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GetRight or FlashGet?

  • 16-09-2004 10:47pm
    #1
    M@lice
    Closed Accounts Posts: 296 ✭✭


    I've been using GetRight since I got my new pc with the firefox pluggin and its been good so far but now it has started asking me for money every time I use it. :(

    I quick look at flash get and it appears that it will do the same thing after the trial period.

    So which one would you use?

    Oh and i'd just like to check, when I want GetRight to scan dowloaded files with AVG when they're finished I take it that I should point it at "avgscan.exe". Just in case I've been thinking all incoming files were being scanned when they really were not. :o


Comments

  • #2
    Willymuncher
    Closed Accounts Posts: 450 ✭✭Willymuncher


    getright's nagging to register does get a little annoying, but i think its the better download manager....i use it all the time


  • #3
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    Both are good,

    FlashGet is more supported app

    GetRight, has more features!


  • #4
    RE*AC*TOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭RE*AC*TOR


    i was using getright for a good while, thought it was great, i tried out reget though, much prefer it now. I was getting in or around 1.3MB/s with getright, with reget more like 1.8 / 2 MB/s.


  • #5
    netman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭netman


    I used to use GetRight first, but it's really heavy on the resources and seems to be poorly coded, it crashed my PC a couple of times.

    Since I moved to FlashGet I don't have those problems anymore, and the free version just runs a banner in the main app, so I never see it anyway. Absolutely brilliant :)


  • #6
    CyberGhost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,558 ✭✭✭CyberGhost


    oh yeah! Reget - awesome! better than both!

    netman which version do you run?


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  • #7
    netman
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,201 ✭✭✭netman


    CyberGhost wrote:
    oh yeah! Reget - awesome! better than both!

    netman which version do you run?

    i'm on version 1.40. probably donkey's years old but works great :)


  • #8
    dead air
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭dead air


    Just downloaded the latest vesion of ReGet.. have to say, its crashes lot :confused:

    GetRight all the way I think :)


  • #9
    Mr E
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 55,571 ✭✭✭✭Mr E


    Download Mage is my favourite download manager. Its not being developed any more (as far as I can see), but its excellent in its current state. You can use it to download individual files from within zipfiles, schedule downloads to run during the night, throttle bandwidth on downloads (useful for downloading in work), use multiple threads per download.... Check it out here: http://www.dlmage.com

    Edit: Oh yeah, and its a tiny download, very fast and not bloatware or adware.


  • #10
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    Alternatively, I use FreshDownload. Completely free registration, email notifications of new versions... Quite nice actually...


  • #11
    RE*AC*TOR
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,482 ✭✭✭RE*AC*TOR


    dead air wrote:
    Just downloaded the latest vesion of ReGet.. have to say, its crashes lot :confused:

    GetRight all the way I think :)

    what os you using?
    Never had a problem with it. Getright is good though.


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  • #12
    talking_walnut
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 725 ✭✭✭talking_walnut


    Dude. Flashget all the way. Have never come across a downloader as good as it. Used GetRight years ago when I first got the net but it sucked. Flashget has absolutely everything you might need. Seriously. Can't recommend it enough :D


  • #13
    dead air
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 453 ✭✭dead air


    RE*AC*TOR wrote:
    what os you using?
    Never had a problem with it. Getright is good though.

    XP Pro, and I very rarely have anything else crashing so I was surprised when ReGet did. I was downloading a 40mb file and I had to reboot three times to finish the download. But, I did notice slightly faster download speeds than GetRight, and its a lot prettier :)


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