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Changes for v3.9.4 build 1478 - v3.9.4 build 1479

  • New features:
  • Chrome and Firefox extensions can be installed under non-admin user.
  • Bittorrent: option to enable Peer Exchange.
  • General bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.4 build 1477 - v3.9.4 build 1478

  • Problem installing Chrome extension under an non admin user.



Changes for v3.9.4 build 1472 - v3.9.4 build 1477

  • New features:
  • Brand new Google Chrome extension.
  • Bittorrent: UPnP, NAT-PMP, Local Peer Discovery.
  • Firefox 30 support.
  • General bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.4 build 1470 - v3.9.4 build 1472

  • Changes:
  • Updated Chrome extension.
  • Firefox extension was not updated at FDM update.



Changes for v3.9.3 build 1360 - v3.9.4 build 1468

  • New features:
  • Brand new Google Chrome extension.
  • Bittorrent: UPnP, NAT-PMP, Local Peer Discovery.
  • Firefox 29 support.
  • General bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.3 build 1359 - v3.9.3 build 1360

  • New features:
  • Magnet links support.
  • Minor improvements in torrents downloading.
  • Minor interface improvements.
  • Improved support of Internet Explorer 11 browser.
  • General bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.3 build 1358 - v3.9.3 build 1359

  • Improved support of Internet Explorer 11 browser.
  • Some minor improvements.



Changes for v3.9.2 build 1303 - v3.9.3 build 1358

  • New features:
  • Magnet links support.
  • Minor improvements in torrents downloading.
  • Minor interface improvements.
  • General bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.2 build 1301 - v3.9.2 build 1303

  • RTSP/MMS downloads.
  • FDM saves list of downloads and other service data only when it's required.
  • Auto update system for Firefox extension.
  • Support of "Decrease traffic usage on browser activity" option for Firefox browser.
  • Compatibility issue with Internet Explorer 10.
  • Bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.2 build 1294 - v3.9.2 build 1301

  • New features:
  • RTSP/MMS downloads.
  • FDM saves list of downloads and other service data only when it's required.
  • Auto update system for Firefox extension.
  • Support of "Decrease traffic usage on browser activity" option for Firefox browser.
  • Compatibility issue with Internet Explorer 10.
  • Bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.2 build 1289 - v3.9.2 build 1294

  • Flash video monitoring module could crash Google Chrome browser.



Changes for v3.9.2 build 1287 - v3.9.2 build 1289

  • New features:
  • RTSP/MMS downloads.
  • FDM saves list of downloads and other service data only when it's required.
  • Auto update system for Firefox extension.
  • Support of "Decrease traffic usage on browser activity" option for Firefox browser.
  • Compatibility issue with Internet Explorer 10.
  • Bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.2 build 1281 - v3.9.2 build 1287

  • New features:
  • [+] RTSP/MMS downloads.
  • [+] FDM saves list of downloads and other service data only when it's required.
  • [+] Auto update system for Firefox extension.
  • [*] Support of "Decrease traffic usage on browser activity" option for Firefox browser.
  • [-] Compatibility issue with Internet Explorer 10.
  • [-] Bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.1 RC build 1275 - v3.9.2 build 1281

  • RTSP/MMS downloads.
  • FDM saves list of downloads and other service data only when it's required.
  • Auto update system for Firefox extension.
  • Support of "Decrease traffic usage on browser activity" option for Firefox browser.
  • Compatibility issue with Internet Explorer 10.
  • Bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9.1 BETA build 1255 - v3.9.1 RC build 1275

  • [+] Auto update system for Firefox extension.
  • [-] Problem under Internet Explorer 10.
  • [-] Some bugs.



Changes for v3.9 Build 1249 - v3.9.1 BETA build 1255

  • Changes:
  • [*] Support of "Decrease traffic usage on browser activity" option for Firefox browser.
  • [-] Bug in saving the list of downloads.
  • 3.9.1 BETA build 1252. (May 4, 2012)
  • Changes:
  • [+] FDM saves list of downloads and other service data only when it's required.
  • [-] List of downloads could not be saved in some cases (bug of 1250th build).
  • 3.9.1 BETA build 1250. (May 2, 2012)
  • Changes:
  • [+] RTSP/MMS downloads
  • [-] A pack of general bug fixes.



Changes for v3.9 RC1 build 1194 - v3.9 Build 1249

  • Updated torrents core library;
  • Firefox 10-14 support added;
  • A pack of general bug fixes;
  • Help-file updated.



