150338 - Download binares regression

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[Rick DeBay]

Downloading binaries has regressed again.  Any binary downloaded will cause the
browser to stop painting the client window while pulling down data, instead of
popping a dialog box asking for the name of the file.

This happens on 1.0, but I'm using 0.9.8 to report this.

Comment 1

[Rick DeBay]

The search at the given URL generated the HTML given below:

<a href=http://ddn.newsguy.com/news-bin/wwwdecode?alt.binaries.anime/967357><img
src="/icons/newsvideo.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt="Click to view
video"></a>

This normally gives a dialog that lets you select whether to save the file or to
display it.  With Mozilla 1.0 it causes the browser to not paint, download a lot
of data, and lose it.

This worked with RC2 and before.  From my experience, there's been a lot of
problems with Mozilla and downloading.  See my previous bugs for a full
explanation, there's pages.

Comment 2

[Rick DeBay]

It's working now, so it must have been something on Newsguy's end.