De-cluttering & improving Fx's interface

Greg Campbell wrote:
> BryanSmiley78gmail.com wrote:
> > 9. Downloads
> > "Save to Disk" for opening/download a
file could be better named for
> > user understanding.  Many novice users do not
actually know what "Disk"
> > really means, and some even presume a CD, which is
in there world more
> > referred to as Disk, then the Hard Disk.
>
> This REALLY is a bug. Even my fairly-tech-savvy wife
doesn't get this:
> "But I don't want to save it on a disk."
>
> To most users, "disk" means something than
can be easily inserted and
> removed from the computer. Most likely, a floppy disk
(a CD is a CD).
>
> This string really should be combined with the chosen
folder in the
> download options. For most, it would say "Save to
Desktop." For those
> who have chosen a custom folder it might say
"Save to My Downloaded
> Files." For those who chose "Ask me where
to save every file" it should
> say "Save to..." since it will bring up
more options.
>
> Greg

This is what I've witnessed many confused by, even by
reasonably tech
savvy people like  you say.  Your right it is a bug really. 
Like I
said, the term "disk" is immediately connected
with a portable disk
such as a CD by most people, and the majority of people need
to be
clear as to what such a simple dialogue box means.

Changing it to "Save to Desktop" as I proposed
as do you, would be
clearest and remain default.   This makes it clear to users
the file
will not be saved not to a CD or something equally as
confusing, but to
theyre standard, straight forward, easy to understand
commonplace
desktop by default.

Users should also not be forced to go into options to be
able to save a
file elsewhere, even if only once in a blue moon, it should
always be
possible within the download dialogue box as per other
browsers, not
forcing the user to go into options (many wont) or manually
move the
file (much more of a task).

A subtle button/blue link "Browse" should appear
just right of desktop
to enable the selecting of another destination.  There's
other ways to
enable this also but this seems the simplest, most harmless,
beneficial
way and should be implemented to not force users into doing
things in a
more complex way, even if a user only saves elsewhere once
in a while
and desktop being default is still suitable.

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