#3796 HIGH Untriag: Need to be able to resume downloads

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#3796: Need to be able to resume downloads
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  Reporter:  Eben         |       Owner:  marco    
      Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new      
  Priority:  high         |   Milestone:  Untriaged
 Component:  web browser  |     Version:           
Resolution:               |    Keywords:           
  Verified:  0            |  
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Changes (by tomeu):

 * cc: jg (added)


Comment:

 Replying to [comment:1 jg]:
 > The problem is that downloading using the browser is occupying large
 amounts of RAM for indeterminate time after apparently exiting the
 browser.  So having it in the invisible background is really not
 reasonable; downloading should probably be implemented by wget, or some
 such utility, and be a process separate from the browser.

 I would love to use something other than mozilla for the downloads, as
 that would make the developer's live much easier. The problem here is that
 some downloads can only be initiated inside the web activity that the link
 appeared in.

 Can we execute wget in a replica of the environment in mozilla? We would
 need to set cookies, POST data and resume the SSL session. Is this
 possible at all?

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