Changes for v3.8 build 1173 - v3.9 RC1 build 1194

  • Updated the Bittorrent downloader module (fixed: High memory usage when downloading torrents greater than 2 GB).
  • Firefox 10, Firefox 11, Firefox 12 support.



Changes for v3.0.852 - v3.8 build 1173

  • New features:
  • Ability to download flash videos from even more web sites (for IE 6 - IE 9, Firefox 3.5 - Firefox 9);
  • Minor user interface improvements;
  • Updated torrents core library;
  • Import of uTorrent and Orbit Downloader downloads;
  • Flash video monitoring for Google Chrome;
  • Better traffic allocation between active downloads.



Changes for v3.8 RC 2 build 1160 - v3.8 RC 3 build 1165

  • Changes:
  • Ability to specify network speed in bits per second (bps).
  • Corrected bandwidth allocation algorithm.
  • General bug fixes.



Changes for v3.8 RC - v3.8 RC 2 build 1160

  • Torrents may not seed.
  • FDM could crash at shutdown.
  • General bug fixes.



Changes for v3.8 RC 1 build 1106 - v3.8 Beta 5 build 1142

  • Options | Downloads | Network settings were changed. Now traffic limits are specified in percentages of connection speed.
  • Better allocation of traffic between active downloads.
  • List of downloads could be lost when Windows shutting down.
  • General bug fixes.
  • P.S. We apologize for this one yet beta stage and ask our user to be a bit more patient and wait until we will be able to release the final version. We plan to release it in December.



Changes for v3.8 RC 1 build 1101 - v3.8 RC 1 build 1106

  • Several bug fixes.



Changes for v3.0.844 - v3.0.848

  • Several bug fixes



Changes for v2.5.758 - v3.0.844

  • Win9x support was broken
  • Apple Safari and Google Chrome browsers support
  • FDM plugins support
  • Bittorrent tab
  • Bittorrent: download only the selected files of a torrent
  • Bittorrent: set the files priorities
  • Bittorrent: create new torrent
  • Option to not check if download with the same URL exists in the list
  • Option to not save the list of recent downloads
  • avast! Antivirus support
  • Portable version: works under Vista and non admin accounts
  • Portable version: portable Firefox support
  • Option to set limit by time when FDM may start downloads
  • Metalink: support multi file metalinks
  • megashares.com, megaupload.com support
  • New structure of FDM's settings
  • Optimizations for Bittorrent downloads
  • HTML Spider: optimization for more speed
  • Support downloads from Yahoo mail
  • Firefox may hang sometimes due to FDM
  • FDM can't download files >2GB via HTTPS
  • FDM may freeze for some time during Bittorrent downloads
  • Bittorrent: number of uploaded bytes and share ratio was not shown correctly
  • Explorer was crashing under Vista due to FDM
  • FTP did not download via proxy
  • Fixed a conflict with Skype
  • General bug fixes



Changes for v2.5.755 - v2.5.758

  • Scheduler: did not remove autostart mode from stopped downloads.
  • Bittorrent: some bug fixes



Changes for v2.5.753 - v2.5.755

  • Bittorrent: FDM might freeze when deleting download



Changes for v2.5.736 - v2.5.737

  • Two interface bugs.



Changes for v2.5.729 - v2.5.731

  • Downloads from Internet Explorer did not work sometimes
  • Crash sometimes when downloading from Internet Explorer



Changes for v2.5.727 - v2.5.728

  • "Set default download folder" button
  • Interface improvement for results window of create batch download window.
  • Fix for youtube.com



Changes for v2.5.724 - v2.5.727

  • Groups was not imported from versions earlier than 2.3



Changes for v2.5.723 - v2.5.724

  • Improved start time for large downloads
  • Interface bug fix for Bittorrent downloads.



Changes for v2.5.721 - v2.5.723

  • Improved "launch" and "open folder" commands for Bittorrent downloads.
  • Crash while downloading Bittorrent downloads with large comment fields.
  • Bug after setting by default the folder without back slash at the end.



Changes for v2.3 Build 637 Beta 5 - v2.3 Beta 6

  • This version includes Bittorrent support, upload manager, remote control and Flash video download.



Changes for v2.3 Build 610 - v2.3 Build 623 Beta

  • Flash video downloads (e.g. from youtube.com site)
  • Audio/video files converter
  • Ability to remember the last used folder for storing downloads
  • Some fixes in Bittorrent protocol support module



Changes for v2.1 - v2.3 Build 610

  • Improved rapidshare server support
  • Bug in Site Manager fixed



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