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What's new in version 5.16?
(Released: Mar 30, 2009)
We have added these features
in response to IDM user requests.
Completely remade the logic of
download resume feature and added the possibility to resume downloads for
sites that use temporary download addresses or when download addresses
expire
Added the possibility to select
a queue when you press on OK button on "Download all links with IDM" dialog
and when you press on "Download Later" button on "Download file info" (start
download) dialog
Added a link to the page where
download was taken over from a browser to "File Properties" dialog
Made many other small improvements
and fixed all known bugs
What's new in
version 5.15 build 6?
(Released: Jan 22, 2009)
We have added these features
in response to IDM user requests.
Added IDM download panel to IE
web-players based on Microsoft Silverlight component
Fixed a bug with "Download with
IDM" in IE and Firefox when selected links had spaces in Internet addresses
Improved recognition of mp3 music
in Flash player
Added support for Google Chrome
2
Fixed other bugs
What's new in version 5.15 build
5?
(Released: Dec 23, 2008)
Fixed several critical bugs
What's new in version 5.15 build 4?
(Released: Dec 17, 2008)
We have added these features
in response to IDM user requests.
Fixed a bug with erroneous interceptions of downloads
from myspace.com
Added support for AOL Desktop 10 browser
Added play list support to IDM Download panel for
Windows Media Player ActiveX
Added IDM Download panel to browsers for RealPlayer
ActiveX
What's new in version 5.15 build 3?
(Released: Dec 04, 2008)
Fixed critical bugs
Resolved several compatibility issues on Windows Vista
Added full support for Firefox 3.1 and Firefox 3.2
What's new in version 5.15 build 2?
(Released: Nov 24, 2008)
Added workarounds for the sites where IDM had download
problems
Resolved several issues related to taking over downloads
on Windows Vista
Fixed bugs with "Download with IDM" menu on Firefox
3.x
Version 5.15 build 2 includes all latest bug fixes
What's new in version 5.15?
(Released: Oct 28, 2008)
We have added these features
in response to IDM user requests.
Added IDM Download Panel for
Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers that appears on top of a web-player
when IDM detects a multimedia request from the web-player. IDM download
panel is used to download and save audio and video files that are played
by the web player. It can be used to download flash videos from sites like
YouTube, MySpaceTV, Google Videos, etc.
Made a workaround for a problem
with downloading attachments from different yahoo servers
Enhanced processing of downloads
for different types of servers
Version 5.15 includes all latest
bug fixes
What's new in version 5.14 build 5?
(Released: Sep 15, 2008)
Resolved Google Chrome browser
integration problems in advanced browser integration
Fixed a critical bug in IE add-on
What's new in version 5.14 build 4?
(Released: Sep 1, 2008)
Improved the interception of
downloads on some sites in IE
Resolved the compatibility problems
between IDM Download Panel and several 3rd party IE Add-ons
What's new in version 5.14 build 3?
(Released: July 29, 2008)
Fixed critical bug
Added IDM Download panel for
IE web players based on Windows Media Player. The panel works the same
as for Flash based web-players.
Added the button and the dialog
to add additional file types which should be taken over by IDM from web-players
What's new in version 5.14?
(Released: July 14, 2008)
Added IDM Download Panel for
IE and IE based browsers that appears on top of a web-player when IDM detects
a multimedia request from the web-player. IDM download panel is used to
download and save audio and video files that are played by the web player.
It can be used to download flash videos from sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV,
Google Videos, etc.
Redeveloped from scratch and
completely replaced IDM integration modules for IE and IE based browsers
on more stable ones. Note that previous IDM integration modules were designed
for IE 5.0 and were getting obsolete. The new modules also fix problems
with "Download with IDM" feature
Added an option to start IDM
download queues on IDM startup
Made workarounds to download
files from several problem sites
What's new in version 5.12 build 11?
(Released: May 12, 2008)
Fixed a bug with several https
servers
Improved file name creation
logic to save on a disk and to display on "Download progress" dialog
What's new in version 5.12 build 10?
(Released: May 05, 2008)
Fixed bugs with downloading
files from some download sites like speedyshare.com
Fixed bugs when forming file
names to save on a local disk
What's new in version 5.12 build 9?
