Travis Crump wrote: > >> >> What the hell is that suppose to do? That's not going to warn anybody >> if their download failed, let alone remove the useless partial-file! >> Sharpen up here LaG. >> > > > How exactly do you know the partial file is useless?
Like I said, Windows and/or Winzip tell me so. > Most multimedia > content like mp3s can be played regardless of how much of the file you > downloaded. Where are you downloading MP3's from on the web? > How do you know that the user didn't fully expect his > download to fail(ie not download the whole file) If he's using Mozilla, I know for a *fact* he fully expected the download to fail! > because he has a > sketchy connection, That's what wget's for. Shouldn't be necessary of course, but like I said, until a future civilization is able to make a browser which contains that futuristic ZMODEM technology.... > but just wanted to listen to or watch the first > couple minutes to get a sense of it? That's what the cancel button is arguably for. But I bet you a Coke that right now, the Cancel button will delete the file (probably even ask me if I really want to cancel), while a lost connection etc just silently fails. > Under your non-code, the user is > out of luck... ;) If you consider having some idea of what is or is not happening "out of luck" (i.e. the AOL definition), correct.
