Wednesday, July 21, 2010

Chrome browser

I like to use the Chrome browser to handle my G Mail and Blogger as they are all provided by Google. However, I find one feature of Chrome to be quite irritating. Whenever I download a document, Chrome  insist on saving a copy in the Download folder before opening it. If I wish to view the same copy again, Chrome will save another copy of the document. Sometimes, I find several copies of the same document in the Download folder. Is there a way to stop the saving of the copies in the Download folder?



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8 comments:

Unknown said...

Mr Tan,
In my humble opinion, I think Chrome is doing right thing by saving another copy with another filename. This is to prevent any wrongful replacement of files.

If you want to overcome this, I recommend clearing your 'Download' folder every time you use Chrome.

Koffee
I am a supporter of Chrome Browser.

July 21, 2010 9:19 PM
hongjun said...

If not, simply double click on an existing file to overwrite it.

hongjun
Supporter of Chrome

July 22, 2010 12:55 AM
Tan Kin Lian said...

Internet Explorer ask me if I wish to open the document or save it. Usually I choose to open the document without saving it. I find this option to be useful, compared to the feature in Chrome where multiple copies are beign saved - when they are not needed.

July 22, 2010 8:19 AM
Desean said...

it is actually the same for other browser. when you "open" in other browsers, it actually save the file in the cache and open from there, so the effect is the same.

July 22, 2010 10:04 PM
chnrxn said...

The browser cannot read your mind. It does not know when a file is needed by you or not.

Desean is correct. IE is simply doing the exact same thing in the background.

When the prompt appears asking you whether to save/run/open the file, you have to attend to the dialog before you are able to do anything else. I used to like this use-case, but nowadays, I'll rather it just download the file first and take care of it later.

July 23, 2010 12:09 AM
Tan Kin Lian said...

I found the solution. My programmer changed the action from "download" to "read" the document at the server end.

The document will now be opened in the browser, and does not require to be downloaded to read it. There is no need to save the document in order to read it.

The document now opens for reader in all browsers. The experience is very good.

July 23, 2010 8:56 AM
Desean said...

yes, your "solution" is possible but bear in mind that it is website specific only (i.e. surfing other website not configured in the same manner will save the PDF file to your PC)

July 23, 2010 9:02 AM
hongjun said...

Mr Tan,

I did not know you were trying to incorporate the force open feature on your website. All along, I thought you were asking for a generic solution on all file types from all websites. So, guess this explains why all comments here were general too.

hongjun

July 23, 2010 9:56 AM

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