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minus-squareIcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22arrow-down3·2 years agoWhen in reality, the browser just downloads it, then opens it.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11arrow-down1·2 years agoHow else should it even be possible? Obviously every browser needs to download it and 100 % too.
minus-squareworkerONE@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 years agoIt could put it in a temporary cache that’s deleted when you close it
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·2 years agoSo it did safe the file…?
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoYeah smarty pants obviously it has to download the data, but by default it shouldnt permanently store it as a file in your download folder. Files like this should go into a tmp file or only into RAM.
minus-squareIcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 years agoI’d check if I was you. I think both Chrome and Firefox keep it in downloads folder
minus-squareMango@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoYes, obviously. That’s what we have a problem with.
minus-squareunexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 years agoIdk about default Firefox, but both Fennec on Android and Librewolf on Desktop do not permanently save it.
minus-squareIcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down4·2 years agoExcept a webpage isn’t exactly stored on the computer. JS and CSS files are cached. Images also, but not HTML. So no, not like a web page.
minus-squarelengau@midwest.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·2 years agoBy default any HTTP response is cached, including HTML.
minus-squaremexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·2 years agoDownloads it? Yes. Save as a file? No, atleast not permanently
minus-squareIcyToes@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down1·2 years agoYeah, usually in downloads folder for Firefox. I think Chrome is the same.
When in reality, the browser just downloads it, then opens it.
How else should it even be possible? Obviously every browser needs to download it and 100 % too.
It could put it in a temporary cache that’s deleted when you close it
So it did safe the file…?
Yeah smarty pants obviously it has to download the data, but by default it shouldnt permanently store it as a file in your download folder. Files like this should go into a tmp file or only into RAM.
I’d check if I was you. I think both Chrome and Firefox keep it in downloads folder
Yes, obviously. That’s what we have a problem with.
Idk about default Firefox, but both Fennec on Android and Librewolf on Desktop do not permanently save it.
So like a web page.
Except a webpage isn’t exactly stored on the computer. JS and CSS files are cached. Images also, but not HTML. So no, not like a web page.
By default any HTTP response is cached, including HTML.
Downloads it? Yes. Save as a file? No, atleast not permanently
Yeah, usually in downloads folder for Firefox. I think Chrome is the same.