On 28/02/2018 14:28, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Martin Brown
writes
On 28/02/2018 12:59, Tim Lamb wrote:
In message , Andy Burns
writes
Tim Lamb wrote:

I came across a
huge download file of every Acrobat pdf looked at

It falls between two stools ... your browser downloads .pdf file and
launches acrobat, acrobat displays the file, but neither feel it's
their job to delete it afterwards, you might want to keep it for
future reference.

Disks are big and cheap.
Oh! User housekeeping then. Be nice if there was an option save/not
save somewhere.

There is if you have a browser plugin enabled that downloads the PDF
to a temporary file and then views it from there inside the browser.
It still may get left if the browser or computer crashes.

OK I'll have a look for the Firefox plug-in

Uncountable numbers of orphanned temporary files and other junk
accumulate on all windoze systems which is why CCleaner was invented.

Otherwise you are manually downloading the file to the downloads
directory and viewing it with a PDF viewer manually. Manuals you have
downloaded once may well be useful in the future. Online old manuals
have an annoying habit of evaporating or being hidden behind a paywall.

Still be nice if the close button gave an option to dump or retain. The
system doesn't even warn of duplication.


Yes, Firefox accumulates vast amounts of crud in temporary files, but
Ccleaner can get rid of it when you feel that it's too much. Mind you,
your hard drive probably has far more capacity than you need.
--
Dave W