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Comment: Suggestions for Download Manager Improvements
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One more important thing: Do NOT restart the download of a currently downloading entry if the user clicks a link and saves it _again_. For example, start downloading file A. Click on the link to download A again, save it, and your download will restart from 0%! This should be handled in a better way... (Maybe changing the target path of the currently downloading file?) --[[User:Caleb|Caleb]] 12:01, 6 Nov 2005 (PST) | One more important thing: Do NOT restart the download of a currently downloading entry if the user clicks a link and saves it _again_. For example, start downloading file A. Click on the link to download A again, save it, and your download will restart from 0%! This should be handled in a better way... (Maybe changing the target path of the currently downloading file?) --[[User:Caleb|Caleb]] 12:01, 6 Nov 2005 (PST) | ||
=== Comments [[User:PGaries|Patrick Garies]] === | |||
Some features I think the download manager could use are: | |||
* Allow the user to specify directories and criteria by which files should be put into these directories. For example, file of X type should go into X directory or files from X website should go in X directory. You could have options for either: | |||
** automated download to the specified directory | |||
** to have that directory be opened by default in the save file dialogue so that if there was an exception, the user could easily choose a different directory. This would be helpful to users that save a lot of files or have complex file organization systems | |||
* Add a display for the entire source URL and entire destination directory; preferably they would be displayed in a manner that allowed copy and paste. | |||
* Allow the download manager UI to be accessed via a tab instead of through a new window. | |||
* Allow manual copy and pasting of URLs into the download manager. This allows users to download files that are normally viewed by the browser. Examples include files with the <tt>*.js</tt>, <tt>*.css</tt>, <tt>*.html</tt>, and <tt>*.txt</tt> extensions. It also allows exception downloading of files that are normally set to be viewed by the browser through plug-ins without changing the actual download actions for the relevant file type. For example, I may normally want to render <tt>*.pdf</tt> or <tt>*.mid</tt> files in the browser but occassionally want to download them instead. | |||
* Separate files that have been successfully downloaded into a separate area. This keeps the active download area clean and lessens the desire to want to constantly remove completed downloads to keep the download area clean since these have reserved a separate area; being able to go back and retrieve old download URLs or see what files have been downloaded can be quite useful but it's second to organization (for me anyway). | |||
* Allow the user to set a maximum bandwidth consumption for downloads so the user can still browse on slower connections. | |||
* Allowing the user to add a download progress meter or download speed meter (so they know how much bandwidth is being consumed) to the toolbar in the same manner as buttons and widgets could be helpful. | |||
There's a whole bunch of extra stuff that could be added as well such as: | |||
* anti-virus scanning (using existing AV software) | |||
* <tt>*.zip</tt> integrity check (for file corruption) | |||
* support for torrents | |||
* acceleration | |||
* mirror searches | |||
* computer shut-down or disconnect on download completion | |||
* download scheduling | |||
* et cetera | |||
Hope I did this right. First time posting here. ;) | |||