Assigning different download location to other browsers

Seems Safari controls where all browsers place their downloads. Anyone know if there's a way (free/shareware) to allow, say Firefox, Camino, to download to a different location?

But if I choose the documents folder for Camino, Safari will change to the documents folder as well upon relaunch and vice-versa. Very annoying!
Well, that's a surprise. Things aren't always what they seem to be. I use Safari for all my downloads. I didn't realize until now changing the download preference in one browser changes Safari's location as well. Very strange, but what isn't in Computerworld.
Back to your original question, SpeedDownload offers a very different approach to Downloads. The app. creates a download library supported by smart folders and other useful features. To me, it's a very good app. to use if you download frequently, needing to keep track of downloads etc. From what I see with how the browsers perform, this seems like a viable alternative to their rudamentary way of handling the download function.

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