'Please do not download [..] with your web browser' still required?

mooff <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.devel.www
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi all, I noticed this message is still present on the 'Debian CD/DVD 
images via HTTP/FTP' page.

I think I remember seeing it some time in the early 2000s, during the 
reign of IE6, through the era of Firefox 1 and 2 with DownThemAll!

Since then, most browsers have gained a reliable 'resume' feature, 
bandwidth is cheaper, and web servers support the 'Range' header it 
depends on.

The download pages can be a bit intimidating for new users, and I 
wondered if we can take the opportunity to improve this one.

The message appears here: https://www.debian.org/CD/http-ftp/

And reads:

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Please do not download CD or DVD images with your web browser the way 
you download other files! The reason is that if your download aborts, 
most browsers do not allow you to resume from the point where it failed.

Instead, please use a tool that supports resuming - typically described 
as a "download manager". There are many browser plugins that do this 
job, or you might want to install a separate program. Under Linux/Unix, 
you can use aria2, wxDownload Fast or (on the command line) "wget -c 
URL" or "curl -C - -L -O URL". There are many more options listed in a 
comparison of download managers.
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I would consider deleting the above, and simply starting the page from:

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The following Debian images are available for download:
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Yours,
mooff
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