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> The latest change to the downloads is horrible.

  about:config
  browser.download.improvements_to_download_panel false

...will revert to the old behaviour.

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And it has become SOP for the Firefox team to eventually remove these flags later and hope you don't notice.

That's the first thing I did. It doesn't revert to the old behaviour.

It's documented to do so, and it works for me.

What part isn't working for you?

It just doesn't revert to the old download.

As I said, the first thing I did when I saw the release notes was checking how to go back to the old settings. I tried that on 2 computers, both using linux (Ubuntu and PopOS), without any luck.

It doesn't ask me anymore what if I want to open the file or save it.

I walked into this trap yesterday as well. The reason being, they also changed many of my settings regarding application handling. While before that change, it was "Always ask" across the board, after the update, many file types were set to "Save File". So in addition to the about:config setting you should also check what is set for specific file types and revert that to "Always Ask".

This is the kind of change, if there were competition, I would have stopped using Firefox for good.

Apparently it works with some files. I downloaded a .torrent file and the download prompt showed up.

It doesn't work with images, videos, spreadsheet files, etc.

Curious. I run several profiles of Firefox, on macOS and Linux (Ubuntu derivative) and it works in all cases that I've tested.

I hope it eventually works for you -- I also prefer the old behaviour when doing multiple downloads in quick succession.

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