Just 363KB/s on a 15Mbps connection. Terrible!

1780KB/s on a 15Mbps connection. Much better!

Downloading files through a browser is an erratic affair. Not only are the speeds varied, a single download thread to the host assures that you’re not getting the best possible speed. Now is the time to supercharge your in-browser downloading experience by adding Down Them All to your installation of Firefox.

DTA does not replace the default download manager, but coexists with it. If you choose to download with DTA, which adds itself to both the “where do you want to save this file?” dialog and the right-click context menu, you’ll be treated to a much-improved download speed. DTA opens multiple download threads to a single host, meaning that your files will download much more quickly than usual. Another neat feature is its one-click download to a predefined destination directory that skips all the save dialogs and gets you right to downloading.

The images at the right tell the whole story, dear readers. This is one addon you don’t want to live without.

Tags: addon of the day, Firefox, Mozilla