201840 - The error message on a failed file transfer seems a trifle obscure.

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(SeaMonkey :: Download & File Handling, defect)

Description

[David Bowerman]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030412
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.4b) Gecko/20030412

When downloading files, Download Manager's error message on a failed file
transfer  to the effect that the file could not be saved because the source file
could not be read could be more informative.

As a second item, downloads seems to be causing more problems on my computers
with  recent builds.

Reproducible: Sometimes

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Connect to the IBM Support site
2.Attempt to download a file
3.File transfer will fail erratically

Actual Results:  
Download Manager pops up a box with an message that a file could not be copied
because the source file could not be read.

Expected Results:  
A clearer message that the file download failed might be more useful.

Comment 1

[David Bowerman]

Attachment: Screen shot of the error message popup.

Comment 2

[papa_lolita]

(In reply to comment #1)
> Created an attachment (id=120365)
> Screen shot of the error message popup.
> 

I think this is a valid bug. Go here:

http://rense.com/general52/chair.htm

Try to save the pictures, or Complete Web Page, or HTML only webpage. Download
manager shows 'failed', but the downloaded stuff seem fine.

Using Moz 1.7 RC1 on Win XP. Confirmed that 1.6 is free of this bug.

Comment 3

[Frank Wein [:mcsmurf]]

Does this happen with every file you're trying to download? Does opening the URL
"about:plugins" fix this bug?

Comment 4

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 5

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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