Comment #10 on issue 9845 by stpasha: Redesign download shelf http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=9845
Re: juhpetersen But that's the main point, isn't it? When you opening a webpage in browser, what you really do is downloading the page from the internet, store it at some temporary local directory, display the page in the browser, and later use some garbage collection mechanism to delete it after it's no longer needed. All this is done seamlessly by the browser. But same can be said about download files as well: you download them, store in some temporary folder, maybe even display in browser if file format is supported. For other files (like .EXE) you can still display them in browser, only this time display!=execute. Instead we can simply show some meta info about the file, such as size, original location, MD5 checksum, results of virus scan if supported by the OS, etc. So using tab interface is only reasonable: downloaded files are conceptually not much different than regular webpages. And the fact that download tabs dock at the bottom of the browser window should avoid any potential confusion. -- 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
