Good download manager software will make your life easier by increasing download speeds, and many offer handy features such as restarting interrupted downloads due to lost connections, network issues, power outages and system shutdowns. Apps such as Internet Download Manager increase download speeds up to five-times, thanks to a clever download logic accelerator that features intelligent dynamic file segmentation and incorporates safe multipart downloading technology to increase the speed of your downloads.
Internet Download Manager is a tool for increasing download speeds by up to 5 times, and for resuming, scheduling, and organizing downloads. The program will resume unfinished downloads due to network problems, or unexpected power outages.
The program features a full-fledged site grabber that downloads files that are specified with filters, for example, all pictures from a Web site, different parts of Web sites, or complete Web sites for offline browsing. The program supports HTTP, HTTPS, FTP and MMS protocols, and has an adaptive download accelerator for MP3 audio, FLV and MPEG video files. The program also features Download Video and Audio Panels for Internet Exporer, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers that appears on top of a web-player and can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, Google Videos.
JDownloader is a download manager, written in Java, which allows automatic download of groups of files from one-click hosting sites. JDownloader supports the use of premium accounts. Some parts, but not all, of JDownloader are open-source. In December 2009 the program’s website was in the top 1000 visited websites of Spain. The German online magazine, Chip.de designated it “newcomer of the year” in 2009, after it ranked among the top 50 most downloaded applications, with over half a million downloads in a year.