it is a design item, note that clients can move from connected to
disconnected mode at any time, therfore the files are cached as a
whole. Coda has been designed for disconnected operation, but partial
fetch of files would mean adding AFS like semantics and the added
baggage
> If it is just an implementation issue, and nothing in the
> fundamental Venus/Vice protocol design prevents doing partial
> file access (although offline use of the file would likely be
> impossible in that case), then it is "just" a matter of
> getting suitable design for the re-engineering of Venus,
> and Vice, and doing the grunt work.
>
> Of course a good question in handling such giga-files is,
> is Coda really the right tool ?
>
>> Pavel
>
>/Matti Aarnio
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