“Save Target As” in Firefox

August 7, 2009 · Filed Under Firefox · Comment 

People accustomed to using the Internet Explorer web browser may find that one of their favorite features seems to be missing in Firefox: “Save Target As.”

While browsing, if you come across a web link to a file such as a Word document, PDF or executable, in Internet Explorer you can download the file to disk without having to open it in your browser.  To do this, you right-click on the link, then select “Save Target As” from the popup menu.  But that function seems to be missing in Firefox.

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