| 21:15 | <The-Compiler> | Not directly related to the WhatWG, but is there some document saying how I should handle file downloads when writing a browser? E.g. in most cases I already get the open network reply and I'm asking the user for a filename - if I don't start reading the reply before the user decided on a name, the server might close the connection. Should I just start downloading to a temporary file and then rename that when |
| 21:15 | <The-Compiler> | the user entered a filename? Should I slowly download to RAM? |
| 21:51 | <Domenic> | The-Compiler: I believe that most implementations use a temporary file anyway, so that users don't have partial downloads with the name they've given. |
| 22:03 | <The-Compiler> | Domenic: that's true, but those are already in the directory the user choosed I believe. I guess downloading a whole download to /tmp isn't a good idea either, as users might have that on a ramdisk. |
| 22:04 | <Domenic> | The-Compiler: my browsers download to /tmp |
| 22:10 | <The-Compiler> | Domenic: I just took a look at Firefox with strace - if I understand it correctly, it starts downloading to /tmp and then switches over to the real destination folder when the filename is entered |
| 22:48 | <gsnedders> | TabAtkins: happy birthday! |