On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 02:18:16 UTC, Michael Kaply <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Well this is the wrong place to grumble. > >It's not an OS/2 specific problem. > >http://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=55690 > Hi Mike, sorry... just venting.... added my comments to the above links, thanks for your pointer.... Seems I am not alone with this frustration....<g> cheers, > >Britt Turnbull wrote: >> >> Hi2all, >> >> time for me to have a little grumble...... >> >> OK, I wanted to download SS 1.7 upgrade.... 150+Meg..... >> Started the download over night... and it bombed.... >> >> Why...... >> >> I had recently installed the TCPIP FixPak... and it changed my TMP pointer >> back to C:\TCPIP\TEMP... and guess what I only had 100M free on C:...... so >> chalk that up to a totally incompetant Mickeysoft style kludge by IBM..... >> >> To IBM... leave my config.sys alone....or at least respect my changes.... >> >> Then there is the really clever and profoundly thought out Mozilla mechanism >> to ask where I want the file stored... and then proceed to create a temp >> download in the temp directory.... >> >> OK, I can see where on dialup, and where a user takes 2 hours to decide where >> to save the file, the download can be speeded up by commencing the download to >> a temp file....sheesh... >> >> But guys seriously... why not check drive space.... >> >> Why not create a tmp file in the destination location, if you just have to >> have one... it took minutes to copy the temp file over to the location at the >> end of the download, instead of just rename.... >> >> Why bother trying to save time this way.. its' takes a lot of downloads to >> make up the time lost due to problems like this.... >> >> This has been discussed before, and nothing really seems to be happening.... >> >> To say I'm not impressed is somewhat of an understatement.... >> >> regards, >> -- >> Britt >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> eCs + SMP OS/2 v4.51 >> check it out: http://www.ecomstation.com > > -- Britt [EMAIL PROTECTED] eCs + SMP OS/2 v4.51 check it out: http://www.ecomstation.com
