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The problem described here is not a files problem. It is a Microsoft SharePoint problem. Link to a file should directly download it to your computer. Not open u
by perryizgr8 5y ago
The problem described here is not a files problem. It is a Microsoft SharePoint problem. Link to a file should directly download it to your computer. Not open up a fake file browser inside your browser.
- mrweasel 5y agoI was thinking the same thing, but why would this be a feature? It's a feature because SOMETIMES, that is the correct way of handling it. We're trying to shoehorn multiple use cases into a single/unified systems, of of cause something the computer will do the wrong thing, for our perspective. In this case Sharepoint is used as a way of transferring files, which it can do, but isn't exactly meant for.
- nmstoker 5y agoAsking the user seems the most obvious way of deciding this. There are plenty of ways to make it discrete with a default option selected that the user could deselect if desired.
- Tagbert 5y agoZipfiles are a special kind of file that contains other files. What is the proper response when a user clicks on a zip file on a web file store? Do you just throw the file at the local file system or do you open the zip file so that the user can see and choose specific files?