302792 - Large images are needlessly re-downloaded vs. being taken from the browswer window.

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, enhancement)

Description

[prfoster3000]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.7.10) Gecko/20050716 Firefox/1.0.6

On my dial-up connection I have to wait ~2 minutes for a large image to load
(ex. http://www.theplace.ru/archive/milla_jovovich/img/millajovovich037595.jpg),
and if I choose to save it to my HDD I must wait an additional 2 minutes for the
image to be re-downloaded (which is extremely ineficient considering it had
already been downloaded into the browser window).  This is not the case with IE,
which quickly saves the image to my HDD.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. View a large image in a browser window using a dial-up internet connection.
(ex. http://www.theplace.ru/archive/milla_jovovich/img/millajovovich037595.jpg)
2.Save it to your HDD. (It will be redownloaded bit for bit (providing
absolutely no benefit) while hoggin up an additional 2 minutes of on-line time.

Actual Results:  
Image save perfectly (yet needlessly downloaded twice).

Expected Results:  
Taken the image from the browser window (vs. re-downloading it) and instantly
saved it to the HDD.

Comment 1

[Ria Klaassen (not reading all bugmail)]

*** Bug 355892 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***