- Aug 25, 2014
- 580
"Software is like wine. It's better when it's free. And when it is delivered fast. Nobody likes to wait. Not even programmers like to wait."
I am currently downloading a file with it while writing the review. It's an amazing software.
Download Ninja was first recommended to me by a fellow MT member to me. I decided to dump my old, cracked IDM and give a try to the open-source(?), free download manager. Now, as a computer scientist, I really thought that a decent download manager cannot be free. Or at least, adware-free.
Download Ninja proved me wrong. in a good way.
I was first impressed by the web design. Very well done. And then, as I installed Download Ninja, I expected adware and 'offers'. Fortunately, the installer was free of them. Now ; I did want to test its capabilities. I was quite surprised I got the max off my broadband. A 500 MB file in two hours is quite satisfactory for a Time Warner user.
Aside from my slow internet connection; I did love the speed. IDM gave me quite a bit of performance hit. While Ninja Downloader used only a few MB of RAM and even few processes and threads. 53MB and 2 processes is quite light in my opinion.
Its download-pickup is excellent. My (cracked) IDM could really, find no downloads and my browser would instead download them. I understand it's probably the altered behavior, but really, Download Ninja hasn't missed any file I've thrown at it yet. It's excellent.
What it could improve?
It could improve a lot. I didn't really like how it keeps the track of downloads. And I'm greeted by the annoying "slider" UI thing. Although I can disable the 'slider' UI, I cannot really do much for the track of the downloads. For example, if I want to download a mod for a particular game like Fallout, I'll need wait for Download Ninja to pick up download (which it does quite fast), and then select the category. And if I am downloading a, let's say, Database Backup which I need to be in a separate folder in the E disk, I'll need to go through a quite lengthy process just to get everything up and running. And even that sometimes doesn't work and the download always appears to be in C:/users/Me/downloads/Compressed. It could improve that
It could really, have a drag-and-drop button like IDM. When the "Download Complete" box appears, my file is, as I've already said, in the C disk, which takes up quite a bit of space. Then I need to open the folder and drop it manually to the disk E. That takes time and is unnecessary.
But really. It is an excellent software. I cannot just knock off one or half star for the few annoying but minor flaws. I retain its 5 star rating. Although some users might say there are better alternatives, just as for some people that the 'best' antivirus is their favorite antivirus, my 'best' download manager is my favorite download manager.
I am currently downloading a file with it while writing the review. It's an amazing software.
Download Ninja was first recommended to me by a fellow MT member to me. I decided to dump my old, cracked IDM and give a try to the open-source(?), free download manager. Now, as a computer scientist, I really thought that a decent download manager cannot be free. Or at least, adware-free.
Download Ninja proved me wrong. in a good way.
I was first impressed by the web design. Very well done. And then, as I installed Download Ninja, I expected adware and 'offers'. Fortunately, the installer was free of them. Now ; I did want to test its capabilities. I was quite surprised I got the max off my broadband. A 500 MB file in two hours is quite satisfactory for a Time Warner user.
Aside from my slow internet connection; I did love the speed. IDM gave me quite a bit of performance hit. While Ninja Downloader used only a few MB of RAM and even few processes and threads. 53MB and 2 processes is quite light in my opinion.
Its download-pickup is excellent. My (cracked) IDM could really, find no downloads and my browser would instead download them. I understand it's probably the altered behavior, but really, Download Ninja hasn't missed any file I've thrown at it yet. It's excellent.
What it could improve?
It could improve a lot. I didn't really like how it keeps the track of downloads. And I'm greeted by the annoying "slider" UI thing. Although I can disable the 'slider' UI, I cannot really do much for the track of the downloads. For example, if I want to download a mod for a particular game like Fallout, I'll need wait for Download Ninja to pick up download (which it does quite fast), and then select the category. And if I am downloading a, let's say, Database Backup which I need to be in a separate folder in the E disk, I'll need to go through a quite lengthy process just to get everything up and running. And even that sometimes doesn't work and the download always appears to be in C:/users/Me/downloads/Compressed. It could improve that
It could really, have a drag-and-drop button like IDM. When the "Download Complete" box appears, my file is, as I've already said, in the C disk, which takes up quite a bit of space. Then I need to open the folder and drop it manually to the disk E. That takes time and is unnecessary.
But really. It is an excellent software. I cannot just knock off one or half star for the few annoying but minor flaws. I retain its 5 star rating. Although some users might say there are better alternatives, just as for some people that the 'best' antivirus is their favorite antivirus, my 'best' download manager is my favorite download manager.
