[Utility] Faster download with download manager

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You have some MP3, and now you want to download more MP3. One tool that can help you to make your downloading job easier is download manager. A download manager is a computer program dedicated to the task of downloading (and sometimes uploading) possibly unrelated stand-alone files from (and sometimes to) the Internet for storage. This is unlike a World Wide Web browser, which is mainly intended to browse web pages, composed of a multitude of smaller files, where error-free moving of files for permanent storage is of secondary importance. (A failed or incomplete web page file rarely ruins the page.) 

The typical download manager at a minimum provides means to recover from errors without losing the work already completed, and can optionally split the file to be downloaded (or uploaded) into 2 or more segments, which are then moved in parallel, potentially making the process faster within the limits of the available bandwidth. (A few servers are known to block moving files in parallel segments, on the principle that server capacity should be shared equally by all users.) Multi-source is the name given to files that are downloaded in parallel.

A download manager facilitates downloading of files from the Internet. Designed with specific purposes in mind, a manager can:
  • Automatically dial up an Internet provider at night, when rates are low and download files. The manager will disconnect the dial up when the downloading is complete.
  • Download huge files for users with a broadband connection, can resume broken downloads, limit downloading capacity, browse a site automatically to download specified content, and do regular updating of downloads.
  • Easy to use download managers integrate well with web browsers. Features include: scheduling, traffic shaping, virus checking, as well as cataloguing. 

Download Managers: Wget, Comparison of Download Managers, Metalink, Downloadable Content, Xunlei, Jdownloader, Curl, Free Download Manager
Download managers either use BHO, browser helper object or APP, asynchronous pluggable protocol to intercept downloads. Some managers use one while others use both methods. An effective download manager is known to increase download speeds by 500 percent.

BHO is used by: FlashGet, GoZilla, Mass Downloader, Alligator, and NetAnts.
APP is used by: GetRight, Re Get, FlashGet, and Download Accelerator Plus.

Downloading videos, freeware, and shareware is facilitated by the use of a download manager. Download managers save downloaded files in appropriate folders and perform their functions late at night when you are not using the net.

Some of its main value:
  • If a download is broken due to browser crash, electricity shut down, or lost connection, a download manager will resume where the process was interrupted.
  • A download manager permits viewing of partially downloaded video files.
  • It will allow you to drag and drop, download links to a floating icon.
  • It can be programmed to begin when the PC is not in use and shut down on completion.
  • One can formulate simple rules which the manager will follow to download several files from a site.
  • Download managers do automatic recursive downloads.
  • A manager manages files and gives instant review of downloads.
  • A few download managers grant greater user control while others are designed such that the content developers have control. Some like GoZilla display adware in the user interface while others have spyware, FlashGet. There are some with no adware or spyware like LeechGet 2003. 

Download managers are of many kinds. Some are free while others require payment. Commonly used managers are: Offline Explorer, Nici, GoZilla, WellGet, Download Accelerator Plus, and Mozilla Firefox. Related to but different are P2P applications: Kazaa, eMule, BitTorrent, and stream recorders.

An ideal download manager must be:
  • Free.
  • Easy to use.
  • Not have spyware or adware.
  • Provide effortless downloads.

Any good download manger must maximize PC use, independently handle downloads, handle interruptions, and store files efficiently. Most download managers have built in systems that accelerate downloads by dealing with multiple segments simultaneously. 

Choose a manager after you compute your PC needs. Find out what integrates well with your system. Always keep abreast with developments and changes in technology. A suitable download manager can make life easy and wonderful. Enjoy movies, videos, news clips, photographs, as well as games.

One our favourite is Orbit Downloader. Orbit Downloader is a download manager which is devoted to new generation web (web2.0) downloading, such as video/music/streaming media from Myspace, YouTube, Imeem, Pandora, Rapidshare, support RTMP. And to make general downloading easier and faster.

Orbit Downloader is written with efficiency in mind, it typically uses less than 3MB of memory and 3% of cpu when downloading. Additionally, the installation package is less than 2MB.

Orbit Downloader officail site : www.orbitdownloader.com
Orbit Downloader download : Download page

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