[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>>> b) I can see no need for a interim-file.
>> The download starts before the user clicks OK in the filepicker.
>> Would you know another way to get this effect without a file in the
>> temp directory?
> First, I would like to support the view of Mr. ? that this function
> potentially violates privacy issues.
Could you explain how this violates privacy issues?
> But back to technical issues, with only little effort I could implement
> an intelligent storing interface that tries to keep received data in RAM
> as long as possible and the destination is unknown,
I doubt that people will appreciate Mozilla using all their available
memory.
> - I guess the new download manager will confront the same problem,
No, per spec it will save directly to the directory (not sure if it's
always the same one or if it can be chosen per download).
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"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety."
-- Benjamin Franklin
