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== Field design == | == Field design == | ||
As others have commented, for downloads and pages you save you need to remember three | As others have commented, for downloads and pages you save you need to remember three URLs and some other info: | ||
* the page where you downloaded | * the page you were viewing where you downloaded | ||
* the URL you downloaded | * the URL you downloaded or "Save link as" | ||
* the local file:// URL to which you saved) | ** the size and last-modified date of the URL you downloaded | ||
* the local file:// URL to which you saved) | |||
Tools > Downloads remembers and exposes all of these in its context menu as Go to Download page, Copy Download Link. But Places does not. | Tools > Downloads remembers and exposes all of these in its context menu as Go to Download page, Copy Download Link. But Places does not. | ||
When you | When you File > Save a Web page, do "the page where you downloaded" and "the URL you downloaded" become the same thing? The former could be generalized to "the referring page", which might be nice for Places to show a breadcrumb of how you wound up at some page, but it's more abstract and less meaningful for a download. | ||
This info is shared between two web URLs and a local file. I think it should show up in all three in Places: | This info is shared between two web URLs and a local file. I think it should show up in all three in Places: | ||
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=== Maybe upload === | === Maybe upload === | ||
Maybe store something similar for upload. | Maybe store something similar for upload. Remember the URL when you upload a local file. | ||
== Related work == | == Related work == | ||
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* Is there a microformat to represent "This is the latest version of this download?" | * Is there a microformat to represent "This is the latest version of this download?" | ||
== | == Actual projects == | ||
* {{bug|402231}} ("places organizer should allow browsing and searching of downloads") suggests a Downloads view | This page is just me talking. Actual Mozilla nitiatives towards this goal include: | ||
* [[Firefox/Feature Brainstorming:Archiving and Offline browsing]] | * 2007's {{bug|402231}} ("places organizer should allow browsing and searching of downloads") suggests a Downloads view. (Never prioritized by Places team) | ||
* 2008's [[Firefox/Feature Brainstorming:Archiving and Offline browsing]] , seems stalled. | |||
* 2010's [[User:P.A./Panel-based Download Manager|Panel-based Download Manager]], heading towards implementation in {{bug|564934}}. Alas the really good stuff — {{bug|591289}} "Save chosen download file name and other metadata in Places history" and {{bug|564900}} "Add folder to Library sidebar specifically for downloads" — is "On hold". | |||
* 2011's [[B2G|Boot to Gecko]] project. Although it's Android-based and targeting phone apps, they say the goal is | |||
*:To make open web technologies a better basis for future applications on mobile and desktop alike, we need to keep pushing the envelope of the web to include --- and in places exceed --- the capabilities of the competing stacks in question. | |||