(Released: Apr 28, 2008)
Made a workaround for download
problems on mediafire.com site
Fixed a bug with capturing ftp
links in Firefox 3.0
Added support for Firefox 4.0a
What's new in version 5.12 build 8?
(Released: Feb 20, 2008)
Enhanced confirmation dialogs
to delete downloads from IDM list of downloads. Now its possible to delete
files from hard disk as well.
Improved downloading of links
that have unsafe (or foreign language) characters
Improved control over taking
over downloads. Fixed erroneous download interceptions.
Added automatic interception
for "split" files
Fixed bugs while forming file
names to save on hard disk
Improved monitoring of FLV videos in Internet Explorer
What's new in version 5.12 build 7?
(Released: Feb 06, 2008)
Fixed critical bugs
What's new in version 5.12 build 6?
(Released: Jan 23, 2008)
We have added these features
in response to IDM user requests.
Fixed critical bugs
Version 5.12 build 6 includes all latest bug fixes
What's new in version 5.12 build 5?
(Released: Jan 21, 2008)
Improved FLV video grabber in Internet Explorer. Now
IDM retrieves all FLV video links from IE.
Improved "Download all links with IDM" feature. Now
IDM checks and determines file types with better accuracy.
Fixed a bug with site exceptions which should not
be taken over by IDM in Internet Explorer.
What's new in version 5.12 build 4?
(Released: Jan 10, 2008)
Fixed the problem with "Download with IDM" feature
in Firefox when download link is not a text, but a picture
Fixed a bug with using special keys to prevent downloading
with IDM in Internet Explorer
Fixed erroneous interception of downloads from a browser
which look like suitable for downloading with IDM but in fact they are
pictures for example.
What's new in version 5.12?
(Released: Dec 20, 2007)
Added "Speed Limiter" feature to limit download speed
What's new in version 5.11 build 10 ?
(Released: Dec 11, 2007)
Made a workaround to resolve conflicts between IDM
IE integration and several 3rd party IE Add-ons like RealPlayer 11
What's new in version 5.11 build 9 ?
(Released: Dec 4, 2007)
Changed "Download progress" dialog appearance for
Windows Vista Aero theme to show "Minimize to system tray" button correctly
Added a feature allowing to use patterns with wildcards
(*) in the list of Internet addresses which IDM should not take over from
browsers
What's new in version 5.11 build 8 ?
(Released: Oct 10, 2007)
Added a button on "Download file info" dialog to create
a new category
What's new in version 5.11 build 7 ?
(Released: Sep 28, 2007)
Added the button and the dialog to IDM "Options/General"
tab to customize browser context menu items for Firefox, Internet Explorer,
and other Mozilla and IE based browsers
Added an additional menu item to the context menu
of Internet Explorer to download FLV videos from 10 last requested
Added the possibility to translate IDM browser context
menu items to foreign languages
What's new in version 5.11 build 6 ?
(Released: Sep 10, 2007)
Improved the interception of FLV video downloads from
YouTube and other sites
Fixed compatibility problems with several IE add-ons
What's new in version 5.11 build 5 ?
(Released: Jul 27, 2007)
IDM checks and runs the installation process if necessary
to re-install "IDM CC" extension for Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers
What's new in version 5.11 build 4 ?
(Released: Jul 23, 2007)
Added context menu for downloading FLV files in Firefox
and other Mozilla based browsers
Fixed IDM compatibility problems discovered in Firefox
3.0a6 (Minefield) and newer releases
What's new in version 5.11 build 3 ?
(Released: Jul 04, 2007)
Added the feature to download and save FLV video files
from popular sites like YouTube, MySpaceTV, Google Video, etc. If you like
a video that is playing from these sites and you would like to save it
on your computer, you may grab it with IDM from Internet Explorer. You
may get more information on IDM YouTube grabber page
Version 5.11 build 3 includes all latest bug fixes
What's new in version 5.11 ?
(Released: Jun 21, 2007)
Completely redeveloped IDM scheduler. Added periodic
synchronization of files and the possibility to create new queues for downloading
or synchronization. Added new features on starting and stopping queue processing
Improved user interface. Added processing of context
menu key, fixed tabbing order on all dialogs, added mnemonic keys to the
main menu and the menu of IDM Grabber
New IDM Scheduler announcement
(Report released: Jun 20, 2007)
The new version of IDM will have
a completely redeveloped scheduler that can be used for downloading and
file synchronization with multiple download queues. Internet Download
Manager Scheduler announcement has been published on the official site.
