(This is a copy of the orig. sent to the OP via mail by mistake.)

On 24/04/2020 11:31, François Patte wrote:

Bonjour,

Is there a tag for download only?

Not to my knowledge, but there's a download attribute that you may slap
to an <a> or <area> element in order to suggest a download, e.g.:

<a download href="myvideo.mp4"> ... </a>

and adding value to the attribute works as a suggestion for the filename
to be saved, e.g.:

<a download="whatever.mp4" ...> ... </a>

The browser support situation:

https://caniuse.com/#feat=download

And the fine print:

https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/links.html#downloading-resources

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François Patte wrote:

If I add in a .htaccess file:

<FilesMatch "\.(pdf|mp3)$">
Header add Content-Disposition: "Attachment"
</FilesMatch>

as suggested in your previous mail,

This is Network News. It was an article/follow-up, not a(n) (e-)mail.

this has no effect.

The syntax is wrong. It should be

Header add Content-Disposition "attachment"

The recommended syntax is

Header append Content-Disposition "attachment"

in order to avoid “unforeseen consequences”.

RTFM: <https://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.4/mod/mod_headers.html#header>
RTFSpec: <https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6266#section-4.2>

However, forcing the download as a file is a BAD idea, *especially* for
video and audio files. If you do not force me to download the file, I can
use my browser plugin to stream your video or audio instead: I can already watch it/listen to while it preloads in the background, and if I like it so much that I want to keep it, I can still download it as a file. On the
other hand, I may have a browser plugin but not have an app to view the
file.

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:

[...]

However, forcing the download as a file is a BAD idea, *especially* for
video and audio files. If you do not force me to download the file, I can use my browser plugin to stream your video or audio instead: I can already watch it/listen to while it preloads in the background, and if I like it so much that I want to keep it, I can still download it as a file. On the
other hand, I may have a browser plugin but not have an app to view the
file.

You underestimate the lack of knowledge of users. Many people either
don't know that there is a "context menu" for links and especially on
mobile devices I would not expect that visitors are aware that they can
not only open links by tapping them.

One possible usecase:

There are *two* links. One just links to the file without any specific Content-Disposition header and the other one is labeled with "Download
this file" and serves the same content with a different
Content-Disposition header.


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Arno Welzel wrote:

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:
[...]

However, forcing the download as a file is a BAD idea, *especially* for
video and audio files. If you do not force me to download the file, I
can use my browser plugin to stream your video or audio instead: I can
already watch it/listen to while it preloads in the background, and if I
like it so much that I want to keep it, I can still download it as a
file. On the other hand, I may have a browser plugin but not have an app
to view the file.

You underestimate the lack of knowledge of users.

Nonsense.

Many people either
don't know that there is a "context menu" for links and especially on
mobile devices I would not expect that visitors are aware that they can
not only open links by tapping them.

Have you even read what I posted?

*facepalm*

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Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:

Arno Welzel wrote:

Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn:
[...]

However, forcing the download as a file is a BAD idea, *especially* for
video and audio files. If you do not force me to download the file, I
can use my browser plugin to stream your video or audio instead: I can
already watch it/listen to while it preloads in the background, and if I >>> like it so much that I want to keep it, I can still download it as a
file. On the other hand, I may have a browser plugin but not have an app >>> to view the file.

You underestimate the lack of knowledge of users.

Nonsense.

Many people either
don't know that there is a "context menu" for links and especially on
mobile devices I would not expect that visitors are aware that they can
not only open links by tapping them.

Have you even read what I posted?

And you?

Maybe you read it again:

One possible usecase:

There are *two* links. One just links to the file without any specific Content-Disposition header and the other one is labeled with "Download
this file" and serves the same content with a different
Content-Disposition header.

Can you tell me what is wrong with this usecase?



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