Download manageers

[Palustris]

When I asked about Thunderbird and download time, JoeSchmoe said something about a Download manager which might be of help in downloading large files. Anyone (or him!) any information? TIA

[rojash]

Here y'go

http://getright.com/

[Palustris]

THanks. Er, since I am a cheapskate and do not download that many programs I wonder if you have any experience of a FREE Download management program. TIA.

[rojash]

This one comes in both free and paid-for versions:

http://www.leechget.net/en/

[Joe Shmoe]

Hello Palustris, I just found your post now . I do not actually use a download manager my self yet but I am considering it.
Web User magazine did a test on them and these were the top 3. http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/
http://www.freshdevices.com/freshdown.html
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/
I hope that helps. :-D

[Joe Shmoe]

Hello again. I just want to give you a word of warning . Web user say that these programmes are free of ad ware but when I went to the sites Mc affee site advisor changed to red for orbit and yellow for Free download manager showed yellow
only Fresh Download up as a green site. Green is safe.
So Be careful ask if any one on here has used it and if they had any problems That will give you more confidence in trying it.:-D

[Joe Shmoe]

I have Just found that Free download manager Is available to download free from file hippo which is a safe site (it shows up green) You will find many other useful free programmes on there . it is made clear what is free and what is shareware (not Free). I am giving you a link to it. The only problem is that it is a 5.48MB download a little less than the 6.42MB Thunderbird you had trouble downloading. If you decide to try downloading it I would suggest minimising the the download box once it has started and close your browser till it has finished this might speed things up . Good Luck.:-D
http://www.filehippo.com/download_free_downloa d_manager/

[Palustris]

Thanks I have had a look at these and will try one when I need to download something. Muchas gracias!