On Jan 24, 2008, at 9:56 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: > > On 24 Jan 2008, at 6:49 PM, Adam R. Maxwell wrote: > >> >> On Jan 24, 2008, at 6:45 AM, Christiaan Hofman wrote: >> >>> Does it make sense to download a linked file when option-dragging a >>> remote URL to a fileview? And how could this work with the delegate/ >>> datasource principle? And multiple items? >> >> It's not something I'd use personally, but that doesn't necessarily >> mean anything. If it's a user request, I'd say the context menu to >> download is nicer since it's more discoverable. >> >> If it's something you'd find useful, I think it could be done, >> although it's not clear to me what would be added (would the remote >> URLs magically turn into files when the download finished?). For >> multiple items I think you'd have to show a sheet prompting for a >> file >> name for each one. > > It's not something for me, it's RFE # 1876733. I basically agree with > you. Option-drop is the only thing I can think of to make it similar > to what it was for the Local-Url field.
Okay, I just read that RFE. Good grief... I didn't even know we did automatic downloads for the Local-Url field. How did it work? I could see doing a "Replace With Link Target" or something on the context menu, where the view runs a download and then calls fileView:replaceURLsAtIndexes:withURLs:. I don't see the major usability loss that the poster is going on about. It just isn't that hard to remove the URL if you don't want it. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Microsoft Defy all challenges. Microsoft(R) Visual Studio 2008. http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/vse0120000070mrt/direct/01/ _______________________________________________ Bibdesk-develop mailing list Bibdesk-develop@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bibdesk-develop
