Closed Bug 839985 Opened 13 years ago Closed 12 years ago

The Firefox downloader wastes time and space

Categories

(Toolkit :: Downloads API, defect)

Product:
Toolkit
Component:
Downloads API
Version:
18 Branch
Platform:
x86
Linux
Type:
defect
Priority:
Not set
Severity:
normal

Tracking

()

Status:
RESOLVED INVALID

People

(Reporter: fogobogo, Unassigned, NeedInfo)

Details

User Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux i686; rv:18.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/18.0 Build ID: 20130206211324 Steps to reproduce: Downloaded a file, then suddenly, the connection dropped because the local nuclear plant had a "harmless incident" Actual results: Firefox, stopped downloading. Expected results: Firefox should have continued to download the file where it left off instead of wasting millions of bytes bandwidth and time by starting again from the beginning. see wget -c
Component: Untriaged → Downloads Panel
We can't support resuming if the server doesn't. do you have the link to the file you were trying to download?
Component: Downloads Panel → Download Manager
Product: Firefox → Toolkit
Flags: needinfo?(fogobogo)
As mentioned above, being able to resume file download depends on the server the file is being downloaded from supporting resuming downloads. Closing based on date of last comment and lack of response to request for info. If more info provided bug can be reopened.
Status: UNCONFIRMED → RESOLVED
Closed: 12 years ago
Resolution: --- → INVALID
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