Responding to Paul, I'm doing the same, with the addition of a note to the user that a new window will open upon activation of the icon/hyperlink. Some may think this is overkill, but I'd rather have the user aware of what's going to occur.
Kind regards, Frank -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Minty Sent: Tuesday, 16 October, 2007 8:53 AM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: RE: [WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf > Sent: Tuesday, 16 October 2007 4:16 PM > To: web standards group > Subject: [WSG] introducing a prompt to download or open a pdf > > i know that this has come up before, but would someone point me to best practices to introduce a > > > prompt to open or download a pdf or any file for that matter? > > dwain Dwain, Funnily enough I'm working on a design pattern for this, as it doesn't seem to be documented very well in the usual design pattern collections. I'd recommend displaying with a PDF icon, the text 'PDF' and a file size (in Kb or Mb). I suggest setting the target to a new window, then the user can righ click to save. If you want to go further, I'd suggest having two links labelled 'open' and 'save'. You could put in a pop-up with the option; but I think that this would break the expected behaviour more. You could also detect the connection speed and suggest a download time; but this may not give you much ROI. It's always good to have an HTML version of the content; but you've probably already thought of that. I'd be keen to know other people's thoughts; especially if you know of any design patterns for this. Cheers Paul Paul Minty Director mintleaf studio We design & create stylish websites Post: Box 6 108 Flinders Street Melbourne VIC 3000 Level 2 108 Flinders Street Melbourne T. 03 9662 9344 F. 03 9662 9255 M. 0418 307 475 [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.mintleafstudio.com.au ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ******************************************************************* ******************************************************************* List Guidelines: http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm Unsubscribe: http://webstandardsgroup.org/join/unsubscribe.cfm Help: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *******************************************************************
