comparison to Private Upload

Yes, I am also interested in this comparison. At the moment I am using private upload successfully, but I would like to be aware of other possible solutions.

The main differences are:

• Download is extremely light-weighted, only 5 lines of code.
• It requires no user interaction, i.e. checking a private checkbox.
• There are no known conflicts with other modules, e.g. Upload Path, Upload Image or Comment Upload. In particular, it is intended to be used together with Upload Path to allow different content types to store attached files in either a public or private folder.

Although Private Upload and Download has the same effect, making some files public and other private, there purposes are quite different: Private Upload is designed to empower the users to have full control over which files to be public/private. Download is designed to be completely transparent to the user.

As I see it, the modules do not compete with each other, but rather provides two different solutions on two different needs: Either you want your user to have full control and choose Private Upload, or you want it to work "automagically" and choose Download.

I will add a note on the project page to clarify the difference.