link to site OR link to instant download?

[Dar Scott]

On Saturday, May 15, 2004, at 05:33 PM, Erik Hansen wrote:

> is there a convention governing whether a
> link immediately downloads something to your
> desktop as opposed to a link that goes to a
> site where you can read about that download
> and browse through other offerings?

I don't know what the convention is, but I like being able to review 
info before downloading and would like to have some downloading 
details.  However, if the application that starts the download provides 
this info, that is OK with me.  I'm just one data point.

Dar Scott