297 days remaining ...

[Mark R. Hilton]

I haven't suffered the interminable download problem with OW5, as I use 
Speed Download, but I always have the "Network Activity" window open to 
check that something is going on. The web locally can be very slow 
(even with Speed Download  512K ADSL usually only manages download 
speeds of 5Kb per second if that, and during the day will only manage 
about 5 seconds before dropping the line!). I have noticed with OW5 
that the data on a page downloaded, the data remaining and the time 
remaining bear little relation to reality. Under 5.0, I was getting 
things like "385Mb of 2Mb" downloaded with the first figure not being 
reset, but incremented with each element. Under 5.1b3, it is the time 
remaining which increments as each element is added but doesn't get 
reduced as the downloads progress, so typically it tells me that I have 
700+ hours to wait for the page to finish loading, which often happens 
moments later.

I haven't seen any previous comments on this, but then I may have 
missed them :)

Mark

On Sat, 23 Oct 2004 12:03:47 -0700 (PDT), Tom Ritch 
<tritch at adelphia.net> wrote:

> Subject: Re: 297 days remaining on 1.4 Mb download :)

> This problem still exists in 5.1b3, although to a seemingly much less 
> extent.
> 
> Keep up the good work Omni Group.  The end will soon be in sight.  As 
> well as many new goals.  ;-)
> 
> Tom
> 
>>>  On Oct 18, 2004, at 8:36 PM, Clytie Siddall wrote:
>>> 
>>>>  I've noticed, and I think this is only in the betas, that quite 
>>>>  often I have a download which appears to stall without actually 
>>>>  giving any error. I'll go and look, to see if it is finished, and it 
>>>>  will still be sitting there, giving some ridiculous amount of time 
>>>>  before completion.
>>>>  ...