Comments on: Firefox Download Clean Up http://rasterweb.net/raster/2006/09/25/firefox-download-clean-up/ RasterWeb! has been publishing insights and such since 1997... Fri, 18 May 2012 14:21:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jeff M http://rasterweb.net/raster/2006/09/25/firefox-download-clean-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4560 Jeff M Tue, 10 Oct 2006 20:06:01 +0000 http://rasterweb.net/raster/2006/09/25/firefox-download-clean-up/#comment-4560 I just had the same ah-ha... My downloads were taking forever just to get going. I probably had <strong>never</strong> used that clean-up button. I really had never even noticed the button. I got suspicious about the delays, and after noticing the "clean up" button, I googled for "firefox download clean up", and got this page. Sure enough, cleaning up the download queue totally eliminated the several second delay i was seeing. MozillaZine.org even has a FAQ entry for this, "<a href="http://kb.mozillazine.org/Mozilla_Suite_:_FAQs_:_Download">File downloading has been very slow lately, why?</a>". Somebody should probably submit a bug/enhancement... (wish I had the time...). I just had the same ah-ha… My downloads were taking forever just to get going. I probably had never used that clean-up button. I really had never even noticed the button. I got suspicious about the delays, and after noticing the “clean up” button, I googled for “firefox download clean up”, and got this page. Sure enough, cleaning up the download queue totally eliminated the several second delay i was seeing.

MozillaZine.org even has a FAQ entry for this, “File downloading has been very slow lately, why?“. Somebody should probably submit a bug/enhancement… (wish I had the time…).

]]> By: Phil Wilson http://rasterweb.net/raster/2006/09/25/firefox-download-clean-up/comment-page-1/#comment-4415 Phil Wilson Tue, 26 Sep 2006 09:54:54 +0000 http://rasterweb.net/raster/2006/09/25/firefox-download-clean-up/#comment-4415 Actually, my machine is chewing over the start of downloads too (10+ seconds each time), but I "clean up" my downloads window all the time. Baffling, frankly. Actually, my machine is chewing over the start of downloads too (10+ seconds each time), but I “clean up” my downloads window all the time. Baffling, frankly.

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