On Wed, 07 Feb 2001 02:29:11 -0700, Gregory J. Feig wrote:
> et al,
> A temporary workaround for this problem, caused by clicking X, hitting
> EXC, or hitting R in the middle of downloading a page that gives no
> "total bytes" (e.g. Downloading Page <1000 of 10000>), is:
> 1. instead of hitting anything else, hit F8. It will look like it
> is going to start the runaway download, then go into the clearcache
> routine, and then start reloading the page.
> 2. instead of hitting anything else, hit M (Mail Hotkey). Again, it
> may look like it is going to start the runaway download, but it will
> "Stop that...!!!" and display the MailPage. Then, you can BackArrow
> and return to the partially downloaded page, and continue from there.
#1 worked great... 6 tries-in-a-row. :)
#2 work the the first try.....
second try resulted in runaway D/L, crash, restart.
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Update...
The key combination that caused it was 'M', Cntr+leftArrow, 'R', 'M'
(so, don't do that) <vbg>
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