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<small>« [[Comparative Feature Analyses]]</small> | <small>« [[Comparative Feature Analyses]]</small> | ||
= Purpose = | = Purpose = | ||
Examine a bunch of browsers, existing Firefox Add-ons, and web services to generate a report that describes: | Examine a bunch of browsers, existing Firefox Add-ons, and web services to generate a report that describes: | ||
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= Research = | = Research = | ||
== General capabilities == | |||
The following will be done in a table with notes and observations following as footnotes. | |||
* Pause/Resume - Same session | |||
* Pause/Resume - Across sessions | |||
* Pause/Resume - Auto-pause downloads on network failure | |||
* Pause/Resume - Auto-resume downloads on network reconnect | |||
* Download History - View | |||
* Download History - Sort (alpha, date, type, size, etc) | |||
* Download History - Edit (clear one, selected, all) | |||
* Download History - Autoexpire items | |||
* Protocols - FTP | |||
* Protocols - Torrent | |||
* Protocols - Other | |||
* Download Queues - Create/manage new queues | |||
* Download Queues - Create/manage multiple queues | |||
* Download Queues - Start/pause/resume/stop/cancel downloading | |||
* Download Queues - Schedule downloading | |||
* Download Queues - Save/restore queues | |||
* Download Speed - Throttling | |||
* Download Speed - Acceleration | |||
* Download linked file | |||
* Download selected linked files | |||
* Download all linked files | |||
* Download Manager - View | |||
* Download Manager - Auto-close/Hide | |||
* Download Manager - View/go to file | |||
* Download Manager - Open file | |||
* Download Manager - Move/Manipulate files | |||
* Download Manager - Mark file as a favourite | |||
* Download Manager - Tag/group/categorize/organize files | |||
* Download Manager - Search | |||
* Download Manager - Advanced search | |||
* Download Manager - Default download directory | |||
* Download Manager - Customizable download directory | |||
* Download Manager - Multiple customizable download directories | |||
* Download Manager - Smart download directories | |||
* Accessibility Features (y/n?) | |||
* Anti-virus integration | |||
* Download Prefs (list per browser, not in table) | |||
* Download Manager screenshots (one per browser, not in table) | |||
== Browsers to investigate == | == Browsers to investigate == | ||
* Firefox 2 | * Firefox 2 | ||
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* SeaMonkey | * SeaMonkey | ||
* Shiira | * Shiira | ||
== Firefox Add-ons to investigate == | == Firefox Add-ons to investigate == | ||
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== Desktop apps to investigate == | == Desktop apps to investigate == | ||
= Results = | = Results = | ||