FlashGot 1.2.8

Rated 40/50 by san_gold at Jan 18, 2008

"easy, fast and more convenient than other previous versions."

Rated 50/50 by zapatero at Feb 18, 2008

Necessary to use Internet Download Manager with Firefox 3. IDM´s own extension crashes FF 3.

Rated 50/50 by Point Zero at Feb 19, 2008

Very nice FF plug-in.

Rated 10/50 by echohead at May 2, 2008

flashgot deserves a 0, but i guess 1 point is fine since it functions as advertised. unless youre still on dial-up or just like thrashing servers and pi**ing off server admins, flashgot along with download accelerators are an all-around stupid idea. at the very least, one should use downThemAll insteal...an internal firefox extension that accelerates/resumes/manages downloads and actually BEHAVES the way an accelerator should. given this information, i am genuinely baffled as to why people would still want to install an external program simply to speed up their downloads.

Rated 50/50 by Joco at May 3, 2008

Common echohead, giving a low rating on this excellent plug in because do don't have a need or don't know how to use it well is rather unfair. You don't need to use FlashGot systematically on every file download! I do mental calculations pretty well. I rarely use the calculator. Would you agree to qualify that the calculator program is useless?

Rated 50/50 by [deXter] at May 3, 2008

FlashGot is a wonderful program that makes transfering download jobs to external managers seamless. Not only can it pass on the URL, but also the cookie and referer information. What this means is that you can even download from sites like Rapidshare! (of course, you have to type in the captcha or have a premium account). echohead: Perhaps you're forgetting that there are other browsers besides Firefox, just as there are other functions to a download manager besides acceleration. Most servers these days anyways give good speeds on just a single thread. Firstly, FlashGot can work with other browsers too, like Opera, so you can't always use DownThemAll. Second, the need for an external download manager: - For scheduling and automating downloads. DL managers can also connect/disconnect the net, login to the server if needed, shutdown/standby etc the computer after its done, etc. - Download managers can often download from multiple servers/mirrors, thus *reducing* the load of a particular server. - Some managers have the ability to download from multiple types of networks: For eg, if you're downloading a *nix distro, a dl manager could download part from HTTP, part from FTP, part from BitTorrent and part from other P2Ps like ed2k. This can be done automatically by getting the .metalink of the file you want to download. - Most managers can automatically organize downloads. Eg: Music will get saved to /music folder, Movies in /movies etc. - Some, like FDM, can retrieve a community rating/review on the file you're downloading - this is useful to warn the downloader of potential spyware/adware bundled in the download. You, in turn, could rate/review the file you're downloading too. - Some managers can automatically check the MD5 of a downloaded file with the hash you provided. If the hashes don't match, it'll re-download the file. Similarly, most programs allow the execution of an external program on completion of downloads. This external program could be a MD5 has

Rated 50/50 by anomoly at Jun 13, 2008

I'm currently using minidm.exe via proxy

Rated 50/50 by Diddelido at Jun 14, 2008

Does exactly what it's mean to be and nothing more, perfect !!

Rated 40/50 by BrokenButterfly at Aug 8, 2008

"Good but still needs work." Very easy to integrate, install, and use. Also its free. Sometimes it doesn't work, it doesn't activate when a file is being downloaded.

Rated 40/50 by Undesired Username at Nov 14, 2008

Why use FlashGot and a download manager? Because I often have to download batches of files, and using "FlashGot Selection"--and sending the files to Free Download Manager--is far easier and faster than manually downloading each one. Complaining about the needlessness of FlashGot is just a failure of the imagination. As far as DownThemAll! as a download manager/accelerator, it is too limited for serious use. I explain in my review there.

Rated 50/50 by Aegis69 at Dec 1, 2008

Genius Open Source for the win, again.

Rated 50/50 by SueAmma at Jan 30, 2009

FlashGot is great for downloading FLV files from YouTube and similar sites. When a video is available on the web page, a button appears on the right side of the status bar. One click and the video is downloaded.

Rated 50/50 by Morningdove at Feb 16, 2009

If you use FlashGot to download FLV videos as does SueAmma below, you may want to avoid v1.1.7.8. A Bug has crept into this version that causes the same video to appear twice when you hover over the download icon. If you click to download you get two copies of the same video. To work around this problem you must right click on the icon and select one of the two identical videos. I personally solved this problem by reinstalling v1.1.7.7 retrieved from a backup of my Firefox profile. This anomoly has been reported and hopefully will be fixed in a future version. In the meantime I will keep a copy of v1.1.7.7 to replace any update that still has the problem. ADDENDUM: NOTE FROM PROGRAM'S AUTHOR: "fixing double video file issue in next build... very soon"

Rated 10/50 by themouser at Jul 8, 2009

"MS cannot open this XPI file" None, I couldn't get it to open Will not open, MS does not know how to open this file. XPI? Incompatible with MS.

Rated 10/50 by Klauhar at Dec 15, 2009

"Killed my Firefox installation" Didn't work at all. On trying to download a file Firefox froze and could not be started again. After manually removing Flashgot (oder better Trashgot) all was fine again. If you're intending to install this addon, make a backup of your profile first! My true rating would be no star.

Rated 50/50 by beelzebub360 at Apr 13, 2010

Well...it does what it's supposed to do. It allows you to use external download managers with Firefox. Been using it from the beginning and haven't had any issues at all. The recent release allows you to choose download managers on the fly if you have more than one installed, too. If you have any external downloaders and use FireFox, download it - its a MUST HAVE

Rated 30/50 by HuwWE at Aug 2, 2010

Does what it says on the box, no fuss, no trouble. Easy to use, misses a beat now and then, but in general is a worthwhile Firefox add-on. Too many updates. Far, far, far too many updates, one a week at times. If the developer were to restrict updates to a maximum of once a month (or less if possible) it would be much easier to live with.

Rated 20/50 by hind ayman at Aug 20, 2010

how on earth do i open an .flv vedio!!!! it works amazingly through it all until i start opening an .flv file! thats where the problem is. i tried vlc, classic player ,flash player, nothing works.

Rated 50/50 by baizhanbubian at Aug 28, 2010

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