Instead of

could show "Loading image of size 1.7G from" (not sure why URL isn't there either) after getting size from the response header
example URL to try: https://bioimagesuiteweb.github.io/alphaapp/viewer.html?image=https://api.dandiarchive.org/api/assets/db080212-f712-4f09-b3b6-b39554cdd74e/download/
edit1: even cooler would be to show download progress bar with ETA etc ;)