Making big downloads resumable in Firefox

(lunarwatcher.codeberg.page)

25 points | by speckx 2 hours ago

3 comments

  • Retro_Dev 13 minutes ago

    I like using the aria2[0] download utility - I don't think I've downloaded anything bigger than a dozen megabytes through a web browser for the last several years, and this method allows me more protocols, multiple connections, and of course continuing downloads. That said, it's nice someone found a solution to the problem - makes life easier for everyone who doesn't use an external download utility... How do you even go about finding the solutions to bugs like this?

    [0]: https://aria2.github.io/

    • shiandow 19 minutes ago

      This is the kind of weird obscure bug that I'd hope LLMs could help with. Apparently a simple model linked to the internet and search engine is not enough to find it.

      Reproducing the issue may be the best next action.

      • majorchord 17 minutes ago

        Another feature that has been left broken in Firefox for many years, is the modal search highlight function, the thing that would darken the rest of the page besides your results, so you could easily see where it is... I really liked that feature.

        https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1872349