Sweet! -- brion
On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 2:00 PM, Brian Wolff <[email protected]> wrote: > On 10/2/14, Brion Vibber <[email protected]> wrote: > > When exposing original-size or otherwise huge file versions *for > download* > > when they're not intended to be viewed in browser, it may be wise to use > > the 'Content-Disposition' HTTP header, as we do for XML output from > > Special:Export. > > > > This should force most browsers to show a download dialog instead of > > loading the giant file inline; you can then take your mega-image and > stick > > it in Photoshop or Gimp or whatever if you really wanted it (such > programs > > are optimized to work with huge files, while browsers are most > emphatically > > *not*). > > > > Of course this may mean we need to either filter the file through PHP to > > add headers (scary!) or have a second "downloadable" URL where the swift > or > > caching infrastructure adds the headers. > > > > -- brion > > That's already a thing: > https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/70/Example.png?download > > --bawolff > > _______________________________________________ > Multimedia mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/multimedia >
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