[chaley]

Originally Posted by jackie_w

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I set slightly different templates in the SmartDevice App driver and CC template so I would see filename differences.

Transferred filenames were always what I would have expected them to be and resending the same book resulted in files being correctly renamed when necessary.

Thanks for verifying and letting me know.

However, I did see some unexpected behaviour when using the Content Server to try to resend a book.

• With Show dialog on book tap set:
  - long-press did not do an immediate transfer, it brought up the same pop-up (Download or Show Metadata) as when doing a short-press.
  - whichever type of press, selecting Download from this pop-up did not resend the book.
  
• With Always show metadata set:
  - short-press opened Book Details and pressing the DOWNLOAD button (as expected) gave me an 'Are you sure you want to overwrite?' pop-up which did then do the resend.
  - long-press did not do an immediate transfer, it did exactly the same as short-press. I'm not sure whether this is intended behaviour or not.

Both of these are intentional and come from the same decision about how the download queue works.

The first rule: the book downloaded by queuing it (via long press or "Download all") downloads the preferred format. The second rule: books already on the device are ignored and not resent.

Thus a long-press on a book already on the device is ignored. Better said, rather than do nothing I turn it into a short press where the user can explicitly choose to download the book and also choose the format. I suppose that it is an error to show the "choose" dialog with the download button enabled because, as you note, the download button doesn't do anything. Consistency argues that the dialog should show. Usability perhaps argues that it should go directly to book details, or perhaps popup a "checkable help" dialog telling you why the download isn't happening.

Some people have said that a long-press should be happy to silently re-download a book. I am uncomfortable with that, because changing the book is "destructive" and can change the behavior of a reader app. I am also uncomfortable with popping up the "Are you sure" dialog, but less so. "Download all" doesn't provide an opportunity for a dialog.