вт, 1 янв. 2019 г. в 06:45, Dale <rdalek1...@gmail.com>: > > With the newer Firefox versions, I've noticed something weird about > downloading files. Usually these are videos using a download helper for > videos and sometimes it is a normal file download, depends on the site. > Either way, I get something odd at times. So far, I've yet to see any > rhyme or reason to it. I can't figure out what triggers it. This is > what it does. I start a download, either using a video helper add on or > downloading as a file. I give it a name and location and it shows in > the download window that it is downloading. However, if I go to the > directory where it should be, sometimes nothing shows up. It will > complete the download and then show that it failed after finishing the > download. However, if I notice that it is not in the directory where it > should be and I go back to the download window, hit pause and then > resume, it starts over from the beginning and then shows up in the > directory where it should be. Most of the time, it shows up that it is > downloading and it is where it should be without be doing anything > further but sometimes, it doesn't. > > One other thing that it does on rare occasions. It will show it is > downloading for a good while, sometimes more than half way, then > disappear in the directory as if it is deleted but still show that it is > downloading in the download window. I've only seen it do that a few > times but it is annoying to look and make sure it is downloading a file > that takes a hour or more only to have it disappear part way through. > > This started with the new multi-process versions or whatever it is > called of Firefox. It acts like a permissions problem or something to > me. It either thinks it doesn't have write permissions at the start or > thinks it loses them part way through or something. If it only did this > when using the add on, I'd think it is that but it also does it when I'm > downloading as a file with no add on being used. Either way, I'm not > sure what to look into really. I'm not even sure what to google for to > see if anyone else is noticing this. What does one call this problem??? >
I experience similar problems with downloading files in Firefox for quite a long time. I cannot say for how long time exactly, but estimating it from memory: for about a few years. Yes, t is quite annoying but currently I have already got the habit to open download manager every time I download a file, stop downloading it and then restart again. (I even try to do the same automatically while using other web browsers like chromium or google-chrome. :) However, I believe that it has nothing to do with "the newer Firefox versions" as I still use Firefox version 52.9.0 (compiled without clang) and all these troubles with downloading files started even on much more earlier versions.
