Fixed problems with Google Chrome extension for non-default zoom
What's new in version 6.21 Build 8
(Released: Sep 03, 2014)
Fixed a freezing problem when assembling downloaded videos
Fixed an integration bug into Google Chrome browser
What's new in version 6.21 Build 7
(Released: Aug 28, 2014)
Added 64-bit support to "IDM Integration module" Chrome extension
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.21 Build 5
(Released: Aug 20, 2014)
Added a feature to select a group of files in main IDM list and change their storage folder
Fixed several problems with erroneous interceptions of videos
Improved the logic of "Download this video" panel
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.21 Build 3
(Released: Aug 11, 2014)
Added a feature to search downloads in IDM list
Added high DPI support for Google chrome extension
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.21 Build 2
(Released: Jul 23, 2014)
Added support for Firefox 33 and SeaMonkey 2.29
What's new in version 6.21
(Released: Jul 11, 2014)
Fixed detections of two separate video and audio streams in Chrome browser
Improved IDM download engine
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.20 Build 5
(Released: Jun 18, 2014)
Fixed an erroneous interception of attendant content in Google Docs
Fixed a critical bug when saving and resuming several types of videos
Fixed a bug in the recognition of several types of videos in Google Chrome
What's new in version 6.20 Build 2
(Released: Jun 09, 2014)
Added support for Firefox 32 and SeaMonkey 2.28
Fixed video recognition problems in Google Chrome
What's new in version 6.20
(Released: Jun 05, 2014)
Improved video recognition in web players
Added the recognition and downloading of TS videos
Resolved "403 Forbidden" problems while downloading some videos
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.19 Build 9
(Released: May 15, 2014)
Improved downloading from file sharing sites
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.19 Build 8
(Released: Apr 29, 2014)
Added support for Firefox 31 and SeaMonkey 2.26
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.19 Build 7
(Released: Apr 21, 2014)
Fixed a problem with not clickable download panel in Google Chrome version 34 and above
What's new in version 6.19 Build 6
(Released: Apr 03, 2014)
Improved video recognition in web players
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.19 Build 3
(Released: Mar 20, 2014)
Added support for Firefox 30 and SeaMonkey 2.25
Improved video recognition in Google Chrome
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.19 Build 2
(Released: Feb 21, 2014)
Added support for Google Chrome 33
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.19
(Released: Feb 05, 2014)
Improved IDM download engine
Added support for Firefox 29 and SeaMonkey 2.24
Fixed video recognition problems in Google Chrome
Fixed problems when taking over https downloads in Google Chrome
What's new in version 6.18 Build 12
(Released: Jan 16, 2014)
Resolved compatibility issues with Google Chrome 32
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.18 Build 11
(Released: Dec 15, 2013)
Resolved problems with 1080p HD video recognition in Google Chrome
What's new in version 6.18 Build 10
(Released: Dec 11, 2013)
Added support for Firefox 28 and SeaMonkey 2.23
What's new in version 6.18 Build 9
(Released: Nov 29, 2013)
Fixed a bug with erroneous dialup dialog
Added a workaround for Trusteer bug when it crashes IE
What's new in version 6.18 Build 8
(Released: Nov 28, 2013)
Increased the maximum number of connections to support up to 32 simultaneous connections per download
Improved video recognition in web players
Improved IDM download engine
What's new in version 6.18 Build 7
(Released: Nov 08, 2013)
Fixed a critical bug in IE integration module
Improved Windows 8.1 and IE 11 integration
Resolved compatibility issues with Google Chrome 31
Improved video recognition in web players
What's new in version 6.18 Build 5
(Released: Oct 29, 2013)
Added support for Firefox 26 and SeaMonkey 2.21
Fixed a bug when assembling video files with high bitrate
Improved video recognition in Google Chrome
What's new in version 6.18 Build 4
(Released: Oct 27, 2013)
Redeveloped assembling of video files to improve compatibility with Windows Media player
What's new in version 6.18 Build 3
(Released: Oct 25, 2013)
Improved video recognition in web players
Redeveloped assembling of video files to improve compatibility with some video players
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.18 Build 2
(Released: Oct 09, 2013)
Resolved compatibility issues with Google Chrome 30
Fixed downloading of groups of links for several file sharing sites
What's new in version 6.18
(Released: Oct 03, 2013)
Added support for High DPI settings
Added a feature to take over https downloads in Google Chrome
Added a feature to show download this video/audio panel for https videos in Google Chrome
Resolved problems with downloading videos from several sites
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.17 Build 11
(Released: Sep 18, 2013)
Added support for Firefox 26 and SeaMonkey 2.21
Resolved problems with downloading videos from several sites
Fixed errors during file assembling, missing file errors, problems with non-playing videos, or videos without a sound when taking over downloading of videos in Google Chrome
Fixed other bugs
What's new in version 6.17 Build 7
(Released: Aug 06, 2013)
Resolved problems with Google Chrome extension
Added support for Firefox 25 and SeaMonkey 2.20
Resolved problems with downloading videos from several sites
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.17 Build 6
(Released: Jul 26, 2013)
Changed Google Chrome extension because of false identification from Google
Resolved problems with downloading videos from several sites
Fixed a bug with high CPU loading
What's new in version 6.17 Build 5
(Released: Jul 19, 2013)
Added support for new video sites changes
Added support for Google Chrome 30
What's new in version 6.17 Build 2
(Released: Jul 12, 2013)
Improved IE 11 integration (Windows 8.1)
Added support for new video sites' changes
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.17?
