Mine will have to be the same as HeffeD I use DownThemAll in Firefox and in Internet Explorer I use Internet Download Manager, (yes I know you pay for it but that is what I use )
personally i use internet download manager.......but there is also free alternative that i like which is very similar to IDM i.e. internet download accelerator.....
I used to have DTA (DownThemAll) on Firefox back in the version 2-3 days.
I no longer use any.
I was thinking of submitting some ideas to Comodo, since they're the only company that could make one from the community, with some added benefits over other ones. For some Comodo users might enjoy. But you can probably guess what I'm getting at.
The software updater is very inaccurate. What I do after installing Orbit is that I go to the installation directory of Orbit and rename SoftUpdater.dll to anything else and that kills the software updater.
For small files under 50MB, I just use Firefox's default downloader or FlashGot plugin. It always does a good job. For larger files, videos (youtube) and torrents, I use BitComet, it is extremely fast. BitComet supports all file types.
BitComet has moved into becoming a full download manager not just a torrent client in the past. One of the best download managers that I have tried even supports Youtube and other online video sites.
The controversy in the pass was because BitComet was cheating uploads on torrents making it a leeching client, several private torrent sites ban BitComet because it was hurting their ratio. But for the users, BitComet was the fastest torrent download client, the leeching gave it extra download speed. Those issues are fixed now, BitComet is accepted by most torrent sites.
I prefer Internet Download Manager because it divides downloads into categories, resumes the download of these files and is compatible with many internet browsers, including Pale Moon.
Once I won Internet Download Manager.
Previously I used freeware GetGo Download, but it was compatible only with Firefox and Internet Explorer and it installed toolbar. Without this toolbar GetGo Download Manager not working correctly.