> > It would help if "Clear completed" could be called periodically
> > automatically, so that the download list cannot grow to a size of some
> > tenthousand entries.
> 
> I wonder why this happens at all. How many concurrent downloads do you
> allow? I've hardly ever seen more than a few hundred entries of failed
> downloads.

I've set the maximum number of downloads to 75. Most downloads fail
because the maximum number of retries has been reached. After a day,
the number of failed downloads is really *huge* and removing them
takes ages on my dual PII/400. 

> > Alternatively the switch "Auto-clear completed
> > downloads" could be made to do exactly what "Clear completed" does
> > automatically (which it currently doesn't).
> 
> The current version from CVS has now two switches. One for failed and
> one for completed download. If you activate both, your problem should be
> solved. If the download pane isn't completely dropped in favour of the
> fileinfo pane, the entries shall be removed in the background to prevent
> blocking.

I tested it and it works great! It should have been added months ago. ;)

Thanks!


Greetings,
Thomas.


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