Open Bug 85125 Opened 23 years ago Updated 2 years ago

Ability to download in the background

Categories

(Firefox :: File Handling, enhancement)

x86
Linux
enhancement

Tracking

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People

(Reporter: chabotc, Unassigned)

Details

The Ability to "Background" a download process in mozilla.

This process would continue downloading, even when mozilla has 'quit'. (only
truely quiting mozilla after download has completed).

This functionality would offer the same benifits as doing a "wget http://url &"
or a background ftp download.

(i thought of this while trying to download Oracle 8i developers version, the
full 500 megs of it :P)
Marking NEW.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → NEW
Ever confirmed: true
Summary: Ability to background a download → [RFE] Ability to download in the background
Target Milestone: --- → Future
How does Silent Download apply to this?  My understanding was that it was 
server-driven, but it would be nice to get a client-driven analogue.  Is 
that what is desired here?
reassigning to bbaetz@cs.mcgill.ca.
Assignee: dougt → bbaetz
This isn't ftp per se.

-> xpapps for initial triage, but since necko isn't threadsafe, I'm not really
sure how you'd do so.
Assignee: bbaetz → pchen
Component: Networking: FTP → XP Apps
QA Contact: tever → sairuh
spam: over to File Handling. i have not changed the assigned developer [or the
other fields for that matter], so if anyone realizes that a bug should have a
more appropriate owner, go ahead and change it. :)
Component: XP Apps → File Handling
Priority: -- → P5
->default owner
Assignee: pchen → law
Target Milestone: Future → ---
restoring target milestone
Target Milestone: --- → Future
QA Contact: sairuh → petersen
Summary: [RFE] Ability to download in the background → Ability to download in the background
Assignee: law → nobody
QA Contact: chrispetersen → file-handling
Priority: P5 → --
Product: Core → Firefox
Target Milestone: Future → ---
Version: Trunk → unspecified
Severity: normal → S3
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