[jQuery] Can Jquery fetch file, and display download dialog?

[Genu]

Ok here is my problem:

I have a link:

<a href="http://www.myserver.com/01-01-08-PM.mp3"; class="download"
id="7">Download</a>

I wrote this js:


var $j = jQuery.noConflict();

$j(document).ready(function() {
        $j('.download').click(function() {
                var link = $j(this).attr('href');

        });
});


The idea, is that I want the script to fetch the url (href), and
return it in the form of a download dialog. The problem that I am
facing, is that when people click "Download", it just opens up the
file directly with the associated player. Can Jquery overcome this
issue if it does an httprequest in the bacgkground to fetch the file?

please let me know what my options are.