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Comments on: Killer Download: Better ways to download the big files

If you want a lightning fast download, sometimes you need to look further than your connection speed. With these three download managers you can organize and speed up your big file downloads.

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Download Them All
by pjrobertson123 October 17, 2007 12:18 AM PDT: This is a great addon for Firefox that doesn't require you to install any software (except the addon!) Just as good as anything else out there, and there's no hassle with installing. I use it when I'm away from home while using FirefoxPortable (portableapps.com) and it's all I could ever ask for!; Like this Reply to this comment

Thanks for remembering us dial ups
by neon_dead October 17, 2007 10:16 PM PDT: Like this Reply to this comment

I have to test my mach.
by alghazi000 October 17, 2007 10:50 PM PDT: Give me the minimum requierment.; Like this Reply to this comment

IDM is the king
by ravi16aug October 18, 2007 1:11 AM PDT: this article does not talk about relative performance. IDM outperforms any other download manager/accelerator by miles.; Like this Reply to this comment

IDM? what about Flashget?
by BCHurricane89 October 18, 2007 10:24 AM PDT: Who cares about IDM, its slow, and it costs. Get FREE Flashget, it faster, and
uses less resoucres, no spyware and such. It rocks!; Like this Reply to this comment

What about DAP?
by Joshua Kwoon October 18, 2007 6:48 PM PDT: On the free version,its good enough.If you have some money to spend,consider DAP Premium.; Like this Reply to this comment

I pick IDA
by pellk October 19, 2007 5:43 AM PDT: I've used DAP, IDM, and a few others. IDA (Internet Download Accelerator) beats them all. The good things: it seamlessly integrates with all popular browsers; it helps you preview the big video and music files and see if they're what you want while they're being downloaded; it lets you choose what files to download inside a big zip file; it's got a more intuitive user-friendly interface; and above all, my experience showed that, it downloads files faster than the others.; Like this Reply to this comment

Not about big files but LARGE# YouTube Video files
by eurekr October 19, 2007 8:42 AM PDT: Free software to Batch download 100s of youtube videos with 1-Click (well...depends on how you count it :> )

Watch this 2-mins video and you will know what i mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7wtuT0Ey8k

my suggestion is: *** use the right tool for the right job ***; Like this Reply to this comment

Not about big files but LARGE# YouTube Video files
by eurekr October 19, 2007 8:43 AM PDT: Free software to Batch download 100s of youtube videos with 1-Click (well...depends on how you count it :> )

Watch this 2-mins video and you will know what i mean:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7wtuT0Ey8k

my suggestion is: *** use the right tool for the right job ***; Like this Reply to this comment

A reasonably better alternative... FlashGet!!!
by oken735 October 21, 2007 5:27 PM PDT: I tryied all of thoughs download managers, they were all good and powerful software, butt...

i found an even better one, still for free no crud involved. its called, FlashGet and i dont know the website off the top of my head, but you can search FlashGet on google and it should comeup!; Like this Reply to this comment

A reasonably better alternative... FlashGet!!!
by oken735 October 21, 2007 5:27 PM PDT: I tryied all of thoughs download managers, they were all good and powerful software, butt...

i found an even better one, still for free no crud involved. its called, FlashGet and i dont know the website off the top of my head, but you can search FlashGet on google and it should comeup!; Like this Reply to this comment

FlashGet and DAP
by ckuanglim October 24, 2007 1:43 AM PDT: I feel FlashGet and Download Accelerator Plus is the best for me... so far.; Like this Reply to this comment

by bighomer January 2, 2008 8:40 AM PST

I have DownThemAll for Firefox, it works wonders for some things. But for those big downloads, I use Free Download Manager. In fact, I just recently finished downloading Fedora 8 (3.2 gigs, took about two weeks over dialup!). Thing is, I paused another huge download to start Fedora downloading, and that's something the free version of Flashget won't do. I know, I've used it in the past and it wasn't like that, but it is now. Haven't tried Internet Download Manager yet, but I will.

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by bighomer January 2, 2008 8:43 AM PST: P.S. I just found out that Internet Download Manager is Shareware. Free Download Manager is 100% free!; Like this


by JoyceNgo-218335993631273378369 January 2, 2008 1:44 PM PST: The last time I used a download manager was years ago (FlashGet) Maybe I should consider trying one out. I have DSL as internet and it's still very slow when download files. Hey but it beats having dialup anyday. Everyone I know uses cable and up..; Like this Reply to this comment


by Coisox August 13, 2008 9:17 PM PDT: Why some people say FlashGet better than IDM? Teach me.

Using IDM, most of the time I can get the full speed of my bandwidth. But with FlashGet, I can only get somewhere 50-70% of what IDM can do. I'm not comparing the features of both products but just on the downloading speed itself.

I have tried to tweak the option in FlashGet but still no good. Not to mention that sometimes FlashGet wont integrated well on browsers. I'm FORCED to use the drop box otherwise, there is 30% chances that FlashGet wont capture my download; letting my Firefox integrated download manager to do the job.; Like this Reply to this comment