What's new in version 5.09 ?
(Released: Feb 25, 2007)
Completely redeveloped the logic of taking over downloads
from all browsers. Fixed erroneous interceptions of the web pages that
IDM treated as downloads in the past, for example, it happened in some
cases on rapidshare sites
Windows Vista compatibility report
(Report released: Feb 08, 2007)
Internet Download Manager (IDM)
has been tested for Windows Vista compatibility. Internet Download Manager
and Windows Vista compatibility report has been published on the official
site.
What's new in version 5.08 ?
(Released: Jan 25, 2007)
Improved processing of foreign language URLs in IE.
IDM uses current web-page encoding to suggest correct file names when saving
downloaded files
Enhanced download engine to increase download speed.
Fixed bugs when sending queries to servers on foreign
languages
Improved download processing for premium accounts
of popular rapidshare sites
What's new in version 5.07 ?
(Released: Jan 15, 2007)
Added full compatibility with Windows Vista
Resolved several problems with IE 7
Fixed conflicts of "Advanced browser integration"
with Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and with several Internet applications
The logic of click monitoring for IE-based browsers
(MSN Explorer, Avant, MyIE, some versions of AOL etc.) was moved from idman
process to a separate exe module. This module can be turned on/off in "Options->General"
What's new in version 5.05 ?
(Released: Sep 2, 2006)
Added support for Firefox 2.0 browser
Added a dialog to select from several actions if a
duplicate download link was added
Added an icon to download complete dialog to drag
and drop downloaded files
What's new in version 5.04 ?
(Released: Aug 2, 2006)
Changed basic browsers integration. Added extensions
for Mozilla based browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Flock etc) to take over more
downloads from these browsers in a better way than advanced browser integration.
Also added "Download with IDM" and "Download All links with IDM" context
menu items for these browsers.
The "General" tab in IDM options was divided into
"General" and "File Types" tabs for convenience
Added "Open with..." button to "Download complete"
dialog and "Open with..." menu item to the context menu of the main IDM
window.
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.03
(Released: May 31, 2006)
Added MMS protocol support. MMS links can only be
downloaded manually using "Add Url" button or using "Download with IDM"
IE right click menu
Changed settings dialog. Split "Downloads" tab to
"Downloads" and "Save to". Added the possibility to turn off downloading
while showing "Download File Info" dialog
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.02
(Released: Jan 18, 2006)
IDM can fix all rebuild errors and restore a file
when its rebuilding process from downloaded parts has been interrupted
due to power outages or due to killing/termination of IDM process.
Improved download progress dialog. Now it can be resized
and minimized to system tray.
The message box on download completion has been replaced
with a download complete dialog that has several useful functions, for
example opening a downloaded file folder.
Improved start download dialog. Now you can conveniently
select a folder to save a file directly on this dialog.
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.01
(Released: Dec 16, 2005)
Added thumbnails view to IDM Site Grabber.
Added scheduler to IDM Site Grabber. It's possible
to schedule multiple grabber projects to run them once at a specified time,
stop them at a specified time, or run periodically to synchronize changes.
Added update feature to IDM Site Grabber. It's possible
to start exploring a site from the start page again for a project to update
the files that have been changed on the server.
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.0
(Released: Nov 25, 2005)
Added the site grabber feature. This feature not only
lets you download required files that are specified with filters, for example
all pictures from a web site, or all audio files from a web site, but it
also lets you download subsets of web sites, or complete web sites for
mirroring or offline browsing.
Improved visual appearance and user interface. The
toolbar looks better for different XP Visual styles.
Redesigned and enhanced IDM download engine.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.07
(Released: Sep 12, 2005)
Added batch download feature to download files using
wildcards. Select "URL->Add batch download" menu item to use it.
Improved user interface for IDM main dialog, added
error status and the ability to use resume button for several selected
downloads.
Enhanced user interaface for "Download all with IDM"
dialog.
Improved downloading with https protocol.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.06
(Released: Aug 2, 2005)
Improved the general security of Internet Download
Manager.
Fixed buffer overflow bug when taking over downloads
with long URLs.
Added authorization dialog in case authorization information
don't match.
