Download workflow: compression scheme (or lack thereof) for multiple files/folders
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area/screen/files
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- JavaScript
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Description
As originally discussed in https://github.com/ipfs-shipyard/ipfs-desktop/issues/1639: Current practice of downloading multiple files/folders results in the user receiving a .tar.gz file. Investigate and possibly implement the following to improve overall UX:
- Default to using .zip as a compression scheme since not all OSes natively support .tar.gz uncompression
- Add a prefs option for .zip vs .tar.gz for those who'd prefer the smaller files but possibly more work in uncompressing
- Opt out of compression altogether if user is just downloading something off localhost (is there a foolproof way to detect this?); this could also be a prefs option
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