(Released: Jun 27, 2013)
Added support for new types of video streaming sites
Added support for Firefox 24 and SeaMonkey 2.19
Added a workaround for video sites' changes
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.16 Build 3?
(Released: Jun 20, 2013)
Added a workaround for video sites' changes
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.16?
(Released: Jun 10, 2013)
Improved IDM download engine
Fixed problems when downloading from dailymotion sites
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.15 Build 15?
(Released: May 31, 2013)
Resolved problems with downloading videos from the sites that play videos hosted on video sites
Resolved problems with downloading of videos from video sites
Fixed a critical security bug
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.15 Build 12?
(Released: May 15, 2013)
Added support for Firefox 23 and SeaMonkey 2.18
What's new in version 6.15 Build 11?
(Released: May 07, 2013)
Fixed crash in 64-bit Mozilla Firefox integration module
What's new in version 6.15 Build 10?
(Released: Apr 30, 2013)
Added a workaround for video sites' problems with separate audio and video streams
What's new in version 6.15 Build 9?
(Released: Apr 25, 2013)
Updated extension for Google Chrome
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.15 Build 8?
(Released: Apr 05, 2013)
Added support for Firefox 22 and SeaMonkey 2.17
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.15 Build 7?
(Released: Mar 22, 2013)
Added a workaround for changes on video sites
Added the feature to stop and save live stream broadcasts
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.15 Build 3?
(Released: Feb 21, 2013)
Added support for Firefox 21
Fixed a critical bug with processing some types of redirects
Resolved problems when displaying "Download progress" dialog tabs with large windows fonts
Fixed a bug with the download progress bar showing download threads when resuming zip files
What's new in version 6.15 Build 2?
(Released: Feb 15, 2013)
Fixed a critical bug in download engine
Added download panel for selected links in Chrome browser
Added support for SeaMonkey 2.15 and 2.16
What's new in version 6.15?
(Released: Jan 29, 2013)
Added support for automatic proxy configuration scripts (used in services like premiumize.me and others)
Fixed a critical bug in IE integration module
Resolved downloading problems with several file sharing sites
Changed "Minimize to tray" button style for Windows 8
What's new in version 6.14 Final Build 5?
(Released: Jan 09, 2013)
Added support for Firefox 20
Improved downloading from some types of video servers
What's new in version 6.14 Final Build 3?
(Released: Dec 24, 2012)
Added support for latest changes of web sites
What's new in version 6.14 Final Build 2?
(Released: Dec 19, 2012)
Fixed a compatiblity problem with Waterfox browser on Windows 8
Added support for SeaMonkey 2.14
What's new in version 6.14 Final?
(Released: Dec 14, 2012)
Improved Windows 8 integration
Improved integration for Enhanced Protected Mode of IE 10
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 26?
(Released: Nov 21, 2012)
Added support for Firefox 19
Improved IE 10 integration
Improved Google Chrome integration
What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 24?
(Released: Nov 12, 2012)
Now IDM download panel allows the choice of video resolutions
What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 23?
(Released: Oct 26, 2012)
Fixed a critical bug in IE integration module
Improved Chrome and Opera integration
Fixed crashing in Chrome IDM integration module
What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 22?
