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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: May 15, 2006
- Total Downloads: 63,421
- Downloads last week: 71
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 31 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
If you're a fan of minimalist, nonintrusive software, WackGet is the download manager for you. Like its big brothers, WackGet organizes multiple downloads, allows you to pause and resume transfers, and can try to resume broken ones. WackGet integrates with Microsoft Explorer, allowing you to add a file to the download queue by simply clicking a link. However, this feature didn't work well in our tests (for instance, it failed to process Download.com links). On the downside, WackGet can't speed up downloads by finding mirrored files and retrieving them in multiple streams--a pretty common feature nowadays--nor does it have a scheduler. Still, WackGet is free and simple and should attract users with basic download needs.Publisher's description
From Millweed :WackGet is a download manager. It maintains a queue of files and downloads them in the order you specify. WackGet is a minimalist application. It doesn't tax system resources, doesn't require a lot of screen real estate, and doesn't include extraneous features. It's free, ad-free, and is lovingly developed and maintained by the hip people at Millweed.com. WackGet uses wget to download files.
Version 1.2.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: WackGet 1.2.2
"I Like This Software, but..."
Pros: I like this software because, real good working and free registration.
Cons: Very simple
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3 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: WackGet 1.2.2
Pros: It's not a resource hog unlike other dl managers. The features they claim are true. You can resume broken downloads and queue multiple files with this program.
Cons: But there are some things they didn't mention: No browser integration, multi-threaded download. If you want these features get free download manager instead.
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Version: WackGet 1.2.2
"Nice app that can be hacked a bit"
Pros: I like that it uses WGET, has a small footprint, & has a simple interface
Cons: I don't like it's lack of built in functionality w/ other browsers like firefox & opera. It is tweakable using flashgot plugin though, & opera can be tweaked to use it as well.
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