Load vs Go

Scott Rossi scott at tactilemedia.com
Tue Sep 11 17:32:34 EDT 2012


I didn't know libURLSetStatusCallback works with "go" -- that's a new one
for me.

The other thing is "load" places the downloaded item into a local cache; not
sure if "go" does this (at least, maybe not one that's accessible -- though
might be wrong about this).

Regards,

Scott Rossi
Creative Director
Tactile Media, UX Design


Recently, Jacque Landman Gay wrote:

> I need to download and open some very large stacks from the web, and
> having two copies in RAM could be a problem. I'm not sure whether to use
> "load" or "go stack url". It seems to me that "load" will make a copy in
> RAM, then when I go to the stack there will be two copies momentarily
> until I unload the original. Does "go" behave the same way or will it
> download directly into the working stack?
> 
> I need to display a progress bar in either case, but I think
> libURLSetStatusCallback works for both "go" and "load", right?






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