Download managers back in the days of dial up Internet connections where must have applications. Downloads in the Megabyte range where large downloads back then. Considering that modems were only capable of downloading a few Megabytes per hour, and that their connections where often flaky, you had to use download managers to make use of [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

It can sometimes be helpful to schedule downloads, for instance if you need the bandwidth for other work related tasks at the moment to avoid bottlenecks during that time. It is not really possible to schedule downloads in Firefox, at least not without the help of extensions or external programs. Firefox users have basically two [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Download managers are handy programs to manage downloads more efficiently. They usually offer features that web browsers don’t, for instance resuming downloads, speeding them up by separating files into segments that are downloaded simultaneously or options to queue downloads. DownThemAll is a built-in Firefox download manager that comes with all the bells and whistles one [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

The default Firefox download manager is not really the most comfortable program module to work with. It is for instance not possible to directly see the download url of a file that is in the download manager. Sure, a right-click and the selection of Copy Download Link from the context menu adds that information to [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

I was just browsing through the latest Firefox add-on updates and saw an interesting add-on for Firefox 4 called Magic Open Download Folder Button. The add-on adds a button to the Firefox download manager to open the download folder, and an icon that can be placed in one of the Firefox toolbars. Great add-on, but [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

Using the build in downloader to download smaller files is usually not a problem in modern web browsers. It is however different if lots of files need to be downloaded, or if the files have a larger size than the usual files that are downloaded. The first problem becomes apparent when the simultaneous download restrictions [...]

Categories: Browsing, Google Chrome

The Microsoft Download Manager has been designed to provide Internet users with a faster and more reliable way of downloading files from the Internet. It has specifically designed for downloads from Microsoft pages on the Internet but can be used for every http based download. It becomes obvious right after startup that this download manager [...]

Categories: Microsoft, Software, Windows

The standard Firefox download manager does not provide many information or options when downloading files. That can be a problem for some users who use the standard download manager and not an add-on or third party download manager for their Internet downloads. The download manager extension dmextension replaces the standard download manager with an advanced [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox

The popular download manager Orbit Downloader 3.0 has been released today. One would expect a full set of new features and additions but this is not the case. The only feature that has been added in the 3.0 release of the download manager is the ability to tag downloads to be able to group them [...]

Categories: Software, Windows