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I was always under the impression that download managers that transfer downloads using the segmented method did this simply as a fall back so as to prevent the download from being completely lost in the event that an interruption were to occur that would compromise the integrity of the data, that way, if only one segment of the download were to be corrupted then at-least the other segments could be safe-guarded while the corrupted segment could be re-initiated rather than having to transfer the entire download again.ĭownload managers can be useful to users of higher broadband speeds because some servers transfer speeds may not be fast enough to accommodate the download speeds of users, placing this in regards to what I mentioned above, this would allow those with higher broadband speeds to download large files at lower speeds without the apprehension that the download will fail.Download fast with Turbo Download Manager. For example, using the single download method the user can incur slowdowns or a complete flat-lining of the transfer while downloading, where as in the segmented download method, each segment can be transferred independently of the other segments, if the transfer speed of a particular segment becomes unresponsive then that segment can be re-initiated, where as in the single download method, the user can be stuck with slow speeds or a complete cessation of transfer for quite some time, re-initiating a download in the single segmented method would force the download to start from the very beginning again, and hence, waste time and bandwidth. I think that when download managers are referred to as mediums for improving speeds, what I think is really meant by this is that they decrease potential slowdowns. Maybe, as with so many things, it’s mostly suggestion? My hunch is that under most circumstances, such a test would show no impressive speed gains. And then to have this exact test replicated under different internet speed conditions, say at 6 Mbps, 20 Mbps and 50 Mbps. I would love to see a thorough download speed test, to see how many seconds difference it actually makes to download the same 500Mb file: both with and without a download manager. Could it be that these download managers only have some effect when your physical network allows for high speeds?īut in that case, if you already have high-speed big-city internet, why would you still need some marginal kind of further speed-up? Do those few seconds you may gain in download time justify burdening your browser with yet another extension? As I said, I don’t quite get the point. Now maybe this lack of effect has something to do with me living in a place where truly high internet speeds are not available anyway (the max speed that providers can deliver in my village is just over 6 Mbps). In the past I’ve tried some for myself, but I never noticed much download speed difference. To be honest, I’ve never fully understood the point of “download manager” extensions like this. The most pressing matters right now are to fix the missing information (speed, time left) in the UI, and to add global controls to modify the number of download threads and other parameters using an options menu.Īll in all though this is something that is worth keeping an eye on to see how it develops. It seems to work well already especially when it comes to large downloads and if that is your main priority, may be worth testing it on your system. The add-on is clearly a work in progress. Turbo Download Manager offers no options page currently to modify the number of threads or other parameters for all downloads initiated through Firefox's save dialog. There you find options to change the number of available threads, define the thread timeout and to set download links and referring pages.
While it displays the download progress in percent and a progress bar, it is not listing speed and time left information currently even though those are listed in the interface.Įach download can be paused or stopped using the controls displayed on the right, and there is a search available to filter results which may be useful if you run lots of downloads in Firefox throughout the day.ĭownloads can be run directly from the interface as well without going through Firefox's save dialog first.
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