#2903 NORM Untriag: Web browser needs "download, copy link" etceteras

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#2903: Web browser needs "download, copy link" etceteras
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  Reporter:  mcfletch          |       Owner:  Eben     
      Type:  enhancement       |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  normal            |   Milestone:  Untriaged
 Component:  interface-design  |     Version:  Build 542
Resolution:                    |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0                 |  
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Changes (by Eben):

 * cc: marco (added)

Comment:

 This is already "solved" by the rollover palette design.  The only details
 to figure out are what exactly belongs in the menu.  Here's a first stab
 at it:

 Primary rollover: Here we have 2 useful bits of info (usually).  The
 primary text can be the link title (the string inside the a tag), and the
 secondary text can be the actual href inside the link.  This gives us a
 functionality similar to the status bars in other browsers allowing the
 user to view the path attached to a link before following it.  When
 creating the palette, we can check to be sure that the link string and the
 href string are different, and otherwise only show the primary rollover
 text.

 Secondary rollover: Here we have a list of actions that can be performed
 on the link.  A few I think are most useful in our browser are "Follow
 link", "Copy link", "Share Link", "Bookmark Link", "Download Linked File."
 This seems to cover the basics.

 As another note, we really need to identify the various types of files
 that should be treated as downloads by default, and not rendered as plain
 text in the browser.  This goes double for things like .xo objects and
 others that are designed for the laptops.  We've actually even been
 talking about downloading .txt files by default, since the Read activity
 would actually provide a richer environment for viewing such files.

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Ticket URL: <https://dev.laptop.org/ticket/2903#comment:2>
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