(Released: Oct 10, 2012)
Added support for Firefox 18
What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 21?
(Released: Sep 27, 2012)
Fixed a bug when taking over downloads from Google Chrome
Fixed compatibility issue with Sling Media Player
What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 20?
(Released: Sep 26, 2012)
Fixed a bug in Chrome integration module. After IDM update, you will need to restart Google Chrome.
What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 19?
(Released: Sep 25, 2012)
Fixed a critical bug
What's new in version 6.12 Final Build 18?
(Released: Sep 20, 2012)
Fixed bugs when downloading videos in Chrome browser
Fixed an erroneous interception of video from web-players in Google Chrome browser. After IDM update you will need to restart Google Chrome and agree with the installation of "IDM Integration" extension.
What's new in version 6.12 Final build 15?
(Released: Sep 05, 2012)
Added support for Firefox 17
Added support for Seamonkey 2.12 and 2.13
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.12 Final build 11?
(Released: Aug 28, 2012)
Improved video downloading
What's new in version 6.12 Final build 10?
(Released: Aug 23, 2012)
Added support for Firefox 16
Added a feature to set file creation date as provided by the server (IDM Options->Save To)
Fixed an erroneous interception of attendant content of web pages in Chrome
Added the possibility to translate text for IDM installer and IDM uninstaller
Redeveloped file integrity verification during resume.
Improved resume capability after power outages.
Redeveloped IDM integration into IE.
Optimized IE integration module and improved its speed performance.
Added support of IDM download panel to Google Frame installed into IE.
Improved integration into IE based browsers like AOL, MSN, etc..
Added support for SeaMonkey 2.10.
Added support for new version of Adobe Flash Player
Improved support of several web players.
Made a workaround for bugs in a new Outpost firewall.
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.11 build 8?
(Released: Jun 07, 2012)
Added support for Firefox 15
What's new in version 6.11 build 7?
(Released: May 02, 2012)
Fixed a bug in integration module for IE
Added support for Firefox 14
Added support for SeaMonkey 2.9
What's new in version 6.11 build 5?
(Released: Apr 23, 2012)
Fixed false interception of web ads
Added Socks traffic monitoring for Google Chrome & Opera
Added compatibility with address hiding programs
What's new in version 6.11 beta build 4?
(Released: Apr 19, 2012)
Improved IDM categories. Added a feature to create categories for specific sites
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.11 beta build 3?
(Released: Apr 12, 2012)
Improved Advanced browser integration
Improved HTML5 video detection in IE 9 & 10
What's new in version 6.11 beta build 2?
(Released: Apr 03, 2012)
Improved Advanced browser integration
Improved video downloading from Google Chrome
Improved Site Grabber
What's new in version 6.11 beta?
(Released: Mar 23, 2012)
Added support for Firefox 13
Added support for SeaMonkey 2.8
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.10 Final build 2?
(Released: Mar 16, 2012)
Fixed a bug in IE integration module because of which "Tracking Protection Lists" feature of Internet Explorer did not work properly
What's new in version 6.10 beta?
(Released: Mar 12, 2012)
Fixed compatibility problems with Internet Explorer 10 beta
What's new in version 6.09 build 3?
(Released: Feb 23, 2012)
Improved downloading from file sharing sites
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.09 build 2?
(Released: Feb 16, 2012)
Added support for Firefox 11 and Firefox 12
Fixed a number of serious problems when downloading from video streaming sites
Improved Advanced Browser Integration
What's new in version 6.08 build 9?
(Released: Jan 26, 2012)
Added support for new types of video streaming sites
What's new in version 6.08 build 8?
(Released: Jan 17, 2012)
Redesigned video stream recognition for web players. Added support for new types of video streaming sites
Added support for Filesonic changes
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.08 beta build 7?
(Released: Dec 29, 2011)
Added support for Filesonic changes
What's new in version 6.07 build 16?
(Released: Dec 29, 2011)
Added support for Filesonic changes
Added Firefox 10 support
Added socks support
What's new in version 6.08 beta build 5?
(Released: Dec 27, 2011)
Added Firefox 10 support
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.08 beta build 3?
(Released: Dec 20, 2011)
Added socks support
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.08 beta?
(Released: Nov 25, 2011)
Redesigned video stream recognition for web players. Added support for new types video sites
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.07 build 15?
