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FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby Jorge » Sat Dec 26, 2020 7:07 pm

Hi!
Using the latest FDM 6.13, win7 x64, FF84.0.1 x64 and FDM fails to catch downloads here:
https://mrdo.mameworld.info/mame_artwork_ingame.php
it's kinda random, it works for three or for files, but then fails for another, then it works again and so on...
I hope you guys can figure it out
Jorge

Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby Jorge » Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:33 pm

also here: https://www.alternate-tools.com/pages/c ... p?lang=ENG
FDM doesn't catch downloads there too.
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby jvidalw » Sun Dec 27, 2020 6:38 pm

Moreover, if you right click and select "download with free download manager", then all hell breaks loose, FDM enters a loop trying to download a .php file and it opens dozens of progress windows and it doesn't actually download anything.


after a while I decided to give FDM another try, but I see it is plagued by the same old bugs...
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby jvidalw » Tue Dec 29, 2020 3:11 pm

Another issue:
FDM doesn't catch any download on MajorGeeks.
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby jvidalw » Tue Jan 05, 2021 3:56 pm

Thanks for completely ignoring my bug report.
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby Usher » Tue Jan 05, 2021 6:52 pm

jvidalw wrote:Thanks for completely ignoring my bug report.
It's just complaining, not a bug report.

ALWAYS DO FOLLOW THE REPORTING RULES, PLEASE.
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby Alex » Fri Jan 08, 2021 11:32 am

Hello,
It's harder to intercept downloads inside of Firefox browser due to limitations in its API.
Our extension works better in Chromium-based browsers, such as Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Opera, Vivalvi, Brave and so on.
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby jvidalw » Sun Jan 10, 2021 6:39 pm

So, that's your answer? use another browser?
wow!

Anyway, here's another problem
FDM won't catch any downlaods here https://www.wintools.info/index.php/dow ... llSettings

moreover, if I right click on a link and select "download with FDM", FDM downloads a file called "index", instead of the actual file I requested. Strictly speaking, the file "index" is actually the file I wanted, but renamed.

I really hope you can look into this, instead of just telling me to use a chromium browser (which I won't do)
lul

Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby lul » Mon Jan 11, 2021 9:55 am

bruh...not fdm fault that firefox webextension api is still shit...im still eagerly waiting for that one tabmixplus extension ever since ff quantum release, that extension not related to fdm but just to show you that webextension api still shit till nowaday...been 3-4 year already since ff quantum release, they should at least complete whatever chrome extension api
can do before killing their old extension.

additionally can fdm dev link bugzilla url of whatever api needed in fdm forum(preferably put a new pinned post about FDM-Firefox-FAQ-and re"PLEASE put up all FDM and Firefox problems here!")

who know a few/lot of someone might join those bugzilla report.im not savvy enough to join apparently(cant even understand single thing there). :|
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby Usher » Tue Jan 12, 2021 6:16 pm

lul wrote:additionally can fdm dev link bugzilla url of whatever api needed in fdm forum(preferably put a new pinned post about FDM-Firefox-FAQ
Could you propose some text, please?
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lul

Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby lul » Wed Jan 13, 2021 12:52 pm

Usher wrote:
lul wrote:additionally can fdm dev link bugzilla url of whatever api needed in fdm forum(preferably put a new pinned post about FDM-Firefox-FAQ
Could you propose some text, please?


something about fdm-firefox user should know(current limitation, etc, what user could do about that...)

as for that api thingy, like this https://www.tabmixplus.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=19942 (at this point i guess full ver of tmp is dead)?

again i will say im not savvy enough to join conversation in bugzilla, but atleast i can vote in it i guess? though im not sure how far that will go.
lul

Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby lul » Wed Jan 13, 2021 1:04 pm

i take back about full ver of tmp being dead, after searching in few bit i found this in reddithttps://old.reddit.com/r/firefox/comments/k27qzq/tab_mix_plus_may_return_and_not_as_a_webextension/...still not sure though, while the post indicate not as webextension, github say for modern ff. so there hope i guess.
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby Usher » Wed Jan 13, 2021 10:43 pm

lul wrote:
Usher wrote:
lul wrote:additionally can fdm dev link bugzilla url of whatever api needed in fdm forum(preferably put a new pinned post about FDM-Firefox-FAQ
Could you propose some text, please?

something about fdm-firefox user should know(current limitation, etc, what user could do about that...)
It's already in FDM FAQ, see here:
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=11665&p=38587#p44157
I can only add that link to the list of FDM 6 known issues.
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby lul » Thu Jan 14, 2021 2:13 am

nice...done vote in there but man, it already 4-5 year old bug...cant help but to laugh at that. :cry:
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Re: FDM Not catching downloads on one site

Postby Usher » Thu Jan 14, 2021 7:30 pm

lul wrote:nice...done vote in there but man, it already 4-5 year old bug...cant help but to laugh at that. :cry:

I suspect that it may be one of many things deliberately broken by Google:
https://www.zdnet.com/article/former-mo ... for-years/
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