Dear Maintainer, I now see that it is possible to save files by simply clicking Save instead of Save as. (Sorry about not trying that.)
The bug looks identical to this: https://bugs.launchpad.net/midori/+bug/1005881 It also has a patch on that thread: https://bugs.launchpad.net/midori/+bug/1005881/+attachment/3170251/+files/0001-Bugfix-save-as-doesn-t-download-anything.patch Hallvor Brunstad