- Aug 25, 2001
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Downloading some files from my internet-connected NAS, when I click on the link, the download window pops up, and it says "unknown time remaining", which causes a little green bar to slide across the progress bar repeatedly.
Only, it only updates that window, if I move the mouse or type within a window of Firefox. It doesn't update on it's own. And judging by the count of MB updated, it looks like it actually stops downloading as well, if I don't move my mouse.
I tried downloading these files before, to my C: drive (which has 42 reallocated sectors), and it timed out. I thought perhaps it had hit a bad spot on the HD or something, but now I think that I simply didn't move my mouse enough, and it timed out on downloading the file. (I tried downloading it again to my D: drive, which is brand new and has no reallocated sectors.)
This is a MAJOR FLAW in FF4.0, having to constantly move your mouse around in the window, if you want to download a large file.
Edit: I dunno what's going on, even page loading now pauses unless I continue to move my mouse. Something strange is afoot.
Edit: I restarted Firefox after the DLs completed, and now I cannot get this issue to reproduce. The download window is auto-updating just fine now.
Edit: Now I'm thinking that this is a windows scheduler bug, as the process only gets CPU time, when there's input waiting in the queue. Or possibly an error with a windows timer object.
Only, it only updates that window, if I move the mouse or type within a window of Firefox. It doesn't update on it's own. And judging by the count of MB updated, it looks like it actually stops downloading as well, if I don't move my mouse.
I tried downloading these files before, to my C: drive (which has 42 reallocated sectors), and it timed out. I thought perhaps it had hit a bad spot on the HD or something, but now I think that I simply didn't move my mouse enough, and it timed out on downloading the file. (I tried downloading it again to my D: drive, which is brand new and has no reallocated sectors.)
This is a MAJOR FLAW in FF4.0, having to constantly move your mouse around in the window, if you want to download a large file.
Edit: I dunno what's going on, even page loading now pauses unless I continue to move my mouse. Something strange is afoot.
Edit: I restarted Firefox after the DLs completed, and now I cannot get this issue to reproduce. The download window is auto-updating just fine now.
Edit: Now I'm thinking that this is a windows scheduler bug, as the process only gets CPU time, when there's input waiting in the queue. Or possibly an error with a windows timer object.
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