Re: downloading images

[Raphael Bosshard <whistler bluewin ch>]

"Download" seems to be the better default, it seems to be the more usual 
action. Why create a link to an image instead of simply downloading it?

Raphael

Reinout van Schouwen wrote:

> Hi Mark,
>
> On Mon, 18 Apr 2005, Ruddiger eVil wrote:
>
> > Just installed gnome and am using the epiphany browser since it is 
> > neat, But when trying to save an image, I click it and drag it to the 
> > folder I want to put it into, and for some reason it asks me if I 
> > want to download it? which is strange, and if I say yes, it downloads 
> > the image again, even tho it is on my screen, taking more time than 
> > necessary.
>
>
> Thanks for your feedback!
>
> The reason that Epiphany presents a dialog window when you drag an 
> image or a link to a folder, is that there are two possible actions: 
> either create a link to the (image) URL or download it. Epiphany does 
> not know in advance which of the two you meant to do, unless you use a 
> keyboard modifier: pressing and holding the Ctrl key while dragging 
> the image to the target folder will download it immedeately. Pressing 
> and holding Ctrl and Shift together while dragging will create a link.
>
> I don't know if there is a good reason for downloading the image again 
> or whether this is something that can be fixed in Epiphany (as opposed 
> to Mozilla).
>
> Question to all: shouldn't "download" be the default action, without 
> further questions to the user, unless the drag target is the bookmarks 
> editor? How often are Nautilus URL links used, anyway?