Opened at 2013-01-04T23:56:15Z
Last modified at 2021-03-30T18:40:19Z
#1902 assigned defect
WUI: "Download a file" should error on directory — at Version 3
| Reported by: | zooko | Owned by: | |
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| Priority: | normal | Milestone: | soon |
| Component: | code-frontend-web | Version: | 1.9.2 |
| Keywords: | usability LeastAuthority.com wui | Cc: | |
| Launchpad Bug: |
Description (last modified by Lcstyle)
I just took a call from a customer (TV) who was confused because they were trying to "Download a file" in the WUI, and they mistakenly had a directory cap when they thought they had a file cap, and when they clicked "Download!" in the WUI it was taking them to a directory listing page in the WUI. After they and I figured out what was going on, they agreed with me when I said that the "Download a file" box in the WUI should give an error if you use a directory URI in it. (There is a "View File or Directory" box if you want to view a directory.)
To close this ticket, make it so that the "Download a file" box gives an error page if the user provided a directory cap instead of a file cap.
Change History (3)
comment:1 Changed at 2013-01-05T03:07:39Z by davidsarah
comment:2 Changed at 2013-01-05T03:09:20Z by davidsarah
The error page could also include a View! button so that you don't have to go back in order to click View!, if that's what you intended.
comment:3 Changed at 2014-09-27T02:06:29Z by Lcstyle
- Description modified (diff)
This sounds like an ideal next ticket for me, can someone assign it to me?
If we had JavaScript in the WUI, we could disable the Download! button unless the input is a syntactically valid filecap (or unless JS is disabled). We should make it give an error for now, though.