"Stop" means STOP means stop means ...

[Ken Case]

On Nov 9, 2004, at 9:52 AM, Jason Kerr wrote:
> I often find that I am unable to make OW _stop_ loading a page (and 
> all sub-requests). No matter how many times I select the STOP button, 
> the status indicator still shows that the page is loading. (This isn't 
> just a problem with the indicator, the Network Activity window shows 
> that one or more elements of the page are active.)

We have this issue entered in our bug database as:

	<bug://bugs/17219>: Stop button does not always work

I just fixed an issue where the Stop button would stop a page load but 
the page status indicators wouldn't notice (so they would go on 
spinning forever), but I believe there are other circumstances under 
which the Stop button doesn't work properly.

To fix other instances of this problem, it would be helpful to have a 
clear description of when you're seeing the Stop button fail, something 
which I can use to reproduce the problem here.  For example, something 
like this would be great:

	Procedure:

		1. Enter [page x] in the URL field, then hit return
		2. Wait until some text starts to appear
		3. Click Stop before the images finish loading

	Expected Result: The images should stop loading.
	Actual Result: The images continue to load.

Thanks for your help!

				Ken