Download feature suggestion

Garance A Drosehn gad at eclipse.its.rpi.edu
Fri May 19 18:20:01 PDT 1995


Mike_Ferris at NeXT.COM writes:
> When I download something I would like a choice as to whether to
> attempt to "open" the file received or just save it.  Most of
> the time I just want to save it and I get annoyed when Opener
> starts firing up when I download compressed stuff from an archive
> site.  It would be cool if there was a preference for what to do
> with downloaded files.  The options should be along the lines
> of: Always Open, Always Save, and Ask.  Perhaps an additional
> modification to Always Save option would be whether to prompt
> for where to save it with the Save Panel, or to just save it
> under some default directory I have chosen and not ask me any
> questions.

Generally I don't like saying "me too", unless I've got something
else to say too, but I'd really like to see all of the above too...

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Garance Alistair Drosehn     =     gad at eclipse.its.rpi.edu
ITS Systems Programmer            (handles NeXT-type mail)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute;           Troy NY    USA


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