WebClient.DownloadFile{Async} considered useless and amateurish?

microsoft.public.dotnet.framework

27 Apr 2006 6:05 AM

Douglas Harber

Is it just me or is the implementation of WebClient.DownloadFile (and it's
Async sibling) a total waste of life?

Not only does it not support partial downloads, but all of the relevant
methods are implemented as private so there's no way to simply extend the
class to do smart things.

Yes, I can write my own implementation but if I have to go around rewriting
all of the crap that the Microsoft devs got wrong, what the heck to I need
the .NET classes for?

Sorry...just had to vent at this latest insult to coding propagated by
people you'd think should know better.

Doug Harber