Download manager

Remus · March 26, 2008

Which download manager you prefer?

I use Flashget free version for sometime now. It stable, easy to use, and do the downloading job very well. The resume option always work. The only scare i had is the flashget's "inapp4.exe" trojan warning i received from my AVG.

Recently i'm trying DownThemAll, the Firefox mass downloader extension. It's simple and light weighted program, and work well for now and i might keep it or replace the Flashget.

Guest · March 26, 2008

I like
http://filehippo.com/download_free_download_manager/

Remus · March 29, 2008

Tried the Free Download Manager, in term of speed, no different that i could notice compared to DownThemAll. It certainly has more features but i doubt would use them.

KazikluBey · March 29, 2008

Download managers... I remember using GetRight back when I had a 36 Kb modem.

I never feel the need for one these days though.

Remus · March 30, 2008

It's good for big file downloads, e.g gametrailers could amounted to several hundred megabytes, and when your home broadband usual download speed is only 150kb/s ...

Bartacus · March 30, 2008

Remus said:
It's good for big file downloads, e.g gametrailers could amounted to several hundred megabytes, and when your home broadband usual download speed is only 150kb/s ...

150kbps? I thought most of us were connected with sth like 4Mbps (I download at a max of 1MBps = 8Mbps)

Arhu · March 30, 2008

Bartacus said:
150kbps? I thought most of us were connected with sth like 4Mbps (I download at a max of 1MBps = 8Mbps)

My parents still only have 7 kb/sec. Go figure.

Dhruin · March 30, 2008

I've used DownloadThemAll for some time and found it very good.

txa1265 · March 31, 2008

I can't recall the last time I used a download manager ... unless it was forced by some application or site.

Corwin · March 31, 2008

Haven't used one in years either. Some sites tell you not to use one IIRC!!

Arhu · March 31, 2008

I like Free Download Manager (FDM) too. It's not so much about the resuming abilities or that my connection is too slow or anything. I simply like all the little extras and that it's a separate program. You can have three configurable download speeds, downloaded files are put into specific directories automatically (e.g. music, applications, ...). And I can still decide to use the browser's download capabilities whenever I want or need to.

FDM compared to normal browser downloads, is to me like Foxit Reader compared to Adobe Reader. Feels faster and has a much neater interface.

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