On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Clarence Verge wrote:
> Pete wrote:
> >
> > <gripe>
> > With A164 on RAMdisk, space is at a premium. After D/Ling and saving a
> > multi-megabyte module or mp3, I find my free disk space to be displayed
> > as "0". Were it not for the "F8/xSwap" bug, I would simply flush the
> > cache.
>
> Fair gripe.
>
> Same situation here. To download a 1.5 Mb floppy means I must have 3 Mb
> available. Sometimes that's just not possible. I would much prefer a DIRECT
> download to the SAVE location.
... which would mean aborting download, prompting for target location, and
starting all over again. I dont have memory for storing temporary
downloaded data before user chooses for final localtion....
But ok, for unknown MIME types, location may be download directory instead
of cache, and user will only edit filename when download is finished....
> Michael says the filename is not known at start.
> This seems unusual, but what the heck - fake it and rename it.
You will start getting filenames like DOWNLOAD\9823423423.TMP - I dont
kwno if you will be happy about it...
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