On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 07:01:03PM -0500, Greg Wooledge wrote:
> > Javascript allows us to make the user
> > interface better than we otherwise could,
> 
> I don't think this statement stands on its own.  I fail to see how
> an annoying popup window is "better" than having the information
> presented inside the browser tab/window that I (the user) have
> specifically put aside for this purpose.

Because users do not expect downloads to disk to occupy an entire 
browser window - rather they expect it to occupy a small window which 
doesn't take up much screen real-estate, as it does when downloading 
from the web with almost all web browsers.

Ian.

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