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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

• 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.