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Use Firefox to Resume A Failed Chrome Download (Original Post) struggle4progress Oct 2015 OP
LOL ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #1
My question exactly. ColesCountyDem Oct 2015 #2
I like Chrome better as a browser but I do try to use Firefox for downloads struggle4progress Oct 2015 #3
It just struck ohheckyeah Oct 2015 #5
No problem. One really should prefer Firefox to Chrome for big downloads struggle4progress Oct 2015 #6
I realize Chrome is becoming/became the numer one browser. gvstn Oct 2015 #4

struggle4progress

(118,281 posts)
3. I like Chrome better as a browser but I do try to use Firefox for downloads
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 06:18 PM
Oct 2015

precisely because of this problem

But last night, I forgot and started a huge download with Chrome. And, of course, after 12 hours, it stalled about 0.1 gigabyte short of completion. Did I want to restart the whole thing? Hull, no. I ran through this procedure instead

struggle4progress

(118,281 posts)
6. No problem. One really should prefer Firefox to Chrome for big downloads
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 07:23 PM
Oct 2015

But crazy oldsters like me sometimes forget

gvstn

(2,805 posts)
4. I realize Chrome is becoming/became the numer one browser.
Sat Oct 31, 2015, 06:51 PM
Oct 2015

But Firefox addons/extnsions are just great. There are some that I don't think I could live without. Stupid stuff but still great.

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