71204 - Downloading is broken

Status: VERIFIED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: UI Design, defect, blocker)

Description

[Paul Chen]

Using 2001-03-07-08 mac mozilla build, click on the "Mac" build link at the top
of mozillazine (today has links to March 6 builds). When the save/use app dialog
comes up, notice how "OK" and "Cancel" buttons don't have text (minor issue).
Once you click OK, the dialog claims 9 secs have elapsed, and the progress meter
is empty. It appears like nothing is happening, i.e. the progress dialog never
updates. On the desktop, the file is about ~2.7MB in size. After a little bit of
time, the dialog goes away, but you still have an imcomplete download. Nice,
very nice.

Comment 1

[Paul Chen]

Adding regression and dogfood keywords. Note, I used the installer bits if that
makes a difference. Mozilla 0.8 bits, 2001021502, downloading works.

Comment 2

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

This is partly described in bug 71178.  I am also se3eing intermittanf failure
to download on mac (along with the UI problems noted in bug 71178).  I can
usually get the download to complete the second attmept.  Addign a few folks who
might be able to help.

Additional information:
This happend with HTTP downloads as well (so doed 71178 for me).  
Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click link to start download
http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/nightly/latest-trunk/MacMozillaInstaller.sea.bin
2. With "Open Using |Stuffit Expander| radio button selected hit the "OK" button.

Results:  
Download starts but does not complete, stuffit is never called to unpack the
download since it never finished.  

One other daya point. I seem to have better results if I let it do most of the
download in thge background before hitting OK on the dialog.  If I wait for five
or 6 seconds before hitting OK I almost never see the failure but if I hit OK
quickly I often see the failure.

Comment 3

[Simon Fraser [no longer active]]

Intermittent download failure is known (bug 53429) and may be related to bug 
70408.

Comment 4

[[e-mail] (gone - use [e-mail] instead)]

*** Bug 72201 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 5

[selmer (gone)]

Is this still happening in a current build?  Looks like most of the bugs
referenced here have been fixed, so maybe this problem went away (what's the
emoticon for crossed fingers? :-)

Comment 6

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

I am no longer seeing download failures on Mac.  I tried a handfull of different
file types and sizes with the 03/27 builds and did not see any failures.  

pchen, are you still having problems here? any one else?

Comment 7

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

roughly every 1 out of 6 download attempts [at least on the mac --need to check
on other platforms] fails for me with this result: the Saving File [download
progress] dialog appears to have completed, but the file in the target directory
is incomplete [eg, only 1.2M of the 11.9M MacMozillaFullInstaller is there]. is
that the same as this bug? [was using 2001.03.29.08 comm bits]

Comment 8

[Mike Pinkerton (not reading bugmail)]

i see this as well.

Comment 9

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

see also bug 85514, where the download progress dialog fails in the middle of
downloading --the progress meter just stops and sits there and sits and sits...
looks like simon has a potential fix there, too.

Comment 10

[nnooiissee]

think this is fixed. any other oppinions?

Comment 11

[Asa Dotzler [:asa]]

->XPApps

Comment 12

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

marking wfm. reopen if it ain't.

Comment 13

[sairuh (rarely reading bugmail)]

mass verification of WorksForMe bugs: to find all bugspam pertaining to this,
set your search string to "IfItWorksForSlappyTheSquirrelThenItWFM".

if you think this particular bug is *still* an open issue, please make sure of
the following before reopening:

a. that it's still a problem with ***recent trunk builds*** on the all
appropriate platform[s]

b. provide clear steps to reproduce (unless a good test case is already in the
bug report), making sure it pertains to the original problem (avoid morphing as
much as possible :)