Reviews for Multithreaded Download Manager
Multithreaded Download Manager by jingyu9575
Review by Firefox user 14073724
Rated 4 out of 5
by Firefox user 14073724, 7 years agoGreat addon. What I would like to have changed is the moment a file is selected for download to have it immediately pop-up a windows to enter the download location instead of having a window pop-up when the download itself has finished. As I use many different download locations and simultaneous downloads it is hard to keep track if the windows pop-up after the download.
One more thing. When a post-download location window is displayed and the folder does not exist yet I create that particular folder withing that pop-up window. After I click Save a second window pops-up in which I need to select the folder i just created. Can this be done in one go.
I hope the above two can be combined as was the option with DTA where DTA created the folder and saved the files immediately in that folder.
One more thing. When a post-download location window is displayed and the folder does not exist yet I create that particular folder withing that pop-up window. After I click Save a second window pops-up in which I need to select the folder i just created. Can this be done in one go.
I hope the above two can be combined as was the option with DTA where DTA created the folder and saved the files immediately in that folder.
Developer response
posted 7 years agoThis is a limitation of the Firefox 57+ extension system. Firefox does not allow extensions to save files to arbitrary locations, and this extension workarounds it by launching the built-in download manager, with the fully downloaded file. Before the task finishes, there is no complete file to give to the built-in download manager, so this workaround cannot be used and there is no way to prompt for the location.
If the location window always pop-ups twice, your browser may be affected by disabling "out of process extensions". See the wiki for details: https://github.com/jingyu9575/multithreaded-download-manager/wiki/Problems-with-disabling-the-feature-%22out-of-process-extensions%22
If the location window always pop-ups twice, your browser may be affected by disabling "out of process extensions". See the wiki for details: https://github.com/jingyu9575/multithreaded-download-manager/wiki/Problems-with-disabling-the-feature-%22out-of-process-extensions%22
351 reviews
- Rated 5 out of 5by yes, 6 days ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Foxie, 17 days agothis works well but is currently taking up 30gb of space in C:Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\{Profile}\storage\default\moz-extension+++d0d1ae06-7b71-4a82-a0b8-718068b15730 and i dont know what i can delete from there
- Rated 5 out of 5by Hishiryo, 2 months ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by chen lei, 3 months ago
- Rated 3 out of 5by Kurt, 3 months agoIt works, but... there's no way to use custom download locations, because /Downloads (my default location on Firefox under Debian Linux always is chosen.
That's a bad habit, because very often I use custom storage locations like USB HD's and especially bigger downloads put a high load unnecessarily on my SSD, which otherwise could be re-assigned completely.
Furthermore this AddOn seems to be dead, as there was no update since 2 full years... and there are numerous open tickets visible.
To clarify: I will re-edit this review in _ a n y _ case (dead or alive) and will downgrade it in case of a dead project and no response, so that it becomes at least obvious, that one should consider to remove this more and more function-wise dying thing from Firefox. - Rated 5 out of 5by Grant, 4 months agoExcellent! It would be even better with an icon for the new Firefox sidebar :)
- Rated 5 out of 5by Subtilt, 9 months ago
- Rated 1 out of 5by Amin, 10 months ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13666789, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 13202285, a year agoThis add-on supercharges Firefox's built-in download manager by enabling multi-threading support. With no additional software required and a robust set of options, this add-on is fantastic. Thanks to the developer!
- Rated 4 out of 5by turgut kalfaoglu, a year agoIt's good but fails for very large files, ie 20GB or more. After the download, firefox starts saving it, but it gets stuck halfway.
- Rated 5 out of 5by Matthew, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18290850, a year agoThis is a very good extension, it's very useful and can increase the download speed by a lot!
这是个非常好的拓展，它十分实用，可以让下载速度提升非常之多！
この拡張機能はとても便利で、ダウンロード速度を大幅に向上させることができる！ - Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18289180, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Firefox user 18269807, a year agoA great extension - well thought out and functional! Very low CPU load - well done!
It's a pity that it asks about the location of the files at the end, instead of at the beginning of the download, but this limitation results from the limitations of Firefox itself, as I guess (removal of the "IDBMutableFile" functionality in Firefox version 75). - Rated 5 out of 5by Emre, a year ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by ADRIANOMOUS, 2 years ago
- Rated 5 out of 5by Light Mister, 2 years ago
- Rated 4 out of 5by ErtY, 2 years ago