by GrumpyOldNan » Mon Dec 31, 2018 7:51 am
In the absence of both DTA and FG for Quantum, we here in linux land have found that uGet appears to be a flexible and carefully integrated downloader project that won't misbehave - even if it hasn't the power of the FG/DTA/ Gecko combo.
Its yutub implementation doesn't bother with dash iteration but does allow configuration for
varying file sizes and types. Since it's based on the youtb api itself, it's fairly resistant to annoying changes
in dependencies that other third-party dlers suffer from.
I like it for its wildcard use in batch downloads from messy web pages. Again, not half as
flexible as FG re sniffing, but not too difficult to configure.
A good commandline, always important, is there.
The main dev seems to be a caring kind of an owner. This is important to those of us who want to
find someone to place trust in now that the modern browser appears to be quickly converging on
all things ggle.
I use this downloader to try to bash my way through the weed-infested ecology of the modern browser for more
timely access to lists of files where the Chromium clones all seem to want to make a person wait for every page
to suck down every piece of irrelevance before allowing (slow) access to files.
Also, with the deprecation of RSS in Fx, I'm finding that I mostly fire up non-Quantum net-connected applications to begin a normal browsing session, calling up uGet for file-getting - with those applications calling on Fx to display and sort detail as needed.
As long as the feed reader either has no javascript integration, or has a toggle for JS, it's a more efficient way for this reader to get around their usual browsing beat these days.
The only session I'd be turning Fx on initially for would be for searching and peeking at entirely new websites.
It feels a lot like 2001 again to me.
In the absence of both DTA and FG for Quantum, we here in linux land have found that uGet appears to be a flexible and carefully integrated downloader project that won't misbehave - even if it hasn't the power of the FG/DTA/ Gecko combo.
Its yutub implementation doesn't bother with dash iteration but does allow configuration for
varying file sizes and types. Since it's based on the youtb api itself, it's fairly resistant to annoying changes
in dependencies that other third-party dlers suffer from.
I like it for its wildcard use in batch downloads from messy web pages. Again, not half as
flexible as FG re sniffing, but not too difficult to configure.
A good commandline, always important, is there.
The main dev seems to be a caring kind of an owner. This is important to those of us who want to
find someone to place trust in now that the modern browser appears to be quickly converging on
all things ggle.
I use this downloader to try to bash my way through the weed-infested ecology of the modern browser for more
timely access to lists of files where the Chromium clones all seem to want to make a person wait for every page
to suck down every piece of irrelevance before allowing (slow) access to files.
Also, with the deprecation of RSS in Fx, I'm finding that I mostly fire up non-Quantum net-connected applications to begin a normal browsing session, calling up uGet for file-getting - with those applications calling on Fx to display and sort detail as needed.
As long as the feed reader either has no javascript integration, or has a toggle for JS, it's a more efficient way for this reader to get around their usual browsing beat these days.
The only session I'd be turning Fx on initially for would be for searching and peeking at entirely new websites.
It feels a lot like 2001 again to me.