FlashDownloader

While a bit clunky and lacking in basic features, this freeware download manager does do its primary job fairly well. FlashDownloader helps speed downloads working with Internet Explorer, and is able to resume interrupted transfers if necessary. Yet that's as much flash as this freeware can offer. It won't allow you to schedule downloads, and isn't able to shut down the PC or log off a dial-up connection, for example. FlashDownloader's interface is bulky and poorly designed, but it is easy to use. To download a file, you simply click on the appropriate link in a browser window. One drawback to the program is that with each download, it launches a new progress window. If you plan to grab multiple files, this "feature" might become bothersome. Overall, for people who download files only occasionally, this is a freeware option that is passable. More demanding users should seek out more robust programs.