to the alerts and the function?
even the default window showing downloads does not come up until
selected from the menu. Is there a switch someplace to fix this because
it is extremely inconvenient and bothersome.

Thx,
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Mark Filipak

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Jun 15, 2013, 6:31:57 PM6/15/13

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Open about:config (put 'about:config' in the address bar).
Set 'browser.download.useToolkitUI' to true.
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Chris Ilias

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Jun 16, 2013, 9:55:56 AM6/16/13

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The built-in download manager was updated in April with a new interface,
including a download progress bar. For more info, visit
<http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/find-and-manage-downloaded-files>.

Did the problem start happening after an update? Does the new download
manager cover the features you were using Download Statusbar for?

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30mm

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Jun 21, 2013, 9:17:12 AM6/21/13

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thanks Mark,
I'll try that.
no time to test today though. Other work.
30mm.

Chris Ilias

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Jun 22, 2013, 5:55:05 PM6/22/13

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On 2013-06-21 9:27 AM, 30mm wrote:

> On 6/16/2013 7:55 AM, Chris Ilias wrote:
>
>> The built-in download manager was updated in April with a new interface,
>> including a download progress bar. For more info, visit
>> <http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/find-and-manage-downloaded-files>.
>>
>> Did the problem start happening after an update? Does the new download
>> manager cover the features you were using Download Statusbar for?
>

> Not sure when it failed due to other tasks.
> Nope D/L manager works differently, but it also failed to pop up when
> the Statusbar Downloader stopped working.
> I like the minimalist approach of the Download Statusbar because it
> allows you to view the progress detail without FF opening a progress box
> cluttering up the screen.

The built-in download manager has a progress bar on the download button.
You can view screenshots at
http://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/find-and-manage-downloaded-files

> The Status bar notification and the
> persistence allows for monitoring while doing something else, then I can
> to act on the download when completed.

The built-in download manager also provides a notification.

30mm

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Jun 25, 2013, 9:00:33 PM6/25/13

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None of that is working... at all.

30mm

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Jun 25, 2013, 9:12:25 PM6/25/13

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OK this failed.
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Mark Filipak

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Jun 26, 2013, 12:53:23 PM6/26/13

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On 2013/6/25 9:12 PM, 30mm wrote:
> On 6/21/2013 7:17 AM, 30mm wrote:

> OK this failed.
> :\

I'm sorry to 'hear' it failed. It absolutely worked for me. To see if it's an
addon problem, have you tried launching Firefox with addons disabled and then,
while addons are disabled, setting 'browser.download.useToolkitUI' to true?
Other than that, try reinstalling Firefox. After that, I'm afraid I can't help.

Good luck,
Mark.

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Chris Ilias

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Jun 28, 2013, 5:25:51 PM6/28/13

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In another reply you said you tried setting
"browser.download.useToolkitUI" to true. In order to see the progress
meter on the toolbar, you need to have "browser.download.useToolkitUI"
set to false.

30mm

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Jul 7, 2013, 4:57:01 PM7/7/13

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I can't get Dowloadstatusbar to work at all and have removed it.
Apparently there is no agreement on how to fix it.
Even the default download window shows nothing when and after downloading.

BTW I have Waterfox and it disables new addons that are incompatible,
but starting up FF and re-enabling addons [such as Appearance plugins
seems to work.

Chris Ilias

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Jul 8, 2013, 6:20:45 PM7/8/13

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On 2013-07-07 4:57 PM, 30mm wrote:
> Even the default download window shows nothing when and after downloading.

It is supposed to. Did you set "browser.download.useToolkitUI" to false?

> BTW I have Waterfox and it disables new addons that are incompatible,
> but starting up FF and re-enabling addons [such as Appearance plugins
> seems to work.

If you need help with Waterfox, it's best to use their forums, via
<http://www.waterfoxproject.org/support.php>.

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Jan 1, 2014, 4:09:06 AM1/1/14

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What's happened is they finally shut of nsIDownloadManager and switched full to Downloads.jsm a javascript based download manager. If I could find the relevant calls and functions to get the information that Download Statusbar is able to display, I don't think it would be terribly hard to update it. Downloads.jsm works differently and the calls made to it are formed differently, so it's taking a while to figure out where to look. I've been looking at the other Download Status Bar to try to find out what calls are being made, but his code is a bit garbled in my text editor, it's taking a while to figure out which bit is calling the data needed. Aside from that if someone were familiar with both nsIDownloadManager and Downloads.jsm calls they could probably switch out the calls in a matter of an hour or two.

Dave Pyles

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Jan 1, 2014, 2:08:36 PM1/1/14

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I, too, miss Download Statusbar. I am very happy to hear that you are
working on updating it.

Dave Pyles