On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:08 PM, alsuren <[email protected]> wrote: > Currently, there doesn't seem to be an obvious way to know whether > there is a metalink available for the file you're about to download. > This means that you have to be geeky enough to change your workflow in > order to search for metalinks before clicking the download button. > > Would it be useful to encourage site admins to add data-metalink > attribute to their links? This would allow browsers and plugins to > transparently suggest using metalinks when the user clicks a link. > > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/432174/how-to-store-arbitrary-data-for-some-html-tags > suggests that this is valid html in most versions. > > What would be needed in order to get this implemented in plugins, and > make it popular among site admins?
hi alsuren, rfc 6249 also offers a way to advertise metalinks with the HTTP Link header field so they can automatically be used. the only problem is that this is only possible if you control the server, so this would be useful to do in HTML. the only drawback is that many metalink clients aren't aware of HTML at all. but it could work for browsers. http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6249 Link: <http://example.com/example.ext.meta4>; rel=describedby; type="application/metalink4+xml" -- (( Anthony Bryan ... Metalink [ http://www.metalinker.org ] )) Easier, More Reliable, Self Healing Downloads -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Metalink Discussion" 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/metalink-discussion?hl=en.
