- From: Ian Hickson <ian@hixie.ch>
- Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 19:52:08 +0000 (UTC)
- To: Mihai Sucan <mihai.sucan@gmail.com>
- Cc: public-html <public-html@w3.org>
On Mon, 29 Oct 2007, Mihai Sucan wrote: > > > > Not really. It's clear that the _user_ should be able to abort > > downloads, and indeed he already can. But why would the Web page > > author start a download just to cancel it? > > An application should be allowed to stop the download for the same > reasons a _user_ should be able to stop downloads. Why? > I wouldn't make a distinction between the application and the user > regarding 'reasons' for aborting downloads. Why not? I don't understand the use case for the feature you are requesting. It seems very much to be just a suggestion for "completeness", if you will. -- Ian Hickson U+1047E )\._.,--....,'``. fL http://ln.hixie.ch/ U+263A /, _.. \ _\ ;`._ ,. Things that are impossible just take longer. `._.-(,_..'--(,_..'`-.;.'
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