Following Issue 60 (http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail? id=60), I would like to request a feature with the following specs.
The feature would allow removing a file that has just been downloaded by Google Chrome from the file system. This would work *only for downloaded files* located at a place *known by Chrome*; i.e. which has been explicitly given to the browser either from within a file selection dialog or the "Downloads" option in the options. This feature would be available if: - the file is still on the file system, - the file is still in chrome://downloads/, - the date of the file matches the date at which the file was downloaded. The check on the date would prevent the user from removing a file that was previously downloaded by Chrome and replaced by a new one afterwards. This does not happen often already, but the check on the date would even reduce any bad side effect of this feature. This feature would be accessible by: - the options available in the download shelf, - right-clicking on a download in chrome://downloads/. Clicking the option would: - display a "Yes/No" confirmation window that would cancel the operation if the user clicks "No", - remove the file from the file system, - place the file in the trash if the system/desktop/... supports it, - remove the entry in chrome://downloads/ if the file has been successfully removed. In order to satisfy all users, this feature could be activated by an option in the configuration of Chrome. I am not sure whether this should be activable or not, but I think it may be a possibility. This feature request comes from: - the hassle of passing the whole day opening the downloads folder, removing downloaded files and then removing their entries from chrome://downloads/, - the fact that offering this option would reduce the number of "trash" files in the downloads folder, I mean files that you have downloaded, installed/viewed and forgot to remove, - the fact that it is an innovation; no other browser does actually offer such an option, - the fact that this feature isn't as dangerous as you may think. More details on the last point: if the user downloads a file in the system folder (for example), he/she would remove an important file only if he/she has already replaced one. Using the trash if it is available would also offer the possibility to restore an important file that has been deleted (even if it was already replaced previously). I think files should however be deleted immediately if the user chose not to use the trash. Thanks for reading. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
