Need a download manager? Look no further.
July 20th, 2009 | Published on: Roundup
Need a download manager Look no further.
Downloading files is as common as surfing the internet. There are application called download managers to download files easily and quickly. They also integrate into web browsers and dramatically boost the transfer speed of downloads. We will now introduce you most popular download managers, pointing out their pros and cons so you can choose the one that suits your needs better. Let´s take a look at Download Accelerator Plus, Fresh Download, Free Download Manager e Internet Download Manager.
Download Accelerator Plus
Download Accelerator Plus (also known as DAP) is one of the most recognized HTTP and FTP download managers. It´s easy to use and offers a handful of useful features for the average user.
Download Accelerator Plus enables users to boosts downloads up to 10 times, they can also resume downloads and of course it supports multiple download with up to 400% faster downloads, Download Accelerator Plushas an interesting feature to preview archives while viewing all the other files in a same windows for those who people used to download files massively.
There aren´t many cons in Download Accelerator Plus. It delivers all the features you could get from a download manager and more -though Web browser integration is still is early stages.
Fresh Download
If what we´re looking for is simplicity and overall performance, Fresh Download might be our choice of preference since it provides all the features a download manager can offer while speeding up downloads.
Fresh Downloadpresents the most common features such as HTTP and FTP support, a task scheduler, pausing and resuming downloads and even repair broken downloads. Moreover, you can turn off you PC or disconnect from the internet as soon as all downloads finish. What´s more, it features full web browser integration.
Although Fresh Download stands out for boosting download speed, it doesn´t delivers many features if its own and as other download managers do, and on the other hand, the interface is not that nice either.
In addition, Fresh Download allows you to: adjust traffic usage; to organize and schedule downloads; download video from video sites; download whole web sites with HTML Spider; operate the program remotely, via the internet, and more.
Free Download Manager
Free Download Manager is a small-size program considered the to be the first download manger designed to take advantage of web 2.0 features since it includes several options to download everything websites have to offer.
Free Download Manager has all the above-mentioned tools this kind of programs feature. What´s best about this program, is the possibility to download videos from websites such as Youtube, MySpace Videos, Dailymotion and others popular websites. They can be downloaded several video format including AVI, DivX and MPEG4 among others.
As for P2P management, Free Download Manager features support for .torrent files and has an interesting download box which be placed anywhere on the screen and place in there all the files we want to download.
Though Free Download Manager features a wide range of options, it doesn´t enable users to download from websites requiring a single IP connection at a time, so you won´t be able to download files from RapidShare or Megaupload among others.
Internet Download Manager
Another download manager designed to take advantage of web 2.0 characteristics is Internet Download Manager, featuring intelligent dynamic file segmentation and safe multipart downloading. This download manager supports firewall, mirrors and proxies or authorized URL addresses, FTP and HTTP connections, and also audio and video management.
Moreover, it support web browser integration with the most popular web browsers (Internet Explorer, Opera, Firefox) and allows users to download online videos from Youtube. The trial period is the only con in Internet Download Manager. Other features include multilingual support, zip preview, download categories, scheduler pro, sounds on different events, HTTPS support, queue processor, html help and tutorial, enhanced virus protection on download completion, progressive downloading with built-in download accelerator, and many others.
As in most cases, choosing a program –in this case a download manager- depends on our specific needs.
If what we´re looking for is speed for downloading small or medium-sized files Fresh Download will surpass our expectations. On the hand, if we are interested on managing large files, multimedia content or a whole website, Internet Download Manager and Free Download Manager are both excellent download mangers for such tasks. You can also drag and drop files, or use Internet Download Manager from command line. Internet Download Manager can dial your modem at the set time, download the files you want, then hang up or even shut down your computer when it’s done.
Download Accelerator Plus presents itself halfway between these needs as a useful and efficient alternative.
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