Yeah smarty pants obviously it has to download the data, but by default it shouldnt permanently store it as a file in your download folder. Files like this should go into a tmp file or only into RAM.
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IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 10 months agoWhen in reality, the browser just downloads it, then opens it.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
I’d check if I was you. I think both Chrome and Firefox keep it in downloads folder
Mango@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Yes, obviously. That’s what we have a problem with.
unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 10 months ago
Idk about default Firefox, but both Fennec on Android and Librewolf on Desktop do not permanently save it.
lengau@midwest.social 10 months ago
So like a web page.
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Except a webpage isn’t exactly stored on the computer. JS and CSS files are cached. Images also, but not HTML. So no, not like a web page.
lengau@midwest.social 10 months ago
By default any HTTP response is cached, including HTML.
mexicancartel@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 months ago
Downloads it? Yes. Save as a file? No, atleast not permanently
IcyToes@sh.itjust.works 10 months ago
Yeah, usually in downloads for Firefox. I think Chrome is the same.
Cethin@lemmy.zip 10 months ago
It has to download any content it shows you, whether that’s a web page, pdf, or anything else. It can’t just magically know what to display without downloading it. Whether it stores it permanently is another question. Most browsers don’t do this. If yours does there’s probably a setting for that, or it’s just a really bad browser.
Eheran@lemmy.world 10 months ago
How else should it even be possible? Obviously every browser needs to download it and 100 % too.
workerONE@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It could put it in a temporary cache that’s deleted when you close it
Eheran@lemmy.world 10 months ago
So it did safe the file…?