Best download manager

DAP all the way - can reconnect, very handy on my connection, can schedule downloads and works fine in the background while im gaming
THE BEST

Steg

I use DSL,The best download manager.He,He. When had dial-up I used DAP.I read an old test that ZDnet did and they pronounced get right faster than DAP.

I'm using flashget and it's quite good. But my favourite download manager is edonkey2k LOL!

I quite like ReGet and GetRight. They seem to do the job reasonably well, they have probably been mentioned already, but I just don't have the time to look through all of the posts in this thread .

I've used both GoZilla and GetRight and a couple of others I don't recall which. The problem with download accelerator programs is SPYWARE! which they all seem to have since I turned to DSL and run SpyWareGuard, SpywareBlaster & Spybot Search & Destroy and see just what's happening at all times. My personal best, when I was using 56Kv90 was GoZilla.

my 2 cents worth.

forget download manager w/ broadband

ditto: DSL @ Home & T1 @ Work.
I agree & feel that a download manager just gets in the way... but I also have the speed to abandon and re-start a download w/o feeling much consequence.

C

Try the free Star Downloader from http://www.stardownloader.com/
I have wireless broadband (512KB up/512KB down, unlimited) and it is blazingly fast.
Been using it for over a year (first on a 56K dial-up until April '03),
does exactly what it says on the tin, ehhh.. see below.

(Text copied from the website)
Star Downloader is a download accelerator that can increase download speeds by up to 400 percent. Unlike similar applications, it is completely free. It does not contain any banner ads or spy-ware.

The acceleration is achieved by splitting the file being downloaded into several parts and downloading these parts at the same time. Download speeds are further increased by downloading the file from the fastest mirror sites.

You may automatically resume broken downloads if your connection is lost or if your computer accidentally shuts down. With the scheduler, you may download files at certain times of the day. Star Downloader may also automatically connect to your ISP and hang-up upon completion of downloads.

An integrated unzipping utility can automatically unzip and install downloaded files. Star Downloader also integrates with your antivirus program to automatically scan files upon completion of the download.

Star Downloader supports FTP and HTTP. Proxy is also supported.

Come now, give the wonderful http://www.leechget.de/ a try...

Because it is even better on BB?? hehe.

DAP for us here, always.

I have to agree with Didou, FLASHGET is the best, takes full bandwith and nicely integrates with IE and outlook.

Only thing is that FlashGet won't download from rtsp-servers so therefor I use a flashget-clone (less options):Net Transport.

Try StarDownloader (free) or IDA

I have installed every download manager I have found available and have come to the following conclusion:
Less Is More...

That is to say that programs like DAP, FLASHGET, REGET, GET, GOZILLA, etc. all offer a lot of cool features but at a hefty overhead--Taxing on the RAM. Not to mention the fact that even though I download a lot of things every day, I just don't want to have to struggle through the learning curve to max the potential of these programs. Sounds wimpy? Maybe....

I have found, however, that IDA (Internet Download Accellerator) works great, has a small footprint, nice interface, lots of features, easy-to-use, etc. It's only problem is that it tends to be a little too persistent on mass-downloads--as though it refuses to cancel them when you ask it to.

Lately, however, I have been using StarDownloader (free) and have had NO problems. It's such a simple, tiny little program that really makes things go much smoother/faster. The only problem is that it doesn't have USERNAME/Password passing. Maybe next update?

--Jase

DSL Doesn't Help Guarantee ZIP Stability

Just because you have DSL or equivalent, doesn't mean that a downloader isn't still useful. For example. services like EasyNews (the best News service, by far) offer some interesting ways to download binary attachments by zipping them together and downloading them via your browser. Without a download manager/accellerator, any ZIP file over 500Mb tends to risk corruption. A download manager works wonders.

I recently used an OC3 connection and can honestly state that there was no need for any download management software (it seemed to pull up files faster than it could from the internal hard drive--not possible I know, but fast nonetheless.) Even at Comcast's new 5 Mb bandwidth (which I get consistently lately!) I find that it's sometimes best to have a DM handy.

Also, since some places charge per download, it's a good idea to get it right the first time.

my 2 cents....
Jase

I choose Flashget, you get good speed and better integration. Well speed not as fast as Dap can go, but still i love this download manager. I hav prob with dap when merge multiple temp file i download, many times output become corrupt, with flashget i got 0% file corrupt.

i actually tried leechget, but only because it claimed to be able to pause and resume file transfers over a LAN, well it didn't work so i tossed it. Found 'total copy' was able to do that, so i use that for lan xfers and still use trusty getright for anything else.

I use Fresh Download from http://www.freshdevices.com and it works great for me. You can just tell it the location to download from, it will connect and download it. You can tell it where to download to on your computer, it is fast and it has a pause/resume function that always works for me. A very good piece of freeware, with no spyware or adware included.

I use the built in download manager in Netscape 7.0. It's free, it doesn't require an extra download and it doesn't take up any extra hard disk space cause it comes with netscape by default.