> I don't think the issue raised was about getting people to save files, > though. If you can get someone to click a link, you can already point > them at something that sets the HTTP C-D header.
The origin of a download is one of the best / most important indicators people have right now (which, by itself, is a bit of a shame). I just think it would be a substantial regression to make it possible for microsoft.com or google.com to unwittingly serve .exe / .jar / .zip / .rar files based on third-party markup. Firefox and MSIE display the origin fairly prominently, IIRC; Chrome displays it in some views. But deficiencies of current UIs are probably a separate problem. /mz