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Title:
  Should make downloaded files-read only

Status in The Mozilla Firefox Browser:
  Invalid
Status in firefox package in Ubuntu:
  Fix Released

Bug description:
  Binary package hint: firefox

  When firefox downloads a file and the user chooses to open this file
  directly with an application (openoffice, gedit ..), the file is saved
  in a temporary folder. The file is removed by firefox at some later
  point (I couldn't figure out when exactly).

  The problem is that in the application, the user is presented with a
  completely normal, writable file. An average user can not know that
  any changes he makes will be lost *even if he saves the file*, because
  the application does not ask for a new filename. But also as a more
  experienced user I often forget that I am dealing with a temporary
  file. I assume that my data is safe when I press save. If for some
  reason the data cannot be saved (because it was downloaded from the
  net), I expect to be asked for a new filename.

  Although this is neither a real firefox nor openoffice (or gedit etc)
  bug, it easily leads to dataloss.

  I see three options to fix this:

  1) Firefox should mark downloaded files read only when they are just
  temporary. This will hopefully cause applications to show the correct
  behaviour when changes are made.

  2) Firefox should not delete temporary files if they have been
  changed.  Problem here is that the file still has an obscure name and
  sits in a tmp directory.

  3) Firefox should tell the called application to show the data without
  associating it with a filename. This would be the best option, but it
  is most likely not possible to implement for all files.

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