Re: Downloader similar to Kget for Firefox

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On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Kam Leo wrote:
>On 3/14/07, Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Wednesday 14 March 2007, Nigel Henry wrote:
>> >On Wednesday 14 March 2007 22:49, Marcelo Magno T. Sales wrote:
>> >> Em Qua 14 Mar 2007, Nigel Henry escreveu:
>> >> > KDE's Konquerors default downloader is terrible. You lose the
>> >> > Internet connection, or have a power out, and you've lost the
>> >> > download. Kget doesn't have these problems. I can cut the
>> >> > connection to the Internet, then reconnect, and Kget will
>> >> > continue with the download where it left off. Same goes if I get
>> >> > a power outage.
>> >> >
>> >> > With Firefox you can pause the download, as long as you still
>> >> > have an Internet connection, then resume it, but if you lose your
>> >> > Internet connection, or suffer a power outage you lose all the
>> >> > download with no way to resume.
>> >> >
>> >> > I'm on dialup, so losing 120MB of a 121MB download is not funny.
>> >> > And having to start from scratch is annoying to say the least.
>> >> >
>> >> > Does anyone know of any program similar to Kget that will work
>> >> > with Firefox?
>> >>
>> >> You may use Kget itself. Install the Flashgot extension for Firefox
>> >> and it will offer you the option to choose any installed download
>> >> manager (including kget) when downloading a file.
>> >>
>> >> []'s
>> >> Marcelo
>> >
>> >Job done. Many thanks Marcelo. Flashgot has done it. I've just cut
>> > the Internet connection from a download on firefox, reconnected, and
>> > it's just resumed as it does with Kget and Konqueror.
>> >
>> >Nigel.
>>
>> Mmm, well gee now, using smart --gui, neither of those two packages
>> are available, and extras is enabled.
>>
>> Ideas anyone?
>
>It's a Mozilla add-on. Get it from:
> https://addons.mozilla.org/extensions/220
>
>> Cheers, Gene

Got it, thanks.

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