

FlashGet Free Download for WindowsįlashGet doesn’t support downloading files from https. There is, however, an official tool called FlashGet Skin Designer to create your own skins, which is also free. There are several skins available at the developer’s website, but most of them seem to be made a very long time ago when Windows XP was still popular. The skin of the interface can be changed. But if you open the Options window, you might think that the font is somewhat hard to read because of the font type and size. When it comes to the main interface, there nothing seems wrong about it. The amount of memory used as disk cache for downloading files can be changed manually.

The download speed is set to maximum until you limit it. When an URL of a file is added to FlashGet, it won’t start downloading until you press the download button. The floating icon also acts as a shortcut to access some options quickly like hiding the icon itself, disabling and enabling the monitor clipboard, download files in batch, pause or resume all downloads at once, and open FlashGet’s main window. This icon appears automatically when FlashGet is launched. The third option is by dragging and dropping the URL of the file to FlashGet’s floating icon. You can paste the URL of the file you’re going to download, rename the file name, select a category, and specify a destination folder. The second option is by opening its main interface and click the New button which will show the download window with empty fields. When it detects a downloadable link in the clipboard, it opens the download window where you can view the file name, the location where it will be saved into, the category, and the URL of the file. The first option is by relying on its clipboard monitor. There are three ways to download files with FlashGet.

Although it is reasonable for developers to show ads in their software since everyone needs money to survive, there are many users who dislike such a practice. It shows the content of a web page and cannot be hidden. There is this so-called Resource Center which is always visible in its main interface. You can remove any of the default categories and add as many custom categories as needed.įlashGet is a free software supported by ads. It organizes your download in categories.

FlashGet speeds up your download by using what is called as Multi-Server Hyper-Threading Transportation technique.
