The problem with looking inside zip files and such is that you would need to download the entire thing before you would be able to view the contents. I don't see how this would really work. You would need to have google download the file then check it and then allow you to download it. That would put a lot of load on the google servers as well. It would be more of a google feature then chrome. Chrome would have to look at a google database every time you wished to download something. Some could say that could have privacy issues.
It is a cool idea, just I don't see it would be all that useful. I would have to say the only way it would work is if instead people would report bad downloads to a database which chrome would look at. If they were to go that route, maybe allow people to put notes about different files. That way when people want to download a file, they could see user comments. I just don't think it is feasible feature at this time. On Sep 28, 3:14 am, "Sean Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Not a bad idea! I think the only way to implement this right now would be > to do some detection on the file type - i.e. "exe" is ok for Windows, but > not Mac - it could even look inside Zip files to do some basic analysis. > Now to fully implement what you suggest would require some type of > standardized XML file which listed the hardware and software requirements > for the file that is downloaded; unfortunately, to my knowledge no such > standards exist. Someone should push for this to be started and to get PC > software makers to include it in the downloads... then get that feature into > Chrome :). > > -Sean > > On Sat, Sep 27, 2008 at 9:11 PM, Amir Michail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Downloading a very long game demo for example just to find out it > > won't run on your computer is really frustrating. > > > It would be much better for Chrome to warn users about downloads that > > won't work. A mechanism for doing this might examine the system > > requirements on the web page and/or README. For example, after the > > download, the README might be analyzed and data sent to Google to warn > > other users about potential issues with the download. > > > Amir > > > -- > >http://chatbotgame.com > >http://numbrosia.com > >http://twitter.com/amichail --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Chromium-discuss" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
