Chrome in general is fantastic, but downloads... Resuming downloads isn't quite as faultless as Firefox 3, which is a shame. Also would it be possible to implement a download queue? What I mean is: + add a variable in the download settings, giving it a caption like "Number of simultaneous downloads" + set up downloading so that if the user tries to download a large number of files all at once, only the number of files specified in settings will actively download at any one time, the remaining files automatically starting as those before them complete. + it would be nice to have some way of re-ordering the queue on the download manager page. + a more complicated feature would be to include a way of testing where bottlenecking is occurring (i.e. is it at the source of the download or nearer the user) and then automatically rearranging the queue to reduce the total download time. For example, suppose I have set the number of simultaneous downloads as 2. I then decide to start downloading 3 videos from one server and 2 programs from another. In terms of the total download time for all 5 files, it may be quickest if I transfer from both servers at the same time rather than trying to double the transfer speed from one server and then afterwards from the other. Unfortunately this will complicate matters and will probably require a whole load of new options to let the user show what their priority is (a particular file or group of files, or the download time for all files). This sort of functionallity is useful if you intend to leave the computer running in your absence for several hours...or days. So it may be worth adding an option to shut down/hibernate the computer when the downloading finishes.
I accept that this sort of functionality is normally handled by a specialised download program rather than a browser, but I don't expect that much extra code is needed to implement it (ignoring the last feature) and including this functionality in the browser will make it more accessible to those less technically aware. Thanks. Keep up the incredible work! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Chromium Discussion mailing list: [email protected] View archives, change email options, or unsubscribe: http://groups.google.com/group/chromium-discuss -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
