saving images from internet

[firehc]

i used to drag the image to a folder and it's done.

recently, i found that dragging the image to a folder saves the link instead

what have i done wrong?

thanks

[BuonRotto]

It could be the site. Are you clicking and draggin directly on the image? If you are and it's still doing this, try clicking (not clicking and dragging) on the picture and see if it works as a link, that is, it sends you to another page. The browser will treat the image as a link if you try dragging it to a folder in this case. To avoid it, control- or right-click on the image and choose something to the effect of "save this image to disk" or "download image to desktop." This will save the image instead of the link it contains.

I hope that's the answer for you. What browser (or Sherlock/Watson) are you using?

[firehc]

thanks for your reply
i am using chimera to do the drag and drop thing
i ve also tried IE and OW, image was saved

seems like just chimera is saving the link,
or is there any setting to change that?

yr suggestion works, but i am just lazy to press a key!

[der Kopf]

[quote]Originally posted by firehc:
<strong>thanks for your reply
i am using chimera to do the drag and drop thing
i ve also tried IE and OW, image was saved

seems like just chimera is saving the link,
or is there any setting to change that?

yr suggestion works, but i am just lazy to press a key!</strong><hr></blockquote>

I bet that it's something not implemented in chimera only. If you really want this (which I can imagine, I use this feature like a crazy maniac as well) maybe you should let the chimera developer know about it on his webpage.

[firehc]

done.

[Steve]

That's one of Mozilla's quirks. Remember, Chimera has 1.5 million lines of Mozilla code in there, and a lot of stuff harkens back to its initial release. It's going to take a LOT of time before it truly feels as fluid as a true Mac OS X app, especially in things like drag-and-drop "physics," text-entry, etc.