Questions tagged [download]
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File download required before validation (mobile) [closed]
In mobile app I working on, I need force the user to download a file (GDPR) before validating a form. I dont have idea how to make it user-friendly. Can you help me?
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Is a data download a viable text-alternative to a visual chart?
I have a dashboard with various different at-a-glance charts. For some of them (such as pie charts) it's simple to offer a toggle / alternative view to change from chart to table view, but for more ...
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Should user need to be told how many files there are to be downloaded?
We have a link that says "Download" so the user can download transcripts.
Does this link need to be more explicit? eg, "Download 2 files"
Does there need to be indication if the ...
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Is it better to use a tooltip or take the user to a separate page to communicate to them what is doable or not?
I'm working on an app that will be integrated into a video conferencing client.
In a nutshell, what this app does is allow participants in the call to share files. The app will have two sections for ...
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Download a single invoice vs multiple behavior
I have a table which display all of the user's outstanding invoices.
Currently, the user is allowed to select one or multiple invoices that they can either download (PDF format) or pay all at once.
I ...
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What are pros/cons of using buttons instead of plain links to download a document?
My company is using some rather bizarre download buttons associated with documents that can be downloaded:
It looks like these are abused anchor (<a>) elements which show up in a browser as ...
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Asking the user to select two items (which file & file format) before clicking download button
I have a scenario where users can download report files. There are three types of files available in three different formats (.txt, .csv, .xls). I am giving checkbox for the types so that user can ...
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direct link to downloadable content or download page
My client is running a campaign promoting a recent white-paper they published. Users will be driven to a landing page from various sources (mainly mass email and social media posts/ads). The landing ...
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Why does Firefox delay the download button?
When you download a file with Firefox, there is a delay for a few seconds before the button to save the file becomes enabled.
What's the motivation for this feature?
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position of an icon with a text next to it [closed]
currently i'm designing a back-office to manage geolocation of items in realtime, well... The thing is you can download a csv with all data detailed...
which is the right position to put an icon ...
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color for download and upload
Besides the down or up arrow, is there a convention of colors to distinguish between download and upload.
I have two buttons like these
and these too
But I feel that there's not enough visual ...
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What's the standard way to show downloading notification to user for file downloads that require authorization in web applications?
Our web application needs to enable secured file download by requiring HTTP requests to have authorization token.
Due to this, when user clicks download the file will be retrieved using AJAX GET ...
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How to consolidate multiple versions of a download page into one?
I currently am building a bulk download page for my application, and am running into some problems designing the predictability of the main workflow for an end user.
From this screen below (which ...
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Where to put download button for downloading contents of table?
So I have a pretty regular table with data in it and I also have a download button that, when clicked, downloads the contents of the table to the browser as a csv file. My question is where should I ...
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How to guide users to the correct download?
I'm new to StackExchange and found this page because I have an unsolved problem:
We have several products. For this we offer two setups for download. One is for some sort of file synchronization (...
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