Unless I'm missing something, session.flash() and response.flash() will not load a new page, only flash a message. Am I wrong?
If I try to load the thank_you view and then redirect to the download, it doesn't load the page, but goes straight to the download. (a response exits the function, right?) If I try to use LOAD() the download string gets inserted into a DIV on the current page. Using response.meta['refresh'] = "3;url=http://..../downloader" doesn't work Apparently I'm doing something wrong with LOAD(). Is it possible to do a true redirect via LOAD()?

