- Quick specs
- Price: Free to try (30-day trial); $24.95 to buy
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: June 24, 2003
- Total Downloads: 1,050,496
- Downloads last week: 4,930
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 150 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
This straightforward and feature-rich download manager is a good choice for active surfers and those on dial-up connections. In our tests, Internet Download Accelerator raised the download speed by up to three times. The neat interface offers several ways to start retrieving a file: clicking a link in your browser, copying the URL to the Clipboard, or dragging the download to a semitransparent floating window. The interface also displays the download speed and lets you control downloads. You can arrange retrieved files into folders depending on their extensions and sources, grab HTML pages, and peek at the contents of ZIP archives to see whether you want to download the files. The program is accessible via a system-tray icon or a browser toolbar. When running in the background, the utility doesn't take much memory. The program supports Internet Explorer, Mozilla, and Opera browsers. Dial-up users should appreciate Internet Download Accelerator's ability to automatically establish and maintain connections or to schedule downloads overnight.Publisher's description
From WestByte Software :Internet Download Accelerator is an easy-to-use and effective download manager that can increase download speed by up to 500 percent. It uses intellectual multi-section download technology to provide the best possible performance for all connection types, resumes broken downloads, supports FTP, HTTP and HTTPS protocols, firewalls, proxy servers, cookies, redirects, authorization and a lot of different platforms and servers. IDA lets you conveniently manage downloads by orginizing them in categories with automatic category detection option. The category list has uniqe drag and drop possibilities of download management.
Another feature is the original Active Visual Cart technology which significantly improves your download experience by giving you quick access to the most useful program features. IDA integrates into Internet Explorer, Netscape Navigator, Mozilla and Opera. Also IDA monitors the system clipboard and cooperates with antivirus programs.
What's new in this version:
- Added support for HTTPS;
- Added the downloads history;
- Addded search in the download list;
- Added "Restore connection if disconnected" option;
- Added option of dragging selected text onto the floating window. IDA will find links in the text and offer you to start download;
- Disabled the window appearing on updates check;
- Added Hungarian language;
- Some bugs fixed.
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