When you download a file in Internet Explorer you get the option to run or save it. The run option however is not available in Firefox by default, you can only save the file or cancel the download. Running files directly has one advantage over saving them and running them from the hard drive afterwards; The setup files will the located in the temporary Internet cache which – in my case – is cleared whenever I close Firefox.
Thankfully though the Open Download extension for Firefox was developed by Jeremy Gillick which adds this functionality to the Firefox download dialog. What I really like about this extension is the fact that it simply adds the Run button to the dialog without changing anything else.
Thanks to Cybernet News for finding this gem.
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I seem to remember that the earlier versions of Firefox allowed users to ‘run’ e.g. the program directly. Or it could be my faulty memory playing tricks on me :) I remember being quite surprised when I had to d/l the entire file first before I could execute it. Thanks for the new FF extension recommendation! ;)