What's the best download manager?

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#1 arcticsilvr
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Firefox's wont let me continue a file if my internet gets disconnected, which sux for d/ling large files like game demos.
I tried DAP but it blows. Anything else?
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#2 chaos386
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I use wget on the command line. It will automatically continue a file download if it gets interrupted part way through, or you can manually resume a partial download (if you stopped it to turn off your computer, for example). The only downside is that not having a GUI is intimidating for many people, though there might be an add-on for Firefox that integrates it.
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#3 SSJBen
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I use IDM(Internet Download Manager) which basically works with any browser despite its name. Pretty damn good I must say, I like it better than DAP.
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#4 Wren28
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My husband uses GoZilla...he likes that...
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#5 DirkVDV01
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Wget for linux is the best Apart from that, Getright is good or Mozilla's built-in downloader
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#6 jKosh
Member since 2004 • 25 Posts

I have exactly the same problem. I'm still waiting for the fine folks at Mozilla to fix that Firefox (very old) bug.

so, I usually use wget for everything, through Flashgot extension plus a little script I did so everything works together: Firefox+FlashGot+wget

Unfortunatly, GameSpot.com has become more and more wget-unfriendly over time :(

Recently, it stopped working. Now, even all the things I had to add to work in the past aren't enough.

he --load-cookies=, the --referer= and now I even tried the --user-agent= to look like Firefox... nothing works now :(

So... I guess I'll stop watching On The Spot and Indievelopment series, because I simply can't download 100% of the files, and have no way to resume the broken ones.

 Any ideas or free slim/light solutions ?

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#7 tautitan123
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I use Free Download Manager. Seems quite good and has bandwidth throttling so you can control how much of your connection it uses.
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#8 TicTac8745
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I use Free Download Manager. Seems quite good and has bandwidth throttling so you can control how much of your connection it uses.tautitan123

+1 - FDM is fantastic!

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#9 Spindoc_SEI
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WinGet 1.9, the last free version of the application that is still available for download if you look for it. Never think about DAP, it was an adware/spyware/malware piece of junk.
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#10 Runningflame570
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I've actually been using Download Statusbar for a couple of years now, it doesn't allow you to resume downloads where you've left off (unless you pause them and then resume), but it does allow you to restart interrupted downloads, delete them from the system in-browser (works on temp files) and gives some basic information about downloads like total size, download speed, estimated TTC, where its being DLed from and where its being saved to.