For some reason when I set the default download directory it worked for that session, but not the ones after that. I check preferences and it's still set to my alternate directory. As an example the default is /G and I have changed it to /G/Downloads which worked for the remainder of that session. After logging out and then back in it downloads to /G again even though it's set to /G/Downloads Extra info in case it matters: /G is a seperate partition and have changed my default home directory from the typical /home/G to this parttion (/G) I've tried upgrading to 4.76 (RH7 update) and even 4.76 (rawhide) without any change. ...G...
Also: I changed the default home directory using Linuxconfig
Netscape seems to default to the current directory on startup, no matter what's in the preferences. This appears to be a Netscape bug; since we don't have the source, we can't fix it. You can try reporting it to Netscape at: http://help.netscape.com/forms/bug-client.html