[X-SW] Resuming of HTTP Downloads after a failure

Robert Ameeti robert at ameeti.net
Wed Feb 28 12:20:50 PST 2007


At 12:10 PM -0800, 2/28/07, Philip J Robar wrote:

>On Feb 28, 2007, at 9:54 AM, Robert Ameeti wrote:
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>>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).

Neither Safari nor Opera are continuing on incomplete downloads for 
me. Perhaps it requires a compatible component on the server.
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