Comment The Downloads Window. (Score 2, Insightful) 502
When a download starts in Safari the 'Downloads' window appears. If you want to prevent a download all you have to do is click.
This would be impractical with a hundred downloads, but so would a hundred prompts. Likewise, approving downloads one at a time isnâ(TM)t ideal when you want to download a lot of files.
Iâ(TM)d like to see Apple add a delay before the download starts to give users more time to respond. A cancel/prevent all button would also be fun.
In the end all Apple really needs to do is change the default download location and this problem becomes a non-issue. Microsofts claims seem to center around the fact that the files end up on the desktop.
All in all I think this is rather ridiculous in the light that the user is made well aware of the downloads and can easily stop them. This certainly wont stop me from using Safari or Webkit in general on Windows.
On a side-note, there are a number of download managers that take over from Safaris âDownloadsâ(TM) window on OSX. Itâ(TM)s not unreasonable to think this could prevent mass downloads.