Re: Browsing while downloading?

Hi, Thanks for reply, yet: 1. i know has nothing to do with php but since now i am doing it in php i thought would be a good solution to post here 2. bad browser? hmm... i tried: IE, Mozilla&Firefox (Win+Linux), Opera(Win+Linux), Konqueror.... maybe there is still one better out there :P Thanks, Adrian M. Sokolewicz wrote: > Adrian Zaharia wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I have this problem and maybe smbdy can give me a hint. >> >> I have a script which has to pack some server files into a tar created on >> the fly and then output this archive to the browser via headers. >> >> All is grea, the download works BUT, i am speaking of big archives, over >> 50M and i noticed that while i am downloading i cannot browse anymore. I >> tried the operation also via a opened window and it is the same. If i try >> to click on the link or smth the browser does nothing. In the moment the >> download finishes, the browser follows that clicked link and resumes it's >> activity. >> >> Any ideeas how can i keep browsing while dowloading? >> >> Thanks >> >> Adrian Zaharia > get a different browser. > This is a 100% browser issue where the browser allocated 100% available > bandwidth for your download, and doesn't take in extra requests. > > Notice, this has *nothing* whatsoever to do with php though :)