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Re: lynx-dev Save binary file (download to disk) in version 2.8.1dev.
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Leonid Pauzner |
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Re: lynx-dev Save binary file (download to disk) in version 2.8.1dev.24 |
Date: |
Mon, 7 Sep 1998 00:17:30 +0400 (MSD) |
> I have a gripe about the new feature of providing a hyperlink to
> the Lynx help file in the "Lynx Download Options" page. This page comes
> up whenever a user chooses a link to a binary file and chooses to download
> it. I'm used to being able to simply press "Enter" to select save to disk
> (as it's the first option), while now I have to press the down arrow first
> to get off the help hyperlink, and get to the save line. This is
fixed in dev25
> annoying, but I could get used to it. What's really driving me nuts, is
> that if I accidentally choose the link to the help file, when I press the
> left arrow to go back, I wind up back at the original page that the binary
> file was listed on, and I've lost the option to save it to disk, thus
> forcing me to re-download it, and wait while it (possibly slowly)
> transfers over the network.
BTW, why Lynx got file from the net every time we re-download it,
it should be already available from local cache...?
Any reason not to do it?
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