False article download link.
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I'd been meaning to ask earlier but have clearly forgotten. Is there any good reason why hovering over the download links for an article presents a false hint in the browser? I.e - If I hover over a link and the bottom of my browser says: "http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/vistathemebuttons/ButtonVE\_demo.zip", then that's the resource I expect the link to point to. I should then be able to right-click and select "save-as" before nominating my own destination. As it stands, I see 2 problems with the changed system (it was fine before the Workspaces experiment). 1) The hint is essentially a lie - the link doesn't point there at all. It points to a ~27kb webpage.:thumbsdown: and far more of a problem 2) In order to place the file where I want it, I now have to download it, find it in my (default) download folder, cut it, navigate to where I wanted it in the first place and finally, paste it. What's wrong with simply right-click, "save-as", locate desired destination, hit "save". ?:confused:
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
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I'd been meaning to ask earlier but have clearly forgotten. Is there any good reason why hovering over the download links for an article presents a false hint in the browser? I.e - If I hover over a link and the bottom of my browser says: "http://www.codeproject.com/KB/vista/vistathemebuttons/ButtonVE\_demo.zip", then that's the resource I expect the link to point to. I should then be able to right-click and select "save-as" before nominating my own destination. As it stands, I see 2 problems with the changed system (it was fine before the Workspaces experiment). 1) The hint is essentially a lie - the link doesn't point there at all. It points to a ~27kb webpage.:thumbsdown: and far more of a problem 2) In order to place the file where I want it, I now have to download it, find it in my (default) download folder, cut it, navigate to where I wanted it in the first place and finally, paste it. What's wrong with simply right-click, "save-as", locate desired destination, hit "save". ?:confused:
"When I was 5 years old, my mother always told me that happiness was the key to life. When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down 'happy'. They told me I didn't understand the assignment, and I told them they didn't understand life." - John Lennon
Two main reasons: 1. We have a lot of deep links into the site. We wanted to present downloads on a page that made it clear where the download was located (CodeProject) instead of having someone on another site write an article and link transparently to an author's code here. We're kinda protective of our authors. 2. We want to show the license that piece of code is licensed under as a reminder that users of code need to respect the terms the code's released under.
cheers Chris Maunder
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Two main reasons: 1. We have a lot of deep links into the site. We wanted to present downloads on a page that made it clear where the download was located (CodeProject) instead of having someone on another site write an article and link transparently to an author's code here. We're kinda protective of our authors. 2. We want to show the license that piece of code is licensed under as a reminder that users of code need to respect the terms the code's released under.
cheers Chris Maunder
