CFA/Download Management-Research

General browser capabilities

In the following table:

P = available through Primary UI (menu items, toolbar)
S = available through Secondary UI (anywhere else)
Y = available
blank = not available
# = see item in Notes
The browsers listed are, in order: Firefox 2, Camino, Flock, iCab, IE7, Maxthon, Netscape, OmniWeb, Opera, Safari, SeaMonkey, and Shiira.

	Fx2	Cam	Flo	iCa	IE7	Max	Net	Omn	Ope	Saf	Sea	Shi
Pause/Resume - Same session	S	S	S				S	S	S	S	S
Pause/Resume - Across sessions									S	S		?⁶
Pause/Resume - Auto-pause on network failure - Not Done
Pause/Resume - Auto-resume on network reconnect - Not Done
Download History - View	P²	P²	P²	P²			P²	P²	P²	P²	P²	P²
Download History - Sort (alpha, date, etc)									S		S
Download History - Edit (Clear one, selected, all)	S/-/S	S/-/S	S/-/S	S/S/-			S/-/S	S/S/S	S/S/S	S/S/S	S/S/-	-/-/-⁶
Download History - Autoexpire and clear items								S		S
Protocols - FTP	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y		Y	Y	Y		Y	?⁷
Protocols - Torrent									Y
Download Queues - Create/manage new queues				S
Download Queues - Create/manage multiple queues				S
Download Queues - Start/pause/resume/stop/cancel queues				S
Download Queues - Schedule downloads
Download Queues - Save/restore queues
Download Speed - Throttling
Download Speed - Acceleration
Download linked file	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S	S
Download selected linked files												?⁸
Download all linked files				S
Download Manager - View	P	P	P	P			P	P	P	P	P	P
Download Manager - Auto-close/Hide	S¹	S¹	S¹	S¹			S¹	S¹			S⁴
Download Manager - View/go to file		S			S	S		S		S	S⁵
Download Manager - Open file	S	S	S		S	S	S	S³	S³		S⁵
Download Manager - Move/manipulate/delete files
Download Manager - Mark file as favourite
Download Manager - Tag, group, categorize, organize files
Download Manager - Search
Download Manager - Advanced Search
Download Manager - Default download dir	S	S	S	S			S	S	S	S	S	S
Download Manager - Customizable download dir	S	S	S	S			S	S	S	S	S	S⁹
Download Manager - Multiple customizable download dirs
Download Manager - Smart download dirs
Accessibility features (y/n?)	Y	Y	Y	Y	?	?	Y	Y	Y	Y	Y	N
Anti-virus integration

Notes

? - Not 100% sure about this

Expected this to be settable on the download dialog, but turns out it's in prefs.
Download history and Download manager are the same thing
Will automatically open file if file type is specified in prefs, otherwise no.
This is on the download dialog rather than the download manager
These are on both the download dialog and download manager
Several features in the download system are either broken or not yet implemented
Accessing an FTP site crashed the browser
Looks like they might be working on this, however
Currently non-functional
Hands stuff over to Explorer

Preferences

Note: Y/N options are checkboxes - bolded or italicized items are defaults

Firefox

Show Downloads window when downloading a file Y/N
Close it when all downloads are finished Y/N
(radio buttons) Save files to Desktop (directory settable here)
Always ask me where to save files

Camino

Save downloaded files to directory
When downloads finish:
- Close downloads window Y/N
- Open downloaded files Y/N

Flock

Download Folder (radio buttons)
- Ask me where to save every file
- Save all files to this folder: Desktop (settable)

Download Manager
- Show download manager when a download begins Y/N
- Close the download manager when all downloads are complete Y/N

Download Actions
- Flock can automatically download or open files of certain types (button: View and Edit Actions)

iCab

Tab: General
- Download folder: Desktop (Buttons: Choose, Desktop)
- Destination: (Drop list) Web cache, Download folder, Web archive

Tab: Constraints
- Download (radio buttons)
  - Get only one file/page
  - Get all files in the same path
  - Get all files in the same server
  - Get all linked files
- Max number of files: 500
- Max depth: 4
- Total data size: 2560Kb
- Include embedded
  - Images Y/N
  - Multimedia Y/N
  - Sound Y/N
  - Java applets Y/N
- Exclude filetypes: (def: empty list)

Tab: Other
- After downloading
  - Postprocess using "file mappings" (MirFox) Y/N
  - Remove entry in Download Manager Y/N
- Download Manager
  - Open window when adding new downloads Y/N
  - Close window when last download files are finished Y/N
- When launching iCab (radio buttons)
  - Don't open Download Manager
  - Open Manager when downloads are pending
  - Always open Download Manager
  - Start pending downloads (drop list): Ask, Start automatically, Don't start
  - When going online, Start pending downloads (drop list): Ask, Start automatically, Don't start

OmniWeb

Download Files to: (drop list) Desktop, Documents, Home, Temporary folder, Other...(settable)
Remember downloads for: (drop list) One day, One week, One month, Forever
Downloads Window:
- Shows when new download starts Y/N
- Bring the panel forward if it isn't frontmost Y/N
- Hides when no downloads are active Y/N
When downloads finish:
- Open files in "safe" application Y/N (w/ button: Edit safe applications list)

Opera

MIME type handlers (list)
Download folder (settable)

Safari

Save downloaded files to: settable folder
Remove download list items: (drop list) Manually, When Safari quits, Upon successful download
Open "safe" files after downloading Y/N

SeaMonkey

When starting a download (radio buttons)
- Open the download manager
- Open a progress dialog
- Don't open anything
When saving a file (radio buttons)
- Prompt for download location and default to (radio buttons)
  - Last download folder
  - Specified download folder
- Automatically download files to the specified download folder
Current download folder: Desktop (button: Choose Folder...)
When a download completes
- Play a sound Y/N (with settable sound file option, no default)

Shiira

Save downloaded files to: Desktop (NOTE: currently unable to change this default setting)
- Create dated folder for downloaded files Y/N
Remove download list items (radio buttons - but cannot change)
- Manually
- Upon successful download
- When quit Shiira
Download status notification (radio buttons - but cannot change)
- Show downloads panel
- Nothing

Netscape

Download Folder (radio buttons)
- Ask me where to save every file
- Save all files to this folder: (drop list) Desktop, My Downloads, Other... (settable)
Download Manager
- Show Download Manager window when downloads begin Y/N
- Close the Download Manager when all downloads are complete Y/N
File Types
- Automatically perform the associated action with each of hte following file types: empty list