 fphallThe GuardianPremium
join:2003-11-01
Bristol, CT | reply to NotTheMama
Re: Download Manager: Useful? +1 on DownThemAll. |
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Love it for Firefox but I wish they would make a extension for Chrome. |
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said by fphall:+1 on DownThemAll. I took a look at DownThemAll, and it claims to accelerate. But I don't see how it can accelerate to speeds faster than what my ISP allows.
And it says I can customize the dls to get only what I really want. But I can't think of when I ever wanted only part of a download.
The "About" section mentions a few other features, but none of them are things I ever felt a need to do. |
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1 edit | Download managers/accelerators increase the download speed by establishing multiple connections with each one downloading a segment of the file: 4 segments means 4x the speed (some/many/most servers limit the speed per connection for downloads).
DownThemAll! can also download everything from a page, or just the things on the page you want.
Another feature I use is the auto-rename, since I always download to the same directories and some file versions always have the same name.
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 Chris 313Come get somePremium
join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
 ·Comcast
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·Comcast Digital ..
| I agree. I used Downthemall back in the day. Was useful. Now, I swear by one called Flashget. Never download a file, especially a big one without it.
One file from a known fast server, maxes my whole connection. All 27.5 of it. Done in minutes. |
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