A quick question - once upon a time I d/l and installed Firefox to see 'what it's all about'. I liked it. However, one day I was downloading some files and closed the browser. I noticed that when I did this all downloads terminated and left me w/incomplete files. Since IE has never behaved this way I was most upset and gave Firefox the boot. This was many versions ago and am wondering if it still does this.
-thnx
No. Current 4.0.1 will continue downloading in a separate window after you close browsing window. If you use Orbit downloader, it is separate from all browsers and will not be shown as a window in the browser that initiated the download.
Just tested and i can confirm the downloads box stays open and downloading despite the browser being closed, that's on firefox4 and it has been the same for many past releases too
thnx!
im using 4 and have never shut it down when d/l because i thought this problem might still happen. i got caught out a few times before closing the browser and messin up the d/l so i just leave it open now! good to know they fixed this!
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