download manager and firefox

[waylman]

what are you guys using? I tried Internet Download Accelerator but it does not seem to be working with FireFox. What do you guys use?

 

[Nothinman]

I never found a reason to install things like DAP, the standard download thing works fine.

 

[waylman]

i haven't tried DAP yet....I'll give it a go.....sometimes I like to line up several downloads and walk away so the standard thing doesn't really work for me

 

[Insomniak]

Originally posted by: Nothinman
I never found a reason to install things like DAP, the standard download thing works fine.

I rather like the new download manager in Fireanimal by default. Clean, simple, and functional, just like the rest of the browser.

 

[Sid59]

you should check out your FTP software, if you have any installed.

i use BPFTP 1.15 and it has an option to "monitor clipboard". so .. if i copy a link to an exe / file .. (www.blahg.com/files/something.file), BPFTP will copy the url and start downloading the file.

 

[Nothinman]

sometimes I like to line up several downloads and walk away so the standard thing doesn't really work for me

Why not? It handles multiple downloads fine AFAIK.

 

[duhh]

well, personally, ive noticed the new download program in firefox absolutely rapes my pcs.... 2.4ghz/512MB box takes 10 seconds plus before a download starts and i can regain control of the app

 

[darktubbly]

I use LeechGet for multiple download streams. There's a Firefox extension on their web page that works great.

 

[waylman]

I tried leechget and it's not working for some reason....anyone have any suggestions? I'm basically looking for an option to right click on a page that has a bunch of files and be able to download all. DAP has a feature like this but it does not work with Firefox.

 

[duhh]

thanks, ill try anything over firefoxes manager