ezGroups - Binary Newsgroup Downloading Made Simple

Downloader Window

Downloader windows are created when you click the Download button on the main window. The Downloader is a temporary window. Once it has finished downloading its file(s), its lifespan is complete.

The top section of the Downloader shows you the filename. You can stretch the window to the right to see long filenames.

The second section from the top shows you the overall progress of the download. The position of the progress bar, and the percentage, reflect the number of posts that have been downloaded. For example, if a file is spread over 50 posts, and 25 have been downloaded, the progress bar will be filled half way, and the percentage will be 50%. If the Downloader is working on more than one file, then the calculations are done on the total number of posts for all the files. When this value reaches 100%, that means that all the posts have been downloaded, though they still need to be assembled and decoded. For large files, you may not see the first chunk of the progress bar fill in for a while. If you stretch the window to the right, you will see it sooner.

The third section from the top goes through three phases. First, it shows you the progress of each post as it downloads. Once all the posts are downloaded, it shows you the progress of the assembly process where the Downloader glues all the posts together. After that, it shows the progress as the Downloader decodes the data into the finished file. If the Downloader is working on more than one file, it will go through these three phases for each file. In the left column, the part number it shows is the total for all files combined, if there are more than one.

The fourth section from the top shows some statistics. If the Downloader is working on more than one file, you can see how many files it has completed in the left section. If you are downloading 10 files, and one has finished, you can go into the Downloads folder and open it, move it, etc. You don't have to wait for the Downloader to finish all of its files. The second box from the left shows the total number of megabytes that has been downloaded. The next two boxes show download speed. In the Speed box, you see how fast the current post is being downloaded. The Peak box shows you the fastest speed that has been achieved over the lifespan of the Downloader. The box at the right shows the estimated time remaining while the downloading is in progress. Once the downloading is done, the time changes to show you the total elapsed time.

The last line shows you various status messages, which often go by too fast to read. You don't need to be concerned with anything you see there unless the Downloader stops; then you may see an error message which you can report to us.