Running exe’s (not saving) after download from Firefox

December 28, 2006 at 11:30 am

One of the funniest posts I've read in a while:

QUOTE (Sebastian Mares @ Feb 24 2006, 06:51 PM)
Whats so hard about downloading a file to your desktop, running it, then deleting it? Are people that lazy?

QUOTE (LilJames @ Feb 24 2006, 07:52 PM)
You waste at least 10 seconds when doing that. If you download 6 files a day, that makes one minute wasted per day. 365 minutes per year (~6 hours). If we assume that one lives 75 years, that makes almost 19 days wasted just for having to manually open and delete an EXE.

Curious about the solution? I use the OpenDownload extension - works like a charm...

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  1. J David Feb. 22, 2007 11:26 pm

    Wow... I probably download way more than 6 per day... What have I done with my life?!


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