Improved processing of sites that demand different
authorization information.
Added several enhancements to the logic of download
engine.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.05
(Released: Jun 27, 2005)
Improved user interface.
Added support for XP visual styles.
Added icons for IDM settings to IDM options dialog.
Improved browser integration.
Improved downloading from http/https sites that require
cookies.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.04
(Released: May 15, 2005)
Improved Integration into Internet Explorer browser.
All link capturing capabilities of advanced browser
integration have been included into the basic Internet Explorer Integration.
If you use Internet Explorer only, and had problems with advanced browser
integration, you can turn off advanced browser integration.
Improved capturing of secure http links in Internet
Explorer. Now IDM can take over https downloads that launch indirectly
New featureNew features in Internet Download Manager
4.03
(Released: Dec 7, 2004)
Revised "Download with IDM" feature for Internet Explorer
browser. Now IDM gets all necessary request headers from Internet Explorer
to take over any downloads. Now users may select a text in Internet Explorer,
and pick "Download with IDM" to add all links in the selected text to IDM.
Improved download link capture logic. Now IDM can
download from the sites which have a protection from downloading with download
managers.
Added download links capture from anti leech plugins.
Added protection from the registry cleaners, optimizers,
repairers, etc. which damage Internet Download Manager registry keys.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.02
(Released: Sep 16, 2004)
Added a feature to customize toolbar look. It's possible
to customize toolbar style, buttons order, and the size of toolbar buttons.
Designed new 3D buttons. The default toolbar appearance
has changed. Those users, who got used to old style, may get back to Classic
style in toolbar customization menu.
IDM has a choice to select from 4 different toolbar
looks, download new toolbar skins from home site, or design new
skins if you are familiar with graphics design basics.
Optimized download engine for several types of FTP/HTTP
servers.
New features in Internet Download Manager 4.01
(Released: Apr 22, 2004)
Added a feature to switch between old browser integration
and new browser integration. In a rare case new advanced browser integration
caused conflicts with 3rd party Internet applications. In these cases,
it's possible to use old basic browser integration.
Improved Download All feature.
Added support for more FTP and HTTP servers that are
not RFC compliant
s in Internet Download Manager 4.00
(Released: Apr 2, 2004)
Completely redesigned central download engine. Improved
download speed and reliability.
Improved User Interface. Added "Stop queue" and "Start
queue" buttons to IDM toolbar. "All Downloads" tree node now expands to
all download categories independently on whether they are finished or not.
Totally changed browser integration. IDM takes over
any downloads from any browsers.
Added a feature to customize keyboard keys to prevent
or to force downloading with Internet Download Manager. This feature should
work for any browser now, not in Internet Explorer only as before.
Added the ignore list of sites where Internet Download
Manager won't take over downloads.
Improved "Download All" feature. The main window can
be resized. It's possible now to choose a path for saving downloads.
Added re-download feature to download complete files
again
Added "Open Folder" item in the right click menu.
Added several new methods for FTP proxy authorization
Added a feature to download files from protected websites,
including all methods of anti-leech protection
Added a feature not to use proxy servers for specified
Internet addresses.
Added a feature to download files larger than 4 GB
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.18
(Released: Oct 28, 2003)
Added "download all links with IDM" feature
Revised IDM help file
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.17
(Released: Sep 29, 2003)
Added a feature to customize columns and the toolbar
Added new columns: Referrer, Last Try Date, Date Added,
Save Path
Enhanced connection dialog in IDM options
Added a feature to use single connection
Added a feature to limit max. number of connections
for specific servers
Improved appearance, changed icons for download categories
Added a feature to save sizes of columns and dialogs
Added a feature to save sorting order of columns
Improved scheduler. Added multiselection for downloads
Added Mozilla Firebird integration option
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.16
(Released: Jun 20, 2003)
Added multilingual support. Added French, German,
Italian, Dutch, Japanese, Arabic, and other languages
Added support for Microsoft ISA server
Added Kerberos and Negotiate authorization for sites
and proxy servers
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.15
(Released: May 19, 2003)
Added ZIP files preview before downloading
Added download categories
Enhanced user interface, e.g. columns sorting, the
ability to edit URL while downloading
Added NTLM authorization for sites and proxy servers
Improved integration with all browsers.
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.14
(Released: Mar 24, 2003)
Added HTTPS support
Added a feature to play sounds for different download
events
Added more authentication types
Improved download scheduler
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.13
(Released: Mar 03, 2003)
Improved integration with Internet Explorer
Added support for more server platforms
Added a feature to switch focus with TAB key
Added more command line parameters
Optimized UI drawing
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.12
(Released: Feb 17, 2003)
Improved built-in download accelerator
Increased HTTP downloading speed
Added pipelining for ftp commands
Added a feature to reuse all ftp connections
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.11
(Released: Jan 29, 2003)
Added HTML help and tutorial
Optimized IDM library and executable file codes, lowered
CPU consumption
Added support for additional server platforms
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.10
(Released: Dec 23, 2002)
Revised scheduler pro
Improved queue processor
Added silent mode
Enhanced virus protection on download completion
Added progressive downloading with quotas. (useful
for connections that use some kind of fair access policy or FAP like Direcway,
Direct PC, Hughes, etc.)
Added command line parameters to use IDM from command
line
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.09
(Released: Dec 03, 2002)
Increased host server accessibility. Now IDM can download
from protected servers that don't allow downloading with download managers
or accelerators (for example, anti-leech protection, download images protection,
etc.)
Enhanced user interface
Added start-up tips
Improved Web browser integration
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.08
(Released: Oct 24, 2002)
Added MSN Explorer browser integration option
Added Internet Explorer based browser integration
option
Added new formats to media content inspection
Added the feature to edit the list of extensions to
take over downloads from Netscape, Opera and Mozilla browsers
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.07
(Released: Aug 26, 2002)
Added extraction and accelerated downloading of audio
data streams
Added support for more ftp and http server platforms
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.06
(Released: July 18, 2002)
Added import/export of download lists
Added enhancements to download logic optimizer that
slightly increased download speed
Added support for more ftp and http server platforms
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.05
(Released: June 8, 2002)
Improved download speed. The last file segment doesn't
slow down download process
Added file content inspection
IDM shows useful information about media files (mp3,
avi, mpeg, ...) during download process
Added Netscape 6, 7, Mozilla and Opera integration
options
Improved cookies processing
Added full drag and drop support
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.04
(Released: April 11, 2002)
Added additional support for dial-up users
Added download basket window
Optimized download logic
Changed graphic buttons and appearance
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.03
(Released: February 21, 2002)
Added options to configure download dialog appearance
Added virus checking feature
Changed graphic buttons and appearance
Added a number of features to make your work with
IDM more comfortable
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.02
(Released: January 31, 2002)
Added advanced download scheduler
Added download queue
Applied minor changes to appearance
New features in Internet Download Manager 3.01
(Released: January 9, 2002)
New optimization logic may increase your Internet
download speed up to 500% (works best on a shared Internet connection and
with the large number of file segments)
Five Operating Systems are supported (95/98/ME/NT/2000)
IDM monitors clipboard for valid URLs
IDM works with cookies and sites/directories that
demand authorization
IDM handles different types of download redirections
IDM supports FTP/HTTP proxy servers and the large
number of directory listing formats
Automatic optimization of performance related settings
Full reuse of connections that have finished downloading
of assigned segments without additional connect and login stages
Selectable timeout time and number of connections
to tune IDM to your particular connection type
Optional automatic update if a newer version has become
available
Fully integrates to Internet Explorer and Netscape
Communicator
What 's NEW in version 3.0 ?
(Released: December 5, 2001)
Added clipboard monitoring for valid URLs
Added support for more FTP and HTTP servers. More
listings formats are supported. Protocol implementation been extended to
be more reliable and not sensitive to non-standard server responses
Added FTP/HTTP proxy support
What 's NEW in version 2.9 ?
(Released: November 8, 2001)
Added full Windows 2000 support
Added IDMan Quick Update utility
Added support for download redirections
Added IDMan integration to IE file context menu
What 's NEW in version 2.8?
(Released: June 2, 2001)
Added support for cookies and site/directory authorization
Enhanced dynamic segmentation logic to fully reuse
Internet connections
IDM has automatic update option
and may check for the availability of a newer version once per week. Once
a newer version has become available, IDM shows a dialog that describes
all new features and suggests updating your current version. You can also
download the latest version of IDM using Quick Update tool that comes along
with IDM distribution.
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