Re: download manager could use improvement,

[Sam Morris <sam robots org uk>]

Reinout van Schouwen wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2006, Lee Revell wrote:
> 
>> Argh, are you f**king kidding me?  "Pause" doesn't even resume the
>> download *within the same session* - it redownloads the whole file!
>> Why is it called "Pause" not "Cancel"?
> 
> I *think* that some http/ftp servers don't support pause/resume. As far
> as I know, Pause does work, I've used it in the past.

It would be neat if Epiphany would attempt a ranged request when
starting to download a file to determine if the download can be paused
and resumed. That way, 'retry' could be hidden if not supported by the
server in question.

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Sam Morris
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