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You can open the folder, click on a file and view it.

The guy said nothing was downloaded, it was viewed and gave the location of the file that was viewed..it was the temp internet file folder

Yes there are several ways to do it.
If this fellow said it wasn't downloaded, --unless he had access to the ISP logs, he's talking out his butt cause his mouth should know better.

BTW, is this the same "computer expert" who didn't understand how e-mail moves from server to server ?

Also, all of the computer "experts" in this case used the words "downloaded," "accessed," and "viewed" pretty much interchangeably.

In the strictest sense, every single thing you access that resides outside of your computer is "downloaded," as a copy of whatever it is, is moved to your computer to be displayed for you. That's what those "Temporary Internet Files" directories are for.

When normal people are talking about "downloading," though, we generally mean things like programs or collections, where you actually request the item, then wait for a full copy of it to be transferred to your computer.

You don't have to knowingly "download" something in that sense for a copy of it to be on your computer.