Last modified: 2014-04-04 00:25:35 UTC
I request to add an alias to upload.wikimedia.org that triggers the addition of the following header: 'Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="yourname.file"' This would enable the usage of a "Download this file" option that bypasses your browser window, and immediately going to your browser's "download manager". So for the file: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Polish_Army_Kolobrzeg_077.JPG There could be the redirects: http://download.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Polish_Army_Kolobrzeg_077.JPG or alternatively http://upload.wikimedia.org/download/wikipedia/commons/5/58/Polish_Army_Kolobrzeg_077.JPG
You could simply use the "save link as" feature that every browser provides.
Well you COULD, but that doesn't make it user friendly. See also bug #26956 I really think we should implement this in some way.
*** Bug 26956 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Adding more and more buttons doesn't improve user friendliness, either.
This is now possible by appending ?download to the URL (could be something like ?download=1 too if you don't like valueless URL parameters). The relevant changesets (by Gilles): https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120617/ (WMF Varnish) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120614/ (Vagrant Apache) https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/#/c/120703/ (MediaWiki when serving through PHP)
