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Does it matter if the file will be downloaded vs. shown in browser? A good thing to keep in mind is the performance and user experience of viewing the file in browser vs on computer. Depending on your audience people use different browsers and older browsers which are not good at handling a decent PDF form too. After debating on this, you should decide ...


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Choice of Downloading or Viewing in browser should be left to user. Information about the file size and type of file is very useful for the user no matter how big or small it is. The units should be appropriately followed, like, till 1MB, it can be shown in KBs, till 1GB, it can be shown in MBs etc. Rounding File size is not a disadvantage. It should NOT ...


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Do not bother showing the file size. Exception made with really large files (definition of really large depending on your audience). It is now easy to undo downloads. If it is too large then the user is going to stop the download and that is it. What type of file it is is much more interesting for the user because she is going to expect the way it is going ...



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