Re: Downloader UI Rationales

["David Adam Bordoley" <bordoley msu edu>]

Marco Pesenti Gritti writes: 

> I think the concern here is that it can happen to click links by mistake
> (for example because the site doesnt make clear that is a file to
> download. It happened to me one time on goggle pdfs.)
> That has several side effects, because the file can be too small to give
> the user the opportunity to stop download: unwanted files on the
> desktop, slow apps like oo started ...


As i mentioned in the previous email, cluttered desktop is definately an 
issue with using the desktop as the default dir. The solution is tricky 
though. Slow apps should just be fixed. 

dave