Comments on: More downloading difficulties http://dubroy.com/blog/2007/11/23/more-downloading-difficulties/ on programming, usability, and design; by Patrick Dubroy Wed, 20 Aug 2008 13:31:50 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Mr Lizard http://dubroy.com/blog/2007/11/23/more-downloading-difficulties/#comment-6110 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:05:05 +0000 http://dubroy.com/blog/2007/11/23/more-downloading-difficulties/#comment-6110 <p>Actually, in addition to that, it would be handy if you could drag-and-drop the link to the desktop (or folder of your choice), and have Firefox move the resulting folder there for you.</p> Actually, in addition to that, it would be handy if you could drag-and-drop the link to the desktop (or folder of your choice), and have Firefox move the resulting folder there for you.

]]> by: Mr Lizard http://dubroy.com/blog/2007/11/23/more-downloading-difficulties/#comment-6109 Sat, 24 Nov 2007 11:03:30 +0000 http://dubroy.com/blog/2007/11/23/more-downloading-difficulties/#comment-6109 <p>I agree. </p> <p>I think the boundary between the web and the desktop needs to be torn down. I was interested in the Parakey project as described on Blake Ross's page, as it seemed that was a product designed to do just that.</p> <p>However, as far as the browser is concerned, wouldn't it be easier if...</p> <p>1) You clicked the ZIP file. It just opened.</p> <p>2) It unzipped to the desktop. Perhaps a little progress bar somewhere to tell you what's going on (similar to the 'copying files' progress dialogue)</p> <p>3) The resulting folder just opens.</p> <p>I can't think of a scenario where someone would want to click on a ZIP file and actually want to just save it, or even tell the unzipper where to put the resulting folder, but for these cases a simple right-click option could be made available (something like Save File To...)</p> I agree.

I think the boundary between the web and the desktop needs to be torn down. I was interested in the Parakey project as described on Blake Ross’s page, as it seemed that was a product designed to do just that.

However, as far as the browser is concerned, wouldn’t it be easier if…

1) You clicked the ZIP file. It just opened.

2) It unzipped to the desktop. Perhaps a little progress bar somewhere to tell you what’s going on (similar to the ‘copying files’ progress dialogue)

3) The resulting folder just opens.

I can’t think of a scenario where someone would want to click on a ZIP file and actually want to just save it, or even tell the unzipper where to put the resulting folder, but for these cases a simple right-click option could be made available (something like Save File To…)

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