(on Wikipedia)
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/downthemall/
https://www.downthemall.org/

Mass-downloader.

I use this addon for bulk downloading and saving individual files across multiple tabs which I had opened with Multi Links.

• I will forever think of this addon as “down the mall”.

See also:

• DownThemAll! AntiContainer

• Resume fails after network errors

  • downloads API cannot resume after a network failure

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• 2009-01-11 – (version not recorded) on Pale Moon (version not recorded)

2009-01-11 – (version not recorded) ∞

For some reason this page was created 2009-01-11 but my notes here said 2006-11-11. I’m not sure which is correct but I’ll set it to 2009.

• Good enough that I’ve repeatedly donated to this project.
• Be able to click a checkbox on the left of an item in the list, and then hold shift and click another to select a range of items at the same time.
• Seems to be really horrific on CPU usage. My computer is notably slower when running this.
• Video DownloadHelper can also download groups of pictures, but I like DownThemAll! more.
• On restart, it opens a new tab with about:downthemall
• This extension is a nice idea, but it will not work with some file sharing hosts, sometimes requiring the user sit through a cooldown for a failed download.

• It is a horrible pig on an old computer when its dialog is running.

Configuration ∞

General ∞

If a filename already exists:

• (o) Rename

  • BAD DEFAULT – The entire point of this thing is to run unattended. Having it stop in the middle of a long list of downloads is really stupid. Renaming is safe enough.

When downloads are complete:

• [_] Play a sound when all downloads are complete

  • It’s enough to have the window automatically close. Which reminds me..

• [x] Close DownTheMall when downloads are complete

Miscellaneous

• [x] Record and list (Flash) videos

Interface ∞

Manager Window

• [x] Start minimized

• [_] Show download tooltips

Integration

• [_] Add DownThemAll! to the ‘Save File’ window

Context Menu

• [_] DownThemAll!

• [_] dTa OneClick!

Tools Menu

The tools menu is a complete mess as it is. I remove all entries because I keep the icons handy. It’s technically _more_ clutter, but I’ve grown used to it. Perhaps I’ll change my mind at some point.

• [_] DownThemAll!
• [_] dTa OneClick!
• [_] dTa! Manager

• [x] Hide this menu

Network ∞

Downloads

• Concurrent Downloads [2]

Automatic Retries

• Retry each [1 Minute]

• Max. Retries [Unlimited]

  • Why not say “Maximum Retries”? There’s plenty of space.

Privacy ∞

Dropdown Menus

• Number of Entries to Keep – 0

Filters ∞

• TODO – This list needs heavy tweaking. There are a LOT more items which should be added.

  • Also bring anything added to the attention of the developers.

Advanced ∞

Advanced download control ∞

• Max. Number of Segments Per Download: [1 / Disabled]

  • Why does this item have a colon and the rest do not?

• Download Timeout After [15 Minutes]

Miscellaneous ∞

• [_] User must confirm removal of downloads

Files ∞

File Permissions > Group members may

• [_] Read

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