The days when you needed to wait for hours to download a big file using a snail-paced dial-up connection are long gone. With the advent of broadband, downloading files with sizes in GBs has become very easy. FlashGet is one oft best free download managers around.
The DropZone icon graphically represents the rate at which the download takes place and also the percentage of the downloaded file. FlashGet has always been known for its better integration with Web browsers, so much so that the Firefox plug-in for integration of third-party download managers is know as FlashGot. It supports quite a number of communication protocols such as HTTP, FTP, BT, MMS, RTSP, and also tI popular BitTorrents. Overall, it is a decent
download manager and it is also free, giving you more reasons to use it.

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Free Download Manager has been gaining popularity for being a minimal and clean download manager that has some really useful features built into it.
Limit The Speed For A Single  Download
Speed  limiting is a feature available in almost all download managers, but what makes FDM unique is its ability to limit speeds for one particular download. When you add a new download by selecting Downloads> Create new download, click on the Advanced  button in the window. Click the Limit traffic  checkbox and set the maximum  bandwidth you want the download to use.
Check File Integrity
People normally use download managers to download files that usually would take much longer than five to 10 minutes. Some huge downloads like Linux distribution ISOs come along with a MDS checksum.
Download files can be verified using checksum values value- an alphanumeric value that can be used to verify whether the download was completed without corruption. Use the drop-down and choose the algorithm used to check the file. Under Checksum, copy and paste the value provided by the download site or developer. Click Check and you will get a confirmation on whether the download has any problems.
Remove The Advertisements
FDM  has a small advertisement bar at the right top of the window, and that might turn some people off. You should know that it can be disabled by simply right- clicking on it and clicking Hide.
Better Browsing Speeds While Downloading
FDM gives you the option to use one of three bandwidth priority levels- Light, Medium, and Heavy. You can switch to any of them by pressing (ctrl)+(1)/ (2)/(3) respectively. FDM even has an option that allows it to detect any browsing activity and reduce its download rates immediately. To enable this option, go to Options>Download option>Network tab. Check the box called Decrease traffic usage on browser activity. You can use the radio button to choose whether you want the bandwidth usage level to drop by one, or set it to Light mode.
 Adding Comments To Filenames
Some of us need to add comments for downloaded files to avoid confusion due to odd naming convetions. FDM can rename your downloaded file with the comment appended to it. To be able to set this option, you first enter a comment to a download that’s about to begin. Select Downloads>Create new download. Enter, in the Comment text field, the text you want as the comment. Then select Advanced>Miscellaneous and click the box called Append comment to the file name when done. Click Apply and then OK.

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