Free Download Manager (FDM) is a full-featured download accelerator and manager. Using this software product you can easily download a list of files and whole web sites from any remote server via HTTP, HTTPS and FTP. With FDM the downloading process will be as easy as never before. FDM is a light-weight, powerful and easy-to-use application. Also this software product is well-known for its intuitive and user-friendly interface. FDM can function as a site manager, accelerator, site explorer and scheduler. FDM can resume broken downloads. So you needn't start the downloading process from the very beginning after casual interruption. You can resume unfinished download from the moment when it was interrupted. Also this program warns you if resuming isn't supported by the servers. It allows you to make a decision about the downloading. So with FDM you save your time and money. FDM allows adjusting traffic usage. So it provides you with an opportunity to browse web pages much faster if you use a low connection speed.

Changelog version 2.3 Beta

* Portable mode
* Bittorrent protocol support
* Metalink support
* Macroses for specifying the output folder for downloads
* Site Explorer: Progress of building of the list of files


* Option to disable notifications for batch downloads
* Ability to specify the list of sites that should not be monitored
* Automatic integrity check of downloaded file
* Take proxy settings from Firefox browser
* Sub groups
* "Grant all bandwidth for this download" feature
* Ability to change the folder for storing FDM's data files.
* Some small improvements and changes
* Speedup of work with the large lists of downloads
* Interface improvements
* Site Explorer: crash if some network error occurs while building the list of files
* Senseless loop, if zip preview failed
* Zip preview did not work for sites that allow 1 connection per ip only
* Downloaded file was launched before performing the virus check
* Work with FTP ASCII mode bug fixed
* Scheduler: when scheduling a download to start "Every ..." it will show "0 days" instead of hours or minutes.
* Failed to download if there was '%' symbol in the FTP url.
* General bug fixes

New features in version 2.3 Build 627 Beta 3:

[*] Now 7 sites are supported for Flash video downloads
[*] Improved progress indication for Bittorrent downloads
[-] Some fixes in Bittorrent protocol support module
[-] Some other fixes

Download: Free Download Manager 2.3 Build 627 Beta 3 freeware
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(2 replies) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #1 Posted by Tantawi on 12 May 2007 - 15:27
FlashGet copycat
Quote this comment #1.1 Posted by Justin- on 12 May 2007 - 16:52
Only FlashGet isn't even close to as good as this is. It doesn't even rank compared with FDM.

As for FDM being a copycat, FlashGet is also a "copycat" of countless others from the past, that have since been washed away by newer DMs.
Quote this comment #1.2 Posted by PermaSt0ne on 12 May 2007 - 17:14
Quote - (Tantawi said @ #1)
FlashGet copycat


i believe FDM came out before flashget.

and if even if flashget was around in the begining when FDM came out, FDM was the absolute best out there. that's why i started using it in the first place. so flashget had nothing for FDM to copy from

after all these years i still like this one the best
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #2 Posted by ~Neowin~ on 12 May 2007 - 16:09
I was using Flashget before this FDM. When I dload from RS premium using FG my bandwidth meter showed more bandwidth than I used. So switched to FDM & its working fine & no RS glitches
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #3 Posted by twanj on 12 May 2007 - 17:21
FDM is about all you need now. It grabs flash video and does BT and metalink too.
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #4 Posted by Suren on 12 May 2007 - 17:31
best in the business
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #5 Posted by RainArt on 12 May 2007 - 19:11
The Best download manager indeed and absolutely free!
Quote this comment Reply to this comment #6 Posted by Darrian on 14 May 2007 - 11:42
The only thing I don't like about it is that it appears to be skinnable, but nobody seems to be making skins for it Other than that, this is absolutely fantastic!
(1 reply) Quote this comment Reply to this comment #7 Posted by menes on 14 May 2007 - 11:43
Well, I have to agree!

I'm a long time user of flashget (i have bought it around 2002 when it wasn't freeware). Yesterday, out of curiosity I tried Free Download Manager. Well it's awesome program! It has more functionality than Flashget and it is more polished.

The only thing I find better at Flashget is the "Dowload all" functionality at a web page. With flashget is easier to select elements you want to download from a given page.
Quote this comment #7.1 Posted by ~Neowin~ on 14 May 2007 - 22:05
Quote - (menes said @ #7)
Well, I have to agree!

The only thing I find better at Flashget is the "Dowload all" functionality at a web page. With flashget is easier to select elements you want to download from a given page.


FDM too has that option. chectk options >> monitoring
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