[Camino] Safari-ish Download Window

[Livin Stephen Sharma]

On 08-Jun-07, at 03:12 , Smokey Ardisson wrote:

> At 3:47 AM +0530 on 6/7/07, Livin Stephen Sharma wrote:
>
>> I opt-click 'coz I *want* the save-as dialog
>>  I use this feature to directly save to a location (possibly with a
>> file-name of my choosing) without having to browse to my cluttered
>> downloads folder.
>>  Is this going to go away ? (I really hope not!)
>
> Yes, showing the dialogue on opt-click is a bug that will be fixed.
> It's completely non-standard Mac behavior.
>
> Ctrl-click and choosing "Download Link Target" will continue to
> perform the current behavior.
>


  In that case, I'm hoping it's low-priority bug.. (:

But on a serious note:
standard-mac-behaviour or not,
  option-click is something I argue for Keeping.

Not everyone, and certainly not everyone all of the time, wants their  
downloads to go to the 'downloads' directory.

Consider Apple's Mail:
  with attachments, it offers a context-menu item for BOTH behaviours  
- a 'download dir' option, as well as a 'Save-As' option.
The mac-standard-behaviour which saves to a fixed location (say, ~/ 
Library/Mail Downloads), for those who desire it, is ALSO  
conveniently packed into the very-visible "Save" button near the Mail- 
Headers.


Location is one thing:
  filenames is another independent reason why Save-As is  
indispensable (to a few? many? most? just Me?).
I may want to save from a web-location that offers gobbledygook for  
filenames - opt-click (or any Save-As functionality) can be a boon.

With the simple fact that I have my work email account, as well as my  
personal email-accounts configured within mail, who's to say that I'm  
supposed to save all my attachments into a single location and Then  
go *browse* for it to Sort it into the Proper location where I really  
want it to be, or to rename it to what I want it to be.

With OS X, I can't even Command-X in Finder to cut a file or  
directory to move it elsewhere - I have to Drag'nDrop (and even then,  
it might require a Command or Option modifier while dropping the file  
depending on whether the destination is on the same Drive or not).

  I like this whole thing (actually a couple of little and connected  
tasks - save+rename) done in one shot. Not necessarily in one click.

That's just my 2c on the subject.

Thanks again.
  LSS