Hi again!

> Bug 101743 requests this as part of the main download window for the  
> core products. 

That would be great, especially as there is plenty of space in the "Downloading 
now" page -- plus, it's the best looking "Downloading now" page I have seen on 
the web, it should be displayed some more!

> I'm not really clear where we could put it though that would meet the  
> twin aims of (a) avoiding confusing or scaring the majority of users  
> who aren't interested in it,

I guess most users would simply ignore the checksum on the site as well as any 
feature to display the checksum of a downloaded item in the downloads window if 
they are not interested.
>and (b) being easy enough to access to  
> overcome laziness in the rest of us.

Maybe display the checksum in the Downloads window where "Completed in 
00:00:00…" is now shown after a download? If it's displayed automatically, it 
could be a preference. Otherwise, it could simply require clicking on the gray 
line — easy to find for those who know it's there and/or have read the help, 
invisible for the others. The Safari team used a similar trick to stuff more 
information in their Downloads window and people found about it quite quickly — 
and didn't seem too taken aback by the additional feature.

What does everyone think?

FJ
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