[arachne] Re: Please do not remove the download requester!

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On Fri, 22 Dec 2006 01:04:13 +0000 GMT, Udo Kuhnt wrote:

> Does this mean that beginning with the next version, Arachne will
> automatically put all downloads into the DOWNLOAD directory instead of
> asking the user where to put them? I hope not, because that would mean
> it would be totally unusable! I definetely would not like having to go
> through the whole list of downloads every time I download something and
> move it to its destination manually or go to the local settings page and
> change it every now and then; I already find it hard enough to keep
> track of the files I download with the current requester!

> I really rely on this feature, so please do not remove it, Glenn!

Please do NOT remove it, Glenn!!!!!!!!!

> I would rather like to see it enhanced by having a file requester that
> shows the available files and sub directories and lets the user pick one
> with a mouse click, like in the Netscape Navigator.

> I once told Michael Polak that if there was one feature that would be
> more important to me than SSL and Javascript support, it would be a good
> file requester. I hardly ever download files to the default download
> directory, since it is almost always the wrong one. Without the ability
> to select on the fly where a file should go, Arachne would be too
> awkward and involved for me to use it. I also like the ZIP preview
> feature and would like to keep it; I often use it to view the contents
> of ZIP files to decide whether I should save them.

ZIP preview feature: please do not remove it!!!!!!!

> If somebody wants to skip the download page, that's fine with me, but it
> should not become the default option. No other browser I know puts files
> into the download directory automatically, and that is so for a good
> reason.

> Regards,

> Udo
Bastiaan

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