Speed Download 5.2.15, and a deal to get it $10 off

The good folks over at YazSoft have released version 5.2.15 of Speed Download, a nice download manager/FTP client that helps me out a lot when I'm browsing for files. This new update brings better YouTube compatibility, a fix to make sure the listed file size is correct on certain FTP servers plus tweaks to performance and compatibility.

But perhaps more importantly, they're running a promotion that drops the price by ten bucks. When you put the "iwantfast" coupon code in at checkout, you can pick up the software for $15 rather than the usual $25. That's a petty good deal on a piece of software that has come in even handier than I expected when I first picked it up.

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mcdermd

In the age of broadband, why do people use download managers anyways? It was nice in the bygone days of dial-up to be able to queue your downloads and moderate speeds but really, what's the use now?

April 07 2010 at 12:11 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Jeff

Who needs Speeddownload when you've got 25 Mbps via FiOS?

April 07 2010 at 11:20 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

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Tom Craft

My thoughts exactly.

April 07 2010 at 12:06 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

I used this a few years ago, and came to the conclusion it was evil. I can't remember why, but it really messed up my computer.

My downloads are fast enough as it is!

April 07 2010 at 7:58 AM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Ricardo

Use jDownloader instead. Great free software for downloading files if you don't need ftp...

April 06 2010 at 11:05 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Zac

As someone who has bought Speed Download *multiple times*, I must say there's definitely an element of evil here. Speed Download is for one computer only, meaning if it detects another copy of Speed Download running on your network with the same serial number (!) it tells you then closes the application.

This has caused me to buy the app three times, but it still bites me in the ass when I go to install the software and don't realise which one is which. Personally, I think it's a bit slack to demand such specific one-serial-number-to-one-machine anti-piracy measures. It's like Microsoft Office, but from an indy Mac dev that should know better.

April 06 2010 at 10:16 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Roberto

Why are download managers believed to be evil?

April 06 2010 at 9:32 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply

Cody

But how does it compare to iGetter?

April 06 2010 at 8:52 PM Report abuse Permalink rate up rate down Reply