FDM 5.1

Usher · Postby **Usher** » Sun Feb 14, 2016 11:28 am

Guest wrote:Where is support for Windows XP?

See here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16856&start=435#p40394

Clive Sorensson wrote:We are not planning to eliminate Windows XP SP3 support.

See also here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=16856&p=41550#p41554

Clive Sorensson wrote:
Usher wrote:I have tested CEF3 sample apps and they work also with Windows XP SP3 at least for build 2454 (CEF 3.2454.1344.g2782fb8), so there is no reason to stay with CEF1 IMHO.
Thank you for the advice. You're absolutely right, CEF3 proves much better performance, so we're already working with it. The next FDM5 release will be based on CEF3.

Note that FDM 5.1 uses outdated CEF3 build 3.2171.1979.0 and outdated OpenSSL build 1.0.2d. Note also, that FDM 3.x doesn't use OpenSSL, so FDM 5.1 is the only FDM version that may work properly with HTTPS sites that require newest TLS versions (1.1, 1.2).

And here: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17363#p41704

D. Yessa wrote:No support for Windows XP/Vista. In case of popular demand, support for older versions of Windows may be renewed in future releases.

So it looks like clear declaration that:
1. We, developers, are not planning, we are just removing.
2. We, developers, are talking about safety and security, but we are using outdated (unsecure and buggy) libraries.
3. The demand to make things right (XP-compatible, secure and updated) is obvious, not just popular, but we, developers, haven't released yet (and don't want to release) any FDM 3.x or 5.x build fixed to work properly in Windows XP.

Did I understand your actions correctly, dear developers?

D. Yessa · Postby **D. Yessa** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 4:19 pm

Usher wrote:Did I understand your actions correctly, dear developers?

Not exactly.

Sure, there were a couple of OpenSSL updates since December. But you ask about this, not asking about the fact that we ignore all SSL certificate errors! Which is really insecure, fixed in FDM 3.9.6, gonna be fixed in 5.1.x later. Of course, such 2-months delay for security updates will become unacceptable as soon as we make the stable release (but we think it's acceptable during the active beta development).

The same answer applies to libtorrent, CEF and other 3rd party libs. BTW, as for CEF: their current branch 2623 is based on Chromium 49. Starting with Chromium 50 (i.e. very soon) they are dropping XP support. Ultimately, it's a buggy OS. The only way to prevent malicious attacks is not to use Windows XP, Microsoft statement says.

D. Yessa · Postby **D. Yessa** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 6:22 pm

Version 5.1.3 released.

- Prioritize downloads (via context menu)
- Snail mode: download at a low speed (2.5 KBytes/sec per connection) without closing any connections
- Significantly improved interaction between core and UI, which should result in lower CPU and memory consumption
- Tutorial about monitoring settings: show it when the first download is caught from browser
- Splash screen and many other minor UI fixes like simplified errors displaying
- Fixed very slow moving to external drive
- Ability to rename a download when adding
- Ability to skip files with certain extensions

yash · Postby **yash** » Tue Feb 16, 2016 10:44 pm

Tried the latest version released yesterday.

On latest Firefox on Youtube, "Download with FDM" is not working, FDM gives jpg image.

On Internet Explorer on Youtube, "Download with FDM" is missing in the context menu.

No probs on latest Google Chrome.

Win 10 64

Postby **Clive Sorensson** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 7:50 am

yash wrote:Tried the latest version released yesterday.

On latest Firefox on Youtube, "Download with FDM" is not working, FDM gives jpg image.

On Internet Explorer on Youtube, "Download with FDM" is missing in the context menu.

No probs on latest Google Chrome.

Win 10 64

Please make sure that the Browser Integration settings are properly enabled.

Welaxxx · Postby **Welaxxx** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 10:08 am

hi

On safari on Youtube, "Download with FDM" is missing in the context menu.

any solution????

aufkrawall · Postby **aufkrawall** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 1:30 pm

Please consider to implement options for the number of connections for a single download.
Currently, the limit seems to be 10. With IDM, I can download with 32 connections per download, which is not overkill with very fast internet and slow download server.

D. Yessa · Postby **D. Yessa** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 1:48 pm

Sure, we'll add per-download settings and Safari context menu (as well as more items in other browsers context menu) in future releases.

aufkrawall wrote:32 connections per download, which is not overkill with very fast internet and slow download server.

But it's overkill for a slow server! If the bottleneck is the server itself (not your connection), it's not a good idea to use download managers this way. Other users might not even download from it.

Guest · Postby **Guest** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:00 pm

BladeMight wrote:
Guest wrote:
xunilarium wrote:Hi

Why you don't add video download feature for all sites in your program like IDM? The only thing that makes me to use IDM is this feature, please add it....

Thanks.

yes plezzzzzzzzzz this really needed

Me toooooooooo

Yeah, that will be great...(i will finally throw flashgot addon)[/quote]

PLZ...........

aufkrawall · Postby **aufkrawall** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:25 pm

D. Yessa wrote:But it's overkill for a slow server!

The server can forbid multiple connections or limit the number of connections if it wants to, I don't see why it would be illegitimate to make use of the maximum potential.
And it doesn't have to be the server which is slow, it can also be the connection. e.g. when you download some bios or driver files from a taiwanese server and you are located in europe.

yash · Postby **yash** » Wed Feb 17, 2016 8:37 pm

Clive Sorensson wrote:
yash wrote:Tried the latest version released yesterday.

On latest Firefox on Youtube, "Download with FDM" is not working, FDM gives jpg image.

On Internet Explorer on Youtube, "Download with FDM" is missing in the context menu.

No probs on latest Google Chrome.

Win 10 64

Please make sure that the Browser Integration settings are properly enabled.

I tested thrice. Browser Integration settings were fine.

scamper · Postby **scamper** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 7:11 am

With v5.1.3.2938, the option to 'remove from list' is actually deleting the downloaded file.

I have set the default to 'remove from list' and the file is deleted.
I tried the option for the program to always ask and when I was asked I clicked 'remove from list' and the file was still deleted.

(The delete option works as expected).

LoyalFDMer · Postby **LoyalFDMer** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 7:58 am

all download links points to v3.9.6..cannot download v5.1

Postby **Clive Sorensson** » Thu Feb 18, 2016 3:27 pm

LoyalFDMer wrote:all download links points to v3.9.6..cannot download v5.1

Sorry for the inconvenience. Here are the URLs to download our new FDM5:

Download for Windows 32-bit (32.5 MB)
Download for Windows 64-bit (39.1 MB)
Download for Mac OS X (24.1 MB)

Oneri · Postby **Oneri** » Fri Feb 19, 2016 11:15 am

Could you add an option to move profile (settings) folder somewhere we want ?

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