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  • Document directory:, the Firefox shortcut limit, and the new save options directory: matches the folder picked from the menu, where menuindex: matches by position — inserting a folder renumbers every index, which is why the name matcher exists. Firefox refuses to save a filename ending .url or .desktop and fails the whole download rather than renaming it, so those shortcut formats are not offered there. It has done this since 112 (bug 1815062 / CVE-2023-29542) and Save In's Windows/macOS/Freedesktop formats land exactly on that list, so it belongs in the capability table beside the other cross-browser differences rather than in a release note nobody rereads. The duplicate-filename prompt row is the same class and was equally undocumented. The save options are new or changed: quick-save-only removes the submenu (the only way to reach a one-click save, since browsers collapse more than one item), click to save can stop inheriting the last folder, and the MIME extension is off by default because it renames a save you did not ask it to rename and costs a request to the site. Edge whitespace is trimmed because browsers reject a path component that begins or ends with it.

    @gyng gyng committed Jul 16, 2026
  • Document cross-browser Referer rules

    @gyng gyng committed Jul 14, 2026
  • Document authenticated download context

    @gyng gyng committed Jul 13, 2026
  • Refresh documentation for current features

    @gyng gyng committed Jul 13, 2026
  • Add Firefox vs Chrome page; mark offscreen documents shipped in MV3 page

    @gyng gyng committed Jul 10, 2026