Neil Parks wrote:
>
> There is a marked difference between 1.62 and 1.70-rev3 in the response to
> stopping a download, and it's not an improvement.
>
> I could be browsing any page, and I could click on any link (http or ftp).
> The selected page or file starts to come in, but I decide it's taking too
> long so I press Escape or click on the X to stop it.
>
> In 1.62, I'd be right back on the orig page. In 1.70, the screen usually
> goes blank, and attempts to get the orig page back are often unsuccessful.
> Although the URL of the orig page still appears across the top, pressing R
> for Refresh attempts to fetch the too-slow link again. Pressing Ctrl-Left
> Arrow to step back one usually doesn't get me where I want to ge.
Hi Neil, All;
Sounds like a confirmed bug to me - with Sam Ewalt's runaway downloads.
Michael has said several times that he no longer monitors the list -
probably because it just makes for too much mail.
I do know that every once in a while he does inject his comments into
a debate seemingly indicating that he IS paying attention, but IMHO we
shouldn't rely on that.
He set up bugs@arachne to make sure he got bug reports without a lot of
other noise.
May I suggest that the first person to report an odd effect send a copy
of their first report with the first confirming report to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
without waiting for further confirms ?
Remember the format:
Subject: Aver# for (DOS/Linux) bug - yadayadaydyada
We don't know where MP is in the development of 1.71 and if a new report
holds up the release a few days for another fix, we could be better off.
This message is NOT CC'd to bugs.
I shut up and f o now. <G>
- Clarence Verge
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