From apple.mail.list at oryx.cc Thu Mar 1 13:05:11 2007 From: apple.mail.list at oryx.cc (Jerry Kemp) Date: Thu Mar 1 13:05:31 2007 Subject: [X-SW] Resuming of HTTP Downloads after a failure In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45E74007.4020104@oryx.cc> I recommend Sun Download manager. This is the download page. http://www.sun.com/download/sdm/download.xml It has saved me many times from having to restart a http download. Jerry Kemp Robert Ameeti wrote: > When a download fails, some software can resume the download where it > left off thus effecting a quicker download for problematically large files. > > Is this a function of the browser or does it require assistance from the > server? > > What software would be best to accomplish this for HTTP downloads? From rich at richardklein.org Thu Mar 1 17:08:17 2007 From: rich at richardklein.org (Richard Klein) Date: Thu Mar 1 17:08:40 2007 Subject: [X-SW] Resuming of HTTP Downloads after a failure In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <45E77901.20905@richardklein.org> Philip J Robar wrote: > > On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Robert Ameeti wrote: > >> When a download fails, some software can resume the download where it >> left off thus effecting a quicker download for problematically large >> files. >> >> Is this a function of the browser or does it require assistance from >> the server? > > It's built into Safari and Firefox (and presumably Opera). Every > bittorrent client I've used also has this feature. The server needs to support resume, but most servers do these days. Bittorrent is a different story; it doesn't use HTTP, and doesn't even download from a central server. -- Rich