How to speed up "Save *target* as..." actions in Firefox?

Howard

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For example, if I see an image I want to download, I right-click for the context menu and select Save Image As. Then, it often takes over 5 seconds for the download manager to appear. If the download manager is already showing in the taskbar, it still takes the same amount of time for it to show that something's being downloaded (i.e. it's like a mini-freeze of the browser).

Which brings me to another point. Why does something already in cache have to be re-downloaded (the progress bar goes from 0 to 100% in the download manager at a rate of over a meg a second)? I can understand that it's transferring the file from the cache to the target directory, but there doesn't seem to be a lag in IE or Opera.
 

Dman877

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What kind of system do you run? What background apps? I hjave no delay when saving images, I usually don't even see the download window pop up cuz it goes so fast...
 

Howard

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Athlon XP 1800+
512MB PC2100

WinXP SP1

MSN Messenger
foobar2000


I loaded up Task Manager to observe the resource usage of my browser when I tried saving an image. The piece of sh1t shoots up to 95% CPU utilization for some god damned reason. No virus scanners loaded.
 

Howard

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Did it once more and it went up to 99%.

When idling, it takes between 0-2%.
 

HomerSapien

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Just drag the image to your desktop...Takes virtually no time and the download box should not show up.
 

Noema

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Originally posted by: HomerSapien
Just drag the image to your desktop...Takes virtually no time and the download box should not show up.


Ha! I didn't know that was possible. I just tried it with your penguin avatar and works great. Nifty trick. :thumbsup:
 

Howard

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Originally posted by: HomerSapien
Just drag the image to your desktop...Takes virtually no time and the download box should not show up.
This requires me to contract the browser window?
 

Howard

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I disabled the download manager and all works well.

Fvcking download manager.
 

0roo0roo

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yea that download manager is buggy. removing stuff from it wihtout using the clean button is also dog slow