268614 - Unacceptable download latency

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Description

[Mark Lewis]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041107 Firefox/1.0

When I start a download from any site using Firefox it can take up to 20 seconds
before the download is seen to start in the Firefox download manager. These
latencies do not change when the download manager is already open.

For comparison, using the exact same downloads with Apple Safari: It takes about
4 seconds for the download to start with the download manager window closed. If
that window is open the latency is less than a second.


Reproducible: Always
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Go to any site with downloads; do not use a site with heavy demands on the
server.
2. Click ona download link
3. Check the elapsed time between that click and the start of the download in
the Download manager window

Actual Results:  
Eventually the download starts and runs normally. Attempts to cancel, however,
make the browser go modal. 

Expected Results:  
Started the download with a shorter latency and without going modal.

Comment 1

[OstGote!]

What is the size of the file downloads.rdf in your FF profile? Does deleting the
download manager history help?

Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This is an automated message, with ID "auto-resolve01".

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Comment 3

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
comment). If anyone thinks this is incorrect, they should feel free to reopen it.