I am not sure if this has been posted yet, but I am a lazy Mac OS X user, so any shortcuts that save me time for slacking I use. In Internet Explorer 5+, to download something with one click, no arguments, no confirmations, just to download it immediately, just do this ... option-click on a link and it usually opens up the Download Manager, and downloads whatever file lays on the other side of the link.
Mac OS X Hints
http://hints.macworld.com/article.php?story=20030109062813132