(Released: Nov 14, 2011)
Added support for Firefox 9
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.07 build 14?
(Released: Oct 25, 2011)
Added support for new domain names of filesonic site
Added digest authorization for web sites
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.07 build 12?
(Released: Oct 01, 2011)
Added support for Firefox 8
Improved video discovery
What's new in version 6.07 build 11?
(Released: Sep 15, 2011)
Added video stream recognition for several new web players
Fxied a critical bug in 64bit versions of Windows
What's new in version 6.07 build 10?
(Released: Sep 08, 2011)
Resolved the problem with expiration of some download links. Fixed automatic updating of download addresses
Added digest authentication for proxy authorization
Added rtmp resume for many sites where IDM could not resume in the past
Improved downloading for the sites which generate temporary download links
What's new in version 6.07 build 9?
(Released: Aug 29, 2011)
Added support for Firefox 7
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.07 build 7?
(Released: Aug 01, 2011)
Enhanced "Speed Limiter". Added the feature to set an individual limit for every download
Redesigned "Download progress" dialog, added new tabs and the possibility to disable tabs that are not necessary for you
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.07 build 5?
(Released: Jul 18, 2011)
Added support for Firefox 6
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.07 build 3?
(Released: Jul 14, 2011)
Enhanced "start download" dialog
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.07 ?
(Released: Jul 07, 2011)
Added additional options on "Download progress" dialog
Made a workaround for odd characters in file names when downloading
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.06 build 8?
(Released: Jun 23, 2011)
Added support for Firefox 5
Resolved problems with foreign versions of Windows when a username contains hieroglyphs or other Unicode characters
Advanced browser integration has been significantly amended. Improved automatic interception of downloads, enhanced video stream detection in Chrome, Opera and in other browsers which are integrated with network driver
Fixed bugs
What's new in versions 6.05 build 14?
(Released: Apr 25, 2011)
Enhanced new download progress bar
Fixed several bugs
What's new in version 6.05 build 12?
(Released: Apr 21, 2011)
Enhanced Download progress dialog. The download progress bar was redesigned in 3d style. Added support for Windows Aero theme for Windows 7 and Windows Vista
Fixed several bugs
What's new in version 6.05 build 11?
(Released: Apr 05, 2011)
Improved IE integration
Fixed a critical bug in IE integration module
What's new in version 6.05 build 10?
(Released: Mar 28, 2011)
Made a workaround to resolve compatibility problems of IDM network drivers with antiviral software drivers which caused some sites to load slowly in browsers
What's new in version 6.05 build 8?
(Released: Mar 17, 2011)
Fixed "Download all links with IDM" menu crashing IE 9
Fixed critical bug in IE integration module
Improved audio and video recognition for several sites
What's new in version 6.05 build 7?
(Released: Mar 15, 2011)
Fixed compatibility problems with Internet Explorer 9 Final
What's new in version 6.05 build 5?
(Released: Mar 10, 2011)
Resolved IE integration problems
Fixed bugs with file name renaming
What's new in version 6.05 build 3?
(Released: Mar 03, 2011)
Fixed a bug with incorrect replacement of file extensions
Added support for new download interface on Filesonic sites
Improved video recognition in IE9
What's new in version 6.05 build 2?
(Released: Feb 11, 2011)
Improved recognition of audio and video streams in web players
Improved download resuming when a download link has expired
Improved processing of https protocol
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.05
(Released: Feb 01, 2011)
Fixed a critical bug that may crash Windows Explorer or a browser when a user moves the slider on the timeline in a web player
Improved IDM download engine
What's new in version 6.04 build 3?
(Released: Jan 25, 2011)
Resolved several problems when advanced browser integration was unable to turn on
Fixed downloading with several web sites
Added a display of download progress on IDM icon on the taskbar of Windows 7
What's new in version 6.04 build 2?
(Released: Dec 23, 2010)
Added support for several browsers
Improved compatibility with Proxomitron web filter
What's new in version 6.04?
(Released: Dec 21, 2010)
Added full support for 64-bit browsers
Improved web players detection for some sites
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 6.03 beta build 14?
(Released: Dec 09, 2010)
Added RapidShare support in Advanced Integration driver
Improved Panda antivirus and AOL Desktop compatibility
Improved automatic renewal of stale download links
Fixed several bugs
What's new in version 6.03 beta build 10?
(Released: Nov 17, 2010)
Improved advanced integration compatibility with LavaSoft Firewall and Kaspersky antivirus products
What's new in version 6.03 beta build 9?
(Released: Nov 16, 2010)
Fixed several bugs
What's new in version 6.03 beta build 6?
(Released: Nov 09, 2010)
Improved advanced integration compatibility with ZoneAlarm and several other security applications
What's new in versions 5.19 build 5 and 6.03 beta build 5?
(Released: Nov 05, 2010)
Fixed video downloading problems
What's new in version 6.03 beta build 4?
(Released: Nov 03, 2010)
Fixed BSOD related bugs
Improved advanced integration compatibility with AVG and Avast Internet Security
What's new in version 6.03 beta?
(Released: Sep 29, 2010)
Added a workaround for rapidshare.com site changes
Improved processing of downloads from several file sharing sites
Fixed Firefox 4 compatibility problems
What's new in version 5.19 build 4?
(Released: Sep 29, 2010)
Added a workaround for rapidshare.com site changes
Improved processing of downloads from several file sharing sites
Fixed Firefox 4 compatibility problems
Included all latest bug fixes since May 2010
What's new in version 6.02 beta?
(Released: Sep 02, 2010)
Added capture of new video formats in online media players
Fixed system crashes caused by advanced integration driver
Fixed compatibility problems with Avira Security Suite and Avast Internet Security
Fixed problem with browser not loading individual pages on some web sites served by MS IIS
What's new in version 6.01 beta build 5?
(Released: Aug 10, 2010)
Fixed advanced browser integration compatibility issue with NOD32 Antivirus
Fixed problem with browsers not opening hotmail.com and other pages (Windows XP)
Fixed problem downloading from download.com and other sites
Better detection of media players embedded into web pages
Fixed minor bugs
What's new in version 6.01 beta build 4?
(Released: Aug 3, 2010)
Fixed random system crashes (Windows XP)
Fixed minor bugs
What's new in version 6.01 beta build 3?
(Released: Aug 1, 2010)
Fixed system freeze after installing third-party TDI drivers (Windows XP)
Fixed IE8 stalls on certain web sites
What's new in version 6.01 beta build 2?
(Released: July 29, 2010)
Fixed system freeze with Ad Muncher installed (Windows 7)
Fixed minor bugs
What's new in version 6.01 beta?
(Released: July 27, 2010)
Fixed compatibility problems with all major browsers including Google Chrome.
Added IDM video download panel for all major browsers
Improved FLV grabber to save videos from web players on Google Video, MySpace TV, and other popular sites
What's new in version 5.19 build 3?
(Released: May 26, 2010)
Improved Windows 7 compatibility
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 5.19 build 2?
(Released: Apr 29, 2010)
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 5.19?
(Released: Apr 27, 2010)
Fixed a security vulnerability
Added "Download panel" for selected links on a web-page
What's new in version 5.18 build 8?
(Released: Jan 25, 2010)
Fixed several bugs
What's new in version 5.18 build 5?
(Released: Nov 11, 2009)
Added Windows 7 support
Fixed critical bugs
What's new in version 5.18 build 4?
(Released: Oct 15, 2009)
We have added these features in response to IDM user requests.
Added automatic interception of downloads for various file hosting web sites
Fixed Windows 98 compatibility problems started from 5.18 build 1, introduced by processing of site names in foreign languages
What's new in version 5.18 build 3?
(Released: Sep 16, 2009)
Fixed a critical security vulnerability
Added the ability to get back using old IDM triangle icon in system tray. The icon can be returned by using "View->IDM tray icon->Classic style" menu item
What's new in version 5.18 build 2?
(Released: Sep 09, 2009)
Fixed bugs
What's new in version 5.18 beta?
(Released: Aug 10, 2009)
Added processing of site names in foreign languages
Added support of Unicode characters for download descriptions and file names
Updated IDM icon
Improved recognition of server bugs. For example when dailymotion.com proxy servers send incorrect data under certain conditions
What's new in version 5.17 build 5?
(Released: May 27, 2009)
Fixed a bug with NTLM authorization and several others
What's new in version 5.17 build 4?
(Released: May 19, 2009)
Added "Add batch download from clipboard" menu item to "Tasks" menu
Significantly revised parsing of http protocol headers. Besides increasing download speed, it also solved problems with flaw programmed firewalls and antiviral software. