Why can't firefox be trusted to download file

Fabritzo · 30-06-2005 5:41pm #1

I just tried to get a 8 Meg file and it died at 26%, it's starting to happen too often, does anyone know a fix for this please?

Ciaran500 · 30-06-2005 5:43pm

Whenever that happens to me its a server problem, not firefox.

leeroybrown · 30-06-2005 5:44pm

Are you sure the problem is in Firefox only? The only time I've seen that happen was with a paused download and that rarely happened and not at all recently. I've been using Firefox since 0.4 so I'm sure I'd have seen that bug if it existed.

Capt'n Midnight · 30-06-2005 7:46pm

FireFox is a browser, not a download accelerator.

Were using the FireFTP extension ? - it resumes interrupted downloads.
or FireZilla

www.netleech.com is handy too.

quarryman · 30-06-2005 8:36pm

actually firefox does this to me on occasion too. I'd have to use IE to get whatever the file was.

mp3guy · 30-06-2005 8:38pm

what about free download manager
?

Fenster · 30-06-2005 8:41pm

wget 4tw

Firefox choking on larger downloads (200mb+ in my experience) is a known problem, but smaller ones are probably a server problem.

quarryman · 30-06-2005 8:42pm

Capt'n Midnight wrote:

www.netleech.com is handy too.

is there a way to get netleech to pick up on the download as soon as i click on it in mozilla?

Fabritzo · 30-06-2005 11:16pm

Thanks for the info people, I'd normally use flashget if I didn't want to lose the download half way though, firefox never restarts after a pause either. I'll give the extensions a go.

jonski · 01-07-2005 12:42am

Fabritzo wrote:

Thanks for the info people, I'd normally use flashget if I didn't want to lose the download half way though, firefox never restarts after a pause either. I'll give the extensions a go.

I use the flashget plugin for firefox , find it great .

WexCan · 01-07-2005 1:23am

ffox has always been pretty reliable for me, as was said above it's usually a server or connection problem

Superman · 01-07-2005 3:36am

i use dos!

Hobbes · 01-07-2005 4:30am

Never had that problem. But firefox isn't a download client it just has a default one. You can install a different one via Extensions. Check the extensions site and you will find a number of other download managers.

btw check your network card and see if you have it set for Windows to switch it off for powersaving.

Cabaal · 01-07-2005 5:21am

I find FF fine, but known the less I stil use wget from time to time

jayneemac · 01-07-2005 5:40am

Flashget (Download Manager):
http://www.amazesoft.com/download.htm

Flashgot (Firefox plugin for above):
http://www.flashgot.net/getit

works a treat

TJM · 01-07-2005 9:50pm

Leechget is a particularly good download manager.

Why can't firefox be trusted to download file

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