firefox problem, when downloading files

[z0mb13]

Whenever I download an attachment from my email account, the file type is not kept

for instance, I dl-ed some word document from my yahoo email, after I dl-ed it using firefox it doesnt dl it to a word document type file

any help?

also why is firefox so much slower compared to IE??

 

[rh71]

Did the file download correctly in IE ?

How is FF slower ? I see it as being slightly faster in every aspect except initial program load time.