DownThemAll! explained

DownThemAll!
Screenshot Size:300px
Developer:Federico Parodi, Stefano Verna, Nils Maier
Programming Language:JavaScript, WebExtensions
Operating System:N/A
Platform:Chrome, Firefox, Opera
Language Count:17
Language Footnote:[1]
Genre:Download manager
License:GPL-2.0-only[2]

DownThemAll! (DTA) is a free and open source download manager browser extension. DTA can download all or some linked files, images, or embedded objects associated with a web page. It can pause, resume, or restart downloads.[3] [4] [5] [6] [7]

As with any download manager, the main feature of older versions of DTA is parallel or multithreaded downloading. This allows the user to download the file in pieces, then combine the pieces after a completed download. This increases the download speed when connected to a slow server.[3] It has Metalink support, which allows multiple URLs for each file to be used, along with checksums and other information about the content.[3] Multithreaded downloading is no longer possible with the transition to the WebExtension version.[8] Other features no longer supported in the WebExtension version are checksum/hash verification, metalinks, and mirror sources.

When extracting links from a page, the user may choose to download only specific files (for example: all PDFs) using wildcard or regular expression inclusive filters.[3]

All DTA versions below 4.0 are incompatible with Firefox 57 or above (Quantum). Versions of DownThemAll! below 4.0 are incompatible with Firefox 57+. Version 4.0 transitioned the codebase from XUL/XPCOM to WebExtensions (HTML/CSS/JS/WASM).[9] The first 4.0 beta version was released August 21, 2019.[10] On September 1, 2019, DownThemAll! 4.0 was released, supporting Firefox Quantum.[11]

On September 8, 2019, DownThemAll! 4.0.9 was released for Chrome and Opera add-ons.[12] [13] The Chrome add-on can also be used for other Chromium-based browsers, e.g. Microsoft Edge, Brave and Vivaldi.

DownThemAll! was reviewed by Lifehacker,[14] Wired,[15] Spiegel Online,[16] Tucows.[17]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: all.json . DownThemAll repo . DownThemAll . . 7 September 2019.
  2. Web site: LICENSE . DownThemAll repo . DownThemAll . . 2013-06-12 . 2016-10-05 .
  3. Web site: Features . DownThemAll.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20070423195941/http://www.downthemall.net/howto/features/ . 2007-04-23. live .
  4. News: Mike . Williams . DownThemAll 3.0.8 - Internet Tools - Downloads . . 2016-11-06 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914203243/https://www.macworld.co.uk/download/internet-tools/downthemall-308-3248798/ . 2018-09-14. live.
  5. News: DownThemAll . . Larkin . Erik . 2011-08-03 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160428121224/http://www.pcworld.com/article/232851/downthemall.html . 2016-04-28 . live.
  6. Web site: DownThemAll . . Rosenblatt . Seth . 2011-01-19 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914165437/https://download.cnet.com/DownThemAll/3000-11745_4-10534942.html . 2018-09-14 . live .
  7. News: DownThemAll! . . Cirneala . Sorin . https://web.archive.org/web/20180914165704/https://www.softpedia.com/get/Internet/Internet-Applications-Addons/Mozilla-Extensions/DownThemAll.shtml . 2018-09-14 . live .
  8. Web site: downthemall/downthemall. 2021-03-11. GitHub. en.
  9. Web site: Progress? . DownThemAll.net . August 20, 2019 . September 3, 2019.
  10. Web site: DownThemAll! 4.0.1 Beta 1 – The WebExtensioning . DownThemAll.net . August 21, 2019.
  11. Web site: DownThemAll! 4 – The WebExtension . DownThemAll.net . September 1, 2019.
  12. Web site: Chrome support · Issue #35 · downthemall/downthemall · GitHub . GitHub . September 10, 2019.
  13. Web site: Opera support · Issue #73 · downthemall/downthemall · GitHub . GitHub . September 10, 2019.
  14. Web site: Geek to Live: Supercharge your Firefox downloads with DownThemAll . Gina . Trapani . . 28 February 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070420000034/http://lifehacker.com/software/firefox/geek-to-live--supercharge-your-firefox-downloads-with-downthemall-239561.php . 2007-04-20 . live .
  15. Gallery: Best Firefox Add-Ons: DownThemAll! . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070214070209/http://blog.wired.com/wiredphotos37/2007/02/downthemall.html . 2007-02-14 . dead . Gallery: Best Firefox Add-Ons: DownThemAll! . Wired.
  16. Web site: DownThemAll!: Runter mit den Klamotten! . 26 July 2006 . Spiegel Online GmbH . . 2018-09-22 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180130225814/http://www.spiegel.de/netzwelt/tech/downthemall-runter-mit-den-klamotten-a-428298.html . 2018-01-30 . live .
  17. Web site: Article - How to Download Many Files From a Web Page at Once . Jordan . Running . . https://web.archive.org/web/20070419075122/http://www.tucows.com/article/1504 . 2007-04-19 . live .

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