When I have an image on the screen and try to save it why does firefox download it again?
I am on a certain web site and an image is displayed on the screen. I want to save it to my PC. Instead of saving the one already downloaded and displayed Firefox downloads it again. This is a nuisance it wastes time and bandwidth. Is there any way to correct this? Some people have suggested 'save images' but this is no help whatsoever as the same thing happens.
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Yes, that is how Firefox works most of the time.
You can look at one of this extension:
Cool, this behavior has long annoyed me but I didn't know there was an add-on to fix it. Seems to be working!
As I said in my question 'Save Images' does NOT solve the problem. It operates in exactly the same way and re-downloads the image.
Make sure that you do not run Firefox in (permanent) Private Browsing mode (Never Remember History).
- Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history"
- Deselect: [ ] "Always use private browsing mode"
In case you are using "Clear history when Firefox closes":
- do not clear the Cache because Firefox will disable the disk cache in such a case
- Tools > Options > Privacy > Firefox will: "Use custom settings for history": [X] "Clear history when Firefox closes" > Settings
- https://support.mozilla.org/kb/Clear+Recent+History
Note that clearing "Site Preferences" clears all exceptions for cookies, images, pop-up windows, software installation, and passwords.
Thanks for the reply, but Private browsing and clear history not engaged. Any other suggestions? I am not the only one to have this problem.
Is the disk cache actually working if you check that on the about:cache page?
There should be three sections: Memory Cache, Disk Cache, and Offline (Application) cache that you can ignore.