- From: Nils Dagsson Moskopp <nils@dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
- Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 15:31:46 +0100
- To: rescator@emsai.net
- Cc: whatwg@lists.whatwg.org
Roger Hågensen <rescator@emsai.net> schrieb am Tue, 19 Mar 2013 14:31:15 +0100: > […] > What should be shown if there is an issue/conflict? > > Maybe: > Download "https://example.com/reports/1/xml/" as "report1.xml" ? > WARNING! File identified as actually being an executable! (*.exe) At least here on Debian GNU/Linux, executables have no file extension. Besides that, what would be the MIME type of windows executables? > Or: > Download "https://example.com/reports/1/xml/" as "report1.xml" ? > NOTE! File identified as not being a xml, appears to be text. (*.txt) So, what about polyglots? <http://linux-hacks.blogspot.de/2009/02/theory-behind-hiding-zipped-file-under.html> > […] > The key though is showing: Download "url" as "file.ext" ? > And in cases where a quick file header scan reveals a possible issue > (or simply wrong fileformat extension) either a notice or warning > text in addition. > But this is only if the user actually hose "Save As" in the download > dialog, they might have chosen "Share on facebook" or "Print" or > "Email to..." or even "Open" > a similar but different dialog would obviously be needed in that case. I find all of this approach insanely complex for a negligible benefit. -- Nils Dagsson Moskopp // erlehmann <http://dieweltistgarnichtso.net>
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