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Firefox Download Still Sucks, At Least It Recovers
Angsuman Chakraborty
June 30th, 2008
Firefox download manager is still flaky, even after three major versions. Often the download stops for no apparent reasons. At least in version 3, you can safely stop and then resume the download, which works as expected.
What is your experience with Firefox download manager?
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July 7th, 2008 at 10:44 am
Now that’s a strange report. I haven’t ever really experienced a glitch with Firefox/Mozilla Download.
Is your Java release up to date? How about Virtual Memory settings?
I have successfully downloaded a large file (350Mb) just today in fact. C
Vista/P4 i386 32b
July 7th, 2008 at 7:11 pm
I also have reports of Firefox 3 crashing regularly and unexpectedly in at least one Windows XP installation.
I use Linux on which it seems stable.
July 7th, 2008 at 7:14 pm
I am using JDK 1.6. The VM settings are at default. Is java required for downloading files?
I have Java disabled on my browser for better performance.