This is more or less already possible, using HTTP Accept headers. Have a look at e.g. http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion/web/transparent-metalinks http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion/browse_thread/thread/b59e5d99cf879529 http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html
This technique is quite similar. The difference is that you find out when you request the file. Not sure how widely supported it is. Anyone else who knows? Cheers, Hampus On 09/02/2011 09:08 PM, alsuren wrote: > Currently, there doesn't seem to be an obvious way to know whether > there is a metalink available for the file you're about to download. > This means that you have to be geeky enough to change your workflow in > order to search for metalinks before clicking the download button. > > Would it be useful to encourage site admins to add data-metalink > attribute to their links? This would allow browsers and plugins to > transparently suggest using metalinks when the user clicks a link. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/432174/how-to-store-arbitrary-data-for-some-html-tags > suggests that this is valid html in most versions. > > What would be needed in order to get this implemented in plugins, and > make it popular among site admins? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/metalink-discussion?hl=en.
