Use browser as download manager

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More By This Developer. Browser and Documents Plus. Hence, Firefox asks me to choose the download manager between Navi and Firefox while downloading a file. However, you can still natively use Firefox Nightly as your preferred browser for downloads. For more issues or queries, let me know in the comments below. Pratik works as an In-house writer and video host at TechWiser. Former Programmer, Current writer.

Loves tech in any form, quite optimistic about AI, data science and IoT. Talks extremely less but you betcha can geek out over anything on Twitter. You must be logged in to post a comment. By default, FDM takes a maximum of your download speed when in action, and hence if you are browsing at the same time, the sites or applications will open slow.

If you want to balance it out, the three different modes are available for download— High, Normal, and Low. They allow downloading files at a fast speed, medium speed, and slow speed, respectively. Thus, allowing you to utilize your Internet connection as per your convenience. These options are not available before the download starts but can be configured later.

Right-click on any of the downloads, and set it accordingly. To balance it even further, you can choose the amount of bandwidth each of these modes can be used. You will have to activate it manually.

Launch FDM, and look for a Snail icon on the bottom left of the software. Click on it. As soon as you do that, the snail will turn orange, and all downloads will fall in KBPS download speed.

It is useful when you need to get your work done but still want to download it to continue even at a snail speed. Most of the ISPs offer better download speed at night. Chances are you will end up downloading everything at night than during the day.

FDM has an inbuilt scheduler that allows you to select any download and put it on a particular schedule. The option also shows up just before the download starts. Check the box which says Scheduler, and then configure the day and time of the download.

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