Comment #11 on issue 8695 by cbruscato: Download troubles http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=8695
7) Wishlist: Either allow the user to copy the download link or go back to the originating website for the download in a new tab. These don't really seem like alternates for each other; allow me to explain. If we allow the end user to "copy download link" this doesn't assist the end user in restarting the download anymore than a "Restart" button would. Which is far more useful. A "Copy Download Link" button would allow for easy distribution of files through E-Mail or IM; but from a web developers point of view, it aids in hot- linking, which is not something I am sure we want to encourage. Implementing some type of "SnapBack" like download funtionality, that will allow you to go back to the originating page for the download sounds cool; but how should a person actually implement it? Today's web download mostly come from CDNs (which constantly change their links and servers that the file is hosted on) or File Sharing sites which typically will have you enter a captcha and then be assigned a temporary download link which auto-starts only once, refreshing the page results in a "you already downloaded this file" issue. Think back to last week, how many times did you download a file from a "static" website that has a direct, never changing link to the download? I think some public input on this would be warranted before spending any time working on this particular phase of this bug. Recommend focus be put on "blocking" bugs like the download units, page link issues, and cancel button on paused downloads; we can revisit some of these suggestions on a latter build. -- You received this message because you are listed in the owner or CC fields of this issue, or because you starred this issue. You may adjust your issue notification preferences at: http://code.google.com/hosting/settings --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Automated mail from issue updates at http://crbug.com/ Subscription options: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-bugs -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
