Version history for Free Download Manager
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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
