I can't help you with Firefox, but I can suggest an easier alternative. Use the Lynx browser. With Lynx, once you finish a download, all you have to do is hit the left arrow key to return to the previous web page. (Or use the h key if lynx is configured to use vikeys). Once your cursor is sitting on the book or magazine's download link again, just tab down (or j key with vikeys) to get to the next document and hit return on your next download selection. During the lynx download process, you'll have the opportunity to rename the save file from the esoteric default name to something like short.zip. -- Rudy Vener An audio release of Beast Hunt Vol 1, containing my short story Dragon Wing, is loose in the wild: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0DPN1QGGJ Latest Limerick - Orcas Do It With Tongue https://limerickdude.substack.com/p/orcas-do-it-with-tongue Website: http://www.rudyvener.com On Mon, Jul 07, 2025 at 11:32:19AM -0500, martin.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > This message applies only to those who use the US Library of > Congress Talking Book program so others can skip it if they like. > > The bard web site has a wishlist link to let one download > books and magazines they like to read and I use that link all the > time. The site presents you with a list of all the periodicals > one is subscribed to so they can be downloaded for reading. > Things go really well until after the periodical is downloaded > and one wants to go back in and download the next one. I feel > like I am missing something obvious. When the download finishes, > what I would like to be able to do is just move on to the next > item to download and download it. The dream scenario would be to > start a loop, sit back and just inhale every item until it is > done but failing that, is there a quicker way to move on to the > next item? > > What happens in firefox is that you tab or arrow to the > download link, press Enter and it downloads. So far, perfect. > When the download finishes, though, one is stuck in a loop of 3 > or 4 links, none of which are terribly useful except possibly to > let a reader read a list of all the articles in the magazine that > they are about to read or re-download a second copy of the same > periodical. That is all to easy to do because one's sense of > optimism may convince you that you are just downloading the next > thing on the list since that makes sense and re-downloading what > you just downloaded only makes sense if you think there is > something wrong with what you just got. > > Of course, in GUI world the most aggravating thing is > always the easiest thing that happens. If you don't stop right there and > erase that duplicate file, you'll get two copies of the same periodical > which just wastes drive space. > > The most sense would be to hit some key and be back at > all the links ready to get the next item. > > At one time, I thought I had stumbled on to the go back > one level key when I hit escape. That seems to do something but > not the same thing every time. Alt-F4 just dumps you out and > closes all windows but on rare occasions it also has appeared to > just close that tight loop of 4 unneeded links. It's possible I > was accidentally logged in to the bard site twice and maybe what I really did > was kill off Instance 2 which left Instance 1 still open. > > I love the command line and tolerate the GUI the same > way one tolerates the drunk relative who shows up at Christmas time > and sometimes amuses everybody but mostly is a pain to be around. > > An acceptable work-around on the bard site would be to > somehow mark where you are when at the wishlist link selection > screen, do the download, and then jump back to that screen again > to do the next download. > > All constructive suggestions are appreciated. > > Martin McCormick > > > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to blinux-list+unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxx.