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Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by rakamotog » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 1:36 PM UTC

aeonflux wrote: post #20

What is the point of this link? Also - why does it links to the german version of addons page?

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/downthemall/ Here is english link

Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by Berazu » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 1:36 PM UTC

ZoomZoomZoom wrote: post #8

It's a nice extension, and there was a time when I used it frequently, but the thing is - it should be completely unnecessary. I already have software which downloads anything I want fast, the issue is, I can't simply connect it to Firefox anymore. Same goes to using external players to view media (I need more nuanced control over rate and pitch of the playback). I understand it's done in the name of security, but I…

May we know what software you use?

Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by klntsky » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 1:39 PM UTC

chheplo wrote: post #13

We are still talking about Download Manager in 2021. Something went wrong somewhere.

Batch downloads are still useful.

Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by DavidPeiffer » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 1:40 PM UTC

jeroenhd wrote: post #7

Woah, this gives me flashbacks. I remember using this to download files from shady websites on the school computers in the Firefox 3.5 era. These days, connections have become so fast that I don't really use a download manager anymore. The last place I download large files from through the browser is Mega, and its encryption is inherently incompatible with this addon.

I downloaded a good chunk of Gameboy and N64 ROM's from https://www.theoldcomputer.com/ around 2010. It was a very effective add-on.

Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by pcf » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 1:45 PM UTC

Personally I still use JDownloader for everything, also to download source files for video streams.

Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 1:50 PM UTC

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Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by vdfs » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 1:53 PM UTC

rcMgD2BwE72F wrote: post #19

chheplo wrote: post #13

We are still talking about Download Manager in 2021. Something went wrong somewhere.

What's wrong with download managers? Should I only use the one provided by my Web browser? Should I not download the content that I want to access locally or share between devices without being obliged to stream/download it again from a server?

There also some websites that throttle your download speed, you can fix that by using parallel download of same file.

Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by amelius » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 1:54 PM UTC

forgotmypw17 wrote: post #3

WalterGR wrote: post #2

"Last updated 2 years ago (Nov 26, 2019)"

It's nice to see a finished piece of software.

Meanwhile, Youtube-DL is continuously being updated, because they have to work around obstacles raised by Google to prevent automatic downloading.

Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by wesapien » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 2:00 PM UTC

ZoomZoomZoom wrote: post #8

It's a nice extension, and there was a time when I used it frequently, but the thing is - it should be completely unnecessary. I already have software which downloads anything I want fast, the issue is, I can't simply connect it to Firefox anymore. Same goes to using external players to view media (I need more nuanced control over rate and pitch of the playback). I understand it's done in the name of security, but I…

Are you talking about jdownloader2?

Re: DownThemAll (2019)

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Post by vvilliamperez » Wed, Nov 03, 2021, 2:11 PM UTC

Back in the days of dial-up https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Download_Accelerator_Plus used to help a bunch too.