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The ability to resume or pause the downloads depends on the server. I believe GOG links expire after certain time, and you have to replace it with a new link in DownThemAll, for example, but it's not possible to replace the link in Firefox, because, well, Firefox sucks monkey balls.
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carnival73: Everyone knows that downloading over 2 gigs through Firefox is near impossible without a mishap taking place and the download getting stopped.
Yeah, Firefox isn't good for that. Although, that is changing slowly. Chrome is better for large files and the competition is forcing Firefox to catch up. I haven't tried because I use JDownloader, but my 64-bit build (Cyberfox) might also be a better option for large files. I'd consider moving to it anyway; it's super fast.
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Arkose: It's easy enough to set up the server such that it allows resuming but only permits a certain number of simultaneous connections per IP, so the core benefits of a download manager still work while the burden on the server is identical to downloading through the browser as usual.
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DukeNukemForever: You should try to allow in JDownloader only one connection to the server, maybe that helps. If not, give DownThemAll or Free Download Manager a try.
Hmm i never considered that JDownload may default in sending out several connections at once to pull with. I'll have to look over it's setup opitons and see if I can lower them to one.

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carnival73: Everyone knows that downloading over 2 gigs through Firefox is near impossible without a mishap taking place and the download getting stopped.
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Dzsono: Yeah, Firefox isn't good for that. Although, that is changing slowly. Chrome is better for large files and the competition is forcing Firefox to catch up. I haven't tried because I use JDownloader, but my 64-bit build (Cyberfox) might also be a better option for large files. I'd consider moving to it anyway; it's super fast.
I used Chrome previously but was never able to figure which were it's cache or cookies folders. I found the main one but suspected there were a few more pulling and storing marketing tracers. I don't trust ASC or CClearner alone. With Fox I usually go in and delete the entire (oddly named) folder under Profiles In Mozilla's Local folder.
Post edited August 20, 2013 by carnival73
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carnival73: I used Chrome previously but was never able to figure which were it's cache or cookies folders. I found the main one but suspected there were a few more pulling and storing marketing tracers. I don't trust ASC or CClearner alone. With Fox I usually go in and delete the entire (oddly named) folder under Profiles In Mozilla's Local folder.
Woah, if you habitually delete the entire profile you may as well use Private Browsing exclusively.
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carnival73: I used Chrome previously but was never able to figure which were it's cache or cookies folders. I found the main one but suspected there were a few more pulling and storing marketing tracers. I don't trust ASC or CClearner alone. With Fox I usually go in and delete the entire (oddly named) folder under Profiles In Mozilla's Local folder.
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Dzsono: Woah, if you habitually delete the entire profile you may as well use Private Browsing exclusively.
I figure that would just alert the cookies to hide themselves elsewhere. XD
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carnival73: If you are not a subscription site?

Just curious.

Everyone knows that downloading over 2 gigs through Firefox is near impossible without a mishap taking place and the download getting stopped.

Fox offers no resume feature either (but link me to a browser that does offer a resume feature and I'll ditch Fox for it immediately).

Either way there are a couple of sites I stopped visiting and removed from my bookmarks simply because they are no use anymore and torrenting proved much more efficient.

But as I understood sites made $ by their hit count therefor encouraging larger advertiser contracts. Maybe not.
As far as I can tell, download accelerators can prove to be detrimental to the provider if they have limited bandwidth because you're download can literally chew it all up.

Not sure about GOG, but I've downloaded Witcher 2 via browser before on GOG and finished the game too.