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Features
- Editor's Rating:
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
62,625,466
- Operating Systems:
Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Additional Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
August 17, 2005
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Publisher's description of Download Accelerator Plus 7.5
From SpeedBit:With more than 107 million registered users worldwide, Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) is the leading download manager. It leverages patented technology, ease of use, and rich features including multiconnections for optimal downloads from most responsive servers, automatic recovery from lost connections and errors, AlwaysResume (when standard resume is not supported), scheduling, and automatic hang-ups. DAP integrates with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, and other browsers, and is available in 10 languages. It also is 100 percent spyware-free and enjoys industry-wide recognition from Norton, Ad-Aware, eTrust PestPatrol, Spyware Doctor, and McAfee.
Version 7.5 features higher speeds and broadband optimization, a new design with a rich-graphic speed panel, the ability to preview rich-media files as you download them, and a list of the most popular downloads by DAP users.
Editor's review of Download Accelerator Plus 7.5
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- "Living up to its name"
- Version reviewed: Download Accelerator Plus 7.5
This download manager brings much more to the table than faster downloads, although it certainly makes file transfers quicker. Upon installation, the program asks for your e-mail address in the hopes of sending you special offers, but you don't actually need to submit any information to use Download Accelerator Plus. Still, it's not ideal that the program places an extra icon on your desktop without your express permission. Although the software is indeed free, the trade-off is the large ad that occupies the top portion of the interface. In most other respects, the tabbed main window is easy to use and navigate; we especially like the built-in player for previewing media files. The program also installs a handy toolbar in Internet Explorer and integrates with alternate browsers such as Firefox.
Our most recent tests proved that speed is not an issue, as the application made downloads faster than other programs by almost 200 percent in the majority of cases. Besides the common tactic of splitting files into smaller pieces, Download Accelerator Plus speeds things up by seeking faster mirrors. It also can get a file simultaneously from several sites, which is useful if a site limits the download speed. The utility resumes interrupted downloads, logs onto protected sites, and lets you schedule downloads. We appreciate the extra tools for organizing media and finding games, as well as the basic yet functional FTP client. All things considered, this feature-rich program will prove to be a valuable addition for the majority of habitual downloaders.
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User reviews of Download Accelerator Plus 7.5
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 1547 votes
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52 out of 69 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.5
Pros: If you do actually manage to install it properly, get it running, load it up, and start a download, it can actually speed things up.
Cons: Nagging and advertising. Forcefulness - once integrated into browser it wants to download everything even when you don't want it to. Unless you run it on start up which slows everything anyway it takes ages to load up when downloading and more often than not freezes up. Bulky, ugly, annoying and an absolutely horrendous piece of software to uninstall - really not a recommended solution.
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6 out of 8 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.5
"Gets not all files correctly. Some links does not process."
Cons: Interface not clear and from the help it is impossible to obtain additional information.
Colouring not is very pleasant.
The buttons and menus are not comfortably located.
This product not is comfortable in the use.
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30 out of 36 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.5
"So-so, seems "heavier" than older versions"
Pros: It actually does speed up downloads. Pause/resume feature works good.
Cons: Ads are VERY annoying. Too much fluff, you don't need a media center and games. I liked the 5.x version much better.
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11 out of 16 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.5
"was ok but i know theres better"
Pros: ran ok
had problems getting it started
didnt understand how to work it
and had other software i didnt want that it insisted on installing
Cons: you can easily find a better download accelerator
didnt fit what i was looking for
was confuzing
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 7.5
Pros: it provides resume even if server doesnot provide that service.other managers provide it only if server support resume.u wont realize its importance untill ur 200 MB file stops at 95%.it has features that one would ask for and many extra things
Cons: many say it has spyware,adware.it only has a banner.if u dont want the banner buy the retail version.u wont get anything better than this for free or for money.
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