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That was a really long menu. I do use "Save Link As…” when the link is obviously a file to download and I don't want it in the default folder. I think that I n

by pmontra 8mo ago

That was a really long menu. I do use "Save Link As…” when the link is obviously a file to download and I don't want it in the default folder. I think that I never used “Set Image as Desktop Background…” in all my life. That's a very narrow use case to get its own menu entry.

layer8 8mo ago
Incidentally, “Save Link As…” is mislabeled, because it doesn’t save the link (which would be possible), but the resource the link points to. It still confuses me whenever I occasionally see it.
- 1718627440 8mo ago
  By that measure "Open Link in [...]" should open a text viewer showing the URL instead of retrieving the resource that links points to. I rather have the current behaviour.
  - layer8 8mo ago
    I’m not arguing for changing the behavior, but for changing the label. Safari uses “Download Linked File”, which makes much more sense.
    - 1718627440 8mo ago
      And I'm arguing that this term is used in exactly that meaning everywhere and is the expected use of the word "link".
      - layer8 8mo ago
        I disagree that this is standard usage. Saving a link is like saving a bookmark. Random examples: https://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Link https://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Link https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-save-a-link https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-save-a-link https://superuser.com/questions/996482/how-do-i-save-a-link-to-a-webpage-as-a-shortcut-in-the-windows-file-manager https://superuser.com/questions/996482/how-do-i-save-a-link-... https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mwkwnzd0l4n https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mwkwnzd0l4n https://www.oreateai.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-saving-links-on-your-desktop/0409e19a8825acd90af6ba7ce02b2cdb https://www.oreateai.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-saving-links... https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/898834 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/898834
- brynnbee 8mo ago
  I think "link" here is serving the same function as telling your GPS to navigate to an address. It's obviously not navigating to a string of letters and numbers, it's navigating to what it represents (the physical matter located at the address). Same for saving a link.

by pmontra 8mo ago

layer8 8mo ago

Incidentally, “Save Link As…” is mislabeled, because it doesn’t save the link (which would be possible), but the resource the link points to. It still confuses me whenever I occasionally see it.

1718627440 8mo ago
By that measure "Open Link in [...]" should open a text viewer showing the URL instead of retrieving the resource that links points to. I rather have the current behaviour.
- layer8 8mo ago
  I’m not arguing for changing the behavior, but for changing the label. Safari uses “Download Linked File”, which makes much more sense.
  - 1718627440 8mo ago
    And I'm arguing that this term is used in exactly that meaning everywhere and is the expected use of the word "link".
    - layer8 8mo ago
      I disagree that this is standard usage. Saving a link is like saving a bookmark. Random examples: https://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Link https://www.wikihow.com/Save-a-Link https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-save-a-link https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-save-a-link https://superuser.com/questions/996482/how-do-i-save-a-link-to-a-webpage-as-a-shortcut-in-the-windows-file-manager https://superuser.com/questions/996482/how-do-i-save-a-link-... https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mwkwnzd0l4n https://apps.microsoft.com/detail/9mwkwnzd0l4n https://www.oreateai.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-saving-links-on-your-desktop/0409e19a8825acd90af6ba7ce02b2cdb https://www.oreateai.com/blog/a-simple-guide-to-saving-links... https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/898834 https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/questions/898834
brynnbee 8mo ago
I think "link" here is serving the same function as telling your GPS to navigate to an address. It's obviously not navigating to a string of letters and numbers, it's navigating to what it represents (the physical matter located at the address). Same for saving a link.