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Bug #8113

Updated by Tom Clegg over 7 years ago

Previous behavior: 

 "Download When viewing a job's log file, the full log" button caused 'Download the full job log' downloads the log to appear your local hard drive. Before, it used to show the entire text in the browser window. 

 Current behavior: 

 "Download the full log" button results in a file download, which (when it's finished) the user can then open with an external application. 
 * This means more waiting and clicking before the text appears, and clutters the download directory with log files the user never wanted to save locally. 
 *  

 Generally, these downloaded logs are not formatted that a normal text editor can view it nicely. nicely, so having it on the browser window is usually a huge time saver and doesn't take up unnecessary disk space. 

 Desired behavior: 

 "View A solution would be to implement a new button that is 'Show the full log" button displays log' and that will show the log entire text in the browser window. 

 (If there is also a "Download" link too, that's harmless -- but "view" is more important, and the browser has a "save as" feature, and in that sense a "view" button covers both "view" and "download" functionality.) 

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