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| Thread ID: 77487 | 2007-03-11 19:01:00 | Download managers - any use? | Greg (193) | Press F1 |
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| 531986 | 2007-03-11 19:01:00 | I've never used a download manager - never seen the point, even after downloading some multi-gig files from time to time. But are they really useful? I've been looking at Free Download Manager (http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/) after a recommendation. Are all the claims valid? | Greg (193) | ||
| 531987 | 2007-03-11 19:28:00 | Some arent too bad, but some sites will refuse to let u download using one of them too. You have to quit it, before u can download a file. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 531988 | 2007-03-11 19:45:00 | Yes some let you download from multiple servers eg. you are D/L a big file and it is only going at 50kb, and if you hook up to 3 other servers you would have a speed of about 200kb. Also they have a resume function which lets you stop and start the download without loseing what you have already downloaded. Most sites support this. Trevor :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 531989 | 2007-03-12 01:15:00 | Greg, I use Free Download Manager currently. Have found it pretty good - especially for a free program. Downloads do seem to be a lot quicker. From what I can see, it breaks the download into 4 parts, downloads the 4 streams simultaneously, then pieces them back together when complete. It picks up clicks within IE and Firefox. Best feature is resuming & tells you if site supports resuming as well - so no guess work. I started using it for downloading linux iso cds (~ 600mb) and it's worked perfectly. Based on what I've seen so far, I'd recommend trying it. |
Brooko (8444) | ||
| 531990 | 2007-03-12 02:46:00 | I use Free Download Manager. Works good. I use the FlashGot extension for Firefox with it. |
lazydog (148) | ||
| 531991 | 2007-03-12 02:50:00 | I used download managers on dialup, and had forgotten about the multi-server download. I must remember next time im stuck on a slow mirror.... and use 4 slow mirrors at once.... | Dannz (1668) | ||
| 531992 | 2007-03-12 03:06:00 | I use Free Download Manager - but be careful, if you click a link to download and it takes you to a page to download automatically, FDM downloads the PHP file. Cancel that and IE/Firefox's download and click the direct link. You have been warned. | pcuser42 (130) | ||
| 531993 | 2007-03-12 04:35:00 | I use the Firefox plugin DownThemAll (http://www.downthemall.net). Does file-splitting, resuming, etc. and saves having to have a separate program running. |
Antmannz (6583) | ||
| 531994 | 2007-03-12 04:39:00 | I've been using Flashget for years, and it's really good - get the "Flashgot" plugin for Firefox too. | somebody (208) | ||
| 531995 | 2007-03-12 04:47:00 | I've been using Flashget for years, and it's really good - get the "Flashgot" plugin for Firefox too. FlashGEt is a virus program which I've been running for around 4 yrs too. Now I'm using DAP, cool downloading manager afterall if you need it for downloading Kubuntu which is a whole DVD and havn't finished downloading it yet. | PedalSlammer (8511) | ||
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