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…
DownThemAll (2019)
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#12It'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…
Maybe have a look at these: https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/aria2-integratio... https://addons.mozilla.org/de/firefox/addon/ff2mpv/
Thanks. The first one seems to rely on the fact that aria2 can be remotely controlled. This is good, and in case of aria2 may be even the preferred way of using the combo, but it's not the substitute for the basic launching of one program from the other with some data passing.
The second one needs the "native client" which I mentioned above. It uses effing python to pass the link from the browser to the player! It's a workaround and an ugly complication. The more I use technology the more I come to despise those levels of software strata solving the problem the lower layers introduced for disputable reasons.
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#13We are still talking about Download Manager in 2021. Something went wrong somewhere.
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#14Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's nice to see a finished piece of software.
For a downloader, that might be a bit of a bad sign. As pages like youtube change, downloader software code needs to change to keep up. See youtube-dl as an example.
This software only provides a means to batch and automate things you'd have to manually download through "save link as". It's not chasing a moving target like youtube-dl.
It's quite useful where you have 50 PDFs on a school page and you'd like to download them all without manually clicking save link as on each one of them. I have fond memories of DTA from my bachelor studies.
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#15This was seriously the only Download manager (for bulk downloads) that I used for a long time.
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#17Go-to download manager back when I still had dialup and 128k later. Made downloading stuff somewhat tolerable
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
It's nice to see a finished piece of software.
I think it's more that DTA was a victim of FF Quantum. > We are therefore limited to the tools the WebExtensions model provides to us, which sadly makes it impossible to provide some of the advanced features of DownThemAll! Version 3. I didn't even know they attempted a WebExtension rewrite and am not surprised that it wasn't able to do the things that made the old DTA worth using.
that's exactly the case. the rewrite took years, and it is only somewhat functional, but I don't blame the dev. pre-quantum version was a finished product, and then suddenly it had to be written from scratch again. I'm surprised he had bothered to do that at all, personally I'd never contribute anything to firefox again after that fucking stunt.
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#19We 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?
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#20What is the point of this link? Also - why does it links to the german version of addons page?