Safari download window

No, there is yet no way of doing this.

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Thats honestly one of the worst answers I've read about this so far. Why would they take away a window like this? It was hands down the easiest way of downloading files for me since I could just copy a link and paste it in to the downloads window. I can still do that, but I have to have a download currently going long enough for me to copy another link and then paste it in to the download.

I understand that this feature is now gone. I would love to see it come back or something like it. The downloads window was the only reason I used Safari in the first place, just so I could grab that super long training video that I've been waiting to stream forever on that youtube site, I could just watch the activity window for the big .flv file, cmd-c it and cmd-v it in the downloads and it'd down the whole thing faster than it would stream. I don't see the reason to removing the Downloads window.

Not sure why answer should be the worst you have seen, it is just the way it is in Safari. It does not make the answer worst.

As far as your copy paste is concerned, you can still do it in the window once you pop it out. even if no download is under progress, just select any previous download there and press cmd-V, it will paste on top of the list.

yes, you need to have at least one listing in the window for the button to appear.

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As far as your copy paste is concerned, you can still do it in the window once you pop it out. even if no download is under progress, just select any previous download there and press cmd-V, it will paste on top of the list.

yes, you need to have at least one listing in the window for the button to appear.

However, the small button is still worse than a window, if one wants to see how the downloads are going. Having a poor internet connection, I usually keep an eye to my download, to see when it finishes (so I can download again, or browse further, because browsing and downloading can't be easily done at the same time). While I wait, I usually go into another application to do things. It's really simpler to monitor the download(s) in a "big" window than in a small button.

And, finally, most of the things Apple has changed in a "iOS" way for the desktop OS don't sound apropriate (these are separate kind of machines, have they forgot this?)

I think you mostly need the download window to paste a link you copied, right? You can only do this if there's a download already going on, but…

You can paste the link to the address bar and then press option-return (ctrl-L ctrl-V opt-return). A-ha!

And if you want to download a file you've found in the Activity Window (cmd-opt-a), you just need to option-double-click!

I prefered the old way too, but now we don't need that download window anymore!