What are Download Managers?

Download managers are third-party tools that provide robust file downloading by resuming and/or scheduling interrupted downloads. Below you will find a list of third-party tools that possibly improve file download reliability. The tools are presented in alphabetical order.

You can find many of the popular download managers at http://www.download.com/. Search for "resume download."

The following table indicates key features supported by each download manager.

Download Managers		Scheduling		Restarting		Resuming		Browser
Download Wonder				X		X		MSIE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera
GetRight		X		X		X		MSIE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera
Go!Zilla		X		X		X		MSIE, Netscape, Mozilla
Star Downloader		X		X		X		MSIE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera

 

Functionality Description

Scheduling			You can obtain the link but download at a later time.
Restarting			If your download connection breaks down, the download can be restarted automatically.
Resuming			If you restart, this capability avoids having to download everything again that was downloaded prior to the connection loss.
Browser			Indicates which major browser is supported.

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