Download manager

Macro · 31 Mar 2007 at 21:16

Anyone care to recommend the best download manager out there at the moment? I used to use getright but haven't used one for a couple of years so no idea which to look at to avoid spyware etc.

Any thoughts?

TriedandTested · 31 Mar 2007 at 21:40

FlashGET. Very good i think. Free too.

Dingleberry88 · 31 Mar 2007 at 22:38

I like the DownThemAll extension for Firefox.

DeeJay-Mo · 3 Apr 2007 at 12:17

Net Transport is the dogs nuts. You can even download streaming media to a file with it. Plus it's a lot faster than using IE/Firefox to download.

Minstadave · 3 Apr 2007 at 12:33

Freedownloadmanager does the trick for me

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/

moid · 3 Apr 2007 at 12:40

DeeJay-Mo said:
Net Transport is the dogs nuts. You can even download streaming media to a file with it. Plus it's a lot faster than using IE/Firefox to download.

Faster?

I use Net Transport (just incase my wireless has a little hiccup in the middle of a big download) but i can't say I've seen speed increases

manjuice · 3 Apr 2007 at 12:44

By far the best is www.internetdownloadmanager.com
This max out my bandwidth (749-800kBps) when my ISP uncaps my speed.
Its not free though.

DeeJay-Mo · 3 Apr 2007 at 13:03

moid said:
Faster?

I use Net Transport (just incase my wireless has a little hiccup in the middle of a big download) but i can't say I've seen speed increases

I have. When I download with a single thread through firefox on windows the download rate starts off fast but then deteriorates, but when I use Net Transport with a few threads on the go the performance is great. I don't seem to have the same problem on my mac though. The speed is usually good, even though the interface for the download managers on Safari and Camino are rubbish.
Incidently, anyone know a good download manager for Mac?

atomiser · 3 Apr 2007 at 13:12

i've used stardownloader for quite a while now, never failed me yet, it just does what it says on the tin.