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Posted by Andrι Gillibert on 11/18/07 11:48
nospam wrote:
> I want to create a hyperlink to let users download MP3's when they click.
> The default behavior is to play.
Wrong. The default behavior depends on the user agent.
With the browser I currently use (Opera) on Windows, the default behavior
is to show a dialog box giving the choice between saving or opening with
the default MP3 player and there's a [remember my choice] checkbox.
With Firefox, the default behavior is the same on my computer.
With Internet Explorer 6, the default behavior is the same, but the
current behavior on my computer is to download the file with my custom
download manager but without opening it.
I don't want that you override this behavior. If I wished that MP3 files
be saved without confirmation, I would configure my browser to do so. I
can easily specify the default action for every MIME type in my browser
settings.
Why do you think that you know better what I want to do than I?
Or maybe, you think that YOU would like files to be saved by default but
you don't know how to configure your browser and think that you would
offer the user a service by giving them the "better behavior"?
But, the fact is that it isn't a better behavior. It is a different
behavior. Please, let the user have his own preferences.
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