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Downloads:
61,695,230
- Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP
- Limitations:
No limitations
- Date Added:
May 12, 2006
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Publisher's description of Download Accelerator Plus 8
From SpeedBit:With more than 115 million registered users worldwide, Download Accelerator Plus (DAP) is the world's most popular download manager. It leverages patented technology, ease of use, and rich features including multi-connections for optimal downloads from most responsive servers, automatic recovery from lost connections and errors, AlwaysResume (when standard resume is not supported), scheduling, and automatic hang-ups.
DAP integrates with Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, and other browsers, and is available in 10 languages. It also is 100 percent spyware-free and enjoys industry-wide recognition from Norton, Ad-Aware, eTrust PestPatrol, Spyware Doctor, and McAfee. Version 8 brings you enhanced privacy with file shredder and trace cleaner, improved algorithms for higher download speeds, redesigned friendly and clean interface, and weekly most popular downloads from fileratings.com.
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Editor's review of Download Accelerator Plus 8
4.0 stars
- "Living up to its name"
This download manager brings much more to the table than fast file transfers, but it definitely delivers those, too. Upon installation, Download Accelerator Plus asks for your e-mail address in hopes of sending you special offers, but you don't actually need to submit any information. Although the program is free, the trade-off is the "information panel" that displays software advertisements in the right portion of the interface. Luckily, it's easy to get used to. In most other respects, the tabbed main window is straightforward to use and navigate. Download Accelerator Plus also installs a handy toolbar in Internet Explorer and integrates with alternate browsers such as Firefox.
Increased download speeds are the program's bread and butter, and it doesn't disappoint, speeding up downloads by almost 200 percent in most cases. Besides using the common tactic of splitting files into smaller pieces, it automatically seeks faster mirrors. It also can get a file simultaneously from several sites, which is useful if a particular site limits the download speed. Other useful tools include the ability to resume interrupted downloads, log on to protected sites, and schedule downloads at low traffic times for faster downloading. We appreciate the extra tools for organizing media and finding games, as well as the basic yet functional FTP client. We also found a very interesting feature (only in the pay version, however) that allows you to resume all downloads, whether a server supports it or not. All things considered, this feature-rich program will prove valuable for most avid downloaders.
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User reviews of Download Accelerator Plus 8
- Average user rating: 3.7 stars out of 1356 votes
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37 out of 39 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8
Pros: It will speed up your downloads.
Cons: You have to open the program before you download. Has alot of ads. If you have Firefox try downthemall. Its a smaller file and a extension for FF.
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73 out of 98 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8
Pros: does improve speed
no spyware or adware, easy to use interface
resume and pause features
Cons: large amountof ads
only able to run two downloads at one time
cant download in the background - only through the use of a pop-up window, unless you get the premium version
also i seemed to have some problems with firefox, sometimes it will automatically open when i click a downloadable link and sometimes the download is done by firefox itself
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39 out of 41 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8
Pros: Gaudy interface. Free. Quite handy settings.
Cons: Ads, ads and ads. Free = ads? I don't like ads. Acceleration is just section count increase (and no much reason for this value). Some times it can slow down download speed instead of acceleration.
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20 out of 22 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8
Pros: Nice interface. Free.
Cons: Ad-supported. Actually decreased my download speed, usual d/l speed=384kb/s (With dap=140kb/s). Tested it many times and this is what I got. The ads aren't all that annoying, just didn't do much for me.
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25 out of 29 people found this review helpful
Version: Download Accelerator Plus 8
Pros: resumes broken downloads speeds up almost all downloads great features
Cons: ads ads ads but it is freeware
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