As high-speed Internet connections have become more and more commonplace, so has the popularity of downloading. Whether it be a song, game, movie, software application, or something else entirely, many of the things we desire can be obtained through the magic of a download. Sounds simple enough, doesn't it? It can be if you have the right weaponry at your disposal. The following tools, in combination with your Firefox web browser, can not only help you locate what you are looking for but also assist you in downloading it to your hard drive.
DownThemAll!
DownThemAll! is an extremely powerful download manager and accelerator. This feature-rich extension not only speeds up your downloads but allows you to easily retrieve links and images from a web page. You are also given the ability to filter certain file types from being transferred, and much more.
AllPeers
AllPeers allows you to share files, folders, web page images, and links from right within your Firefox browser using P2P (peer-to-peer) technology. The AllPeers Navigator lets you maintain contacts and gives you the ability to chat and share items with the people on your list.
Download Statusbar
Download Statusbar allows you to both monitor and manage your ongoing and completed downloads from a small sidebar in your browser window. Several customizable options give you the ability to take full control of all downloaded files from start to finish.
Video DownloadHelper
Video DownloadHelper gives you the ability to capture and download audio, video, and image files from web sites like YouTube and MySpace. You can also receive alerts whenever a new video is available within your interest range on a select group of sites.
PDF Download
PDF Download gives you several options when you click on a link whose target is a file in the .pdf format. You are given the ability to display the file within or outside of Firefox, save it to your hard drive, or view it in HTML format by using on the fly conversion.
Torrent Finder Toolbar
Torrent, or BitTorrent, downloading has quickly blossomed into one of the most common forms of peer-to-peer networking and file sharing. It is used to download almost anything including movies, music, software, and much more. The Torrent Finder Toolbar allows you to simultaneously search over 100 torrent sites directly from your web browser. Loaded with various customization options, this add-on makes it very simple to find the active torrents that you are looking for.
FireFTP
FireFTP lets you access a full-featured File Transfer Protocol (FTP) client from right within your browser window, giving you the ability to upload and download files to and from FTP servers. Advanced features such as SSL encryption, integrity checking, remote editing, and directory comparison are included.
FoxTorrent
FoxTorrent incorporates a BitTorrent client into your browser. This add-on gives you the ability to monitor and control the download progress of torrent files in a sleek and easy to use interface which is displayed in Firefox's main window.
Bandwidth Meter and Diagnostics
Bandwidth Meter and Diagnostics is a Firefox extension which performs connection speed tests in addition to providing your public IP address and domain name. Also, Internet connection status as well as several diagnostic tools are provided whenever a web page fails to load.
TorrentBar
TorrentBar lets you search some of the Web's top torrent sites directly from a browser toolbar. The ability to retrieve Google search results with the torrent file type as well as links to the latest P2P news are also included.
