Feature request: display file sizes in content server details screen
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calibre |
Fix Released
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Undecided
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Bug Description
As described. When viewing the content server in the browser, and browsing to the details page of any book item, there are Read and Download buttons (as well as Read and Download options after clicking on individual "Formats:" links) but nowhere does it indicate the size of that format. This information can be vitally important for a variety of reasons, ranging from slow or capped network connections, to devices with very limited storage. Being able to immediately see the filesizes somewhere in this details screen before would be immensely helpful.
(Example scenario: I have a full older tablet, and a 2GB high-definition graphical ebook refused to download properly because the target device's storage was too limited and I did not realise the file was so large ahead of choosing to download it.)
Doesn't your browser tell you the size of a file being downloaded?
I'm afraid that the use case of downloading very large ebooks onto full
devices is not common enough IMO to devote space for it in the UI.
status wontfix