Post AxgCkHpmK45pHMfLd2 by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
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(DIR) Post #AxgBuwCiyyZRQUuiLQ by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
2025-08-30T01:07:41Z
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Super annoyingly Librewolf (and Firefox) create a Downloads dirbeven if you have another location specified for downloads, there is no way to stop it.It does not appear till u close librewolf (like a bird shitting on you as it flies away)I have done a script (called librewolf, earlier in the PATH than the real executable) to remove the kibble from my home dir:#!/usr/bin/mksh/usr/bin/librewolf && waitsleep 1 && waitrm -rf Downloads
(DIR) Post #AxgCkGny9J3G5SoOAa by froge@social.glitched.systems
2025-08-30T01:11:48.121Z
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@brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org why does my browser think it knows better than me when it comes to the location of downloads? when even let me choose a location if it's just going to automatically re-create the default folder forever?this is probably a bug, honestly it's stupid enough that I might just fix it myself later, assuming the project isn't going to argue for dumb reasons about it smh
(DIR) Post #AxgCkHpmK45pHMfLd2 by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
2025-08-30T01:16:58Z
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yeah it sux and everyone hates it. So probably that means some entrenched developer will fight tooth and nail to keep it enabled lol
(DIR) Post #AxgDGe4hATxHWX4aNk by prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer
2025-08-30T01:23:12.477632Z
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@brettm fighting the xdg desktop spec is swimming upstream.
(DIR) Post #AxgDddQFl8uSA37QK8 by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
2025-08-30T01:26:59Z
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@prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer I hate xdg-open so much I wrote a replacementhttps://coiloptic.org/code/mime-opener.html
(DIR) Post #AxgDjemTcbJg6zNwFU by prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer
2025-08-30T01:28:26.025231Z
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@brettm your anubis replacement isn't working either
(DIR) Post #AxgEOx3KaluCeaxXw8 by froge@social.glitched.systems
2025-08-30T01:32:40.994Z
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@prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer @brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org the software explicitly lets me decide to use an arbitrary location, it should just ignore that my desktop isn't following spec in that case... if I had just slammed "save" and not chosen a specific directory the browser can feel free to create the default one from the xdg desktop specbut like, unless I do that it should fuck off tbh
(DIR) Post #AxgEOyFQ9JAcMNciQ4 by prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer
2025-08-30T01:35:49.976337Z
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@froge @brettm I wasn't defending the behavior, just saying its a fight I wouldn't put effort into.
(DIR) Post #AxgH5ztW6P0FpN1S3E by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
2025-08-30T02:05:43Z
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@prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer yep i get you 🙂
(DIR) Post #AxgHUUALCoQif8ZK1g by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
2025-08-30T02:10:10Z
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@prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer wdym ... its working for me. (note I haven't set it up yet for my fediverse site at swarm.coiloptic.org only my normal webbed site coiloptic.org)
(DIR) Post #AxgI7d9BkMaZoNhAgK by prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer
2025-08-30T02:17:36.445206Z
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@brettm this is all I get, using LW myself.
(DIR) Post #AxgIeTDVgjnkZNNN5M by brettm@swarm.coiloptic.org
2025-08-30T02:23:10Z
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@prettygood@socially.drinkingatmy.computer hmm strange, I just tried on librewolf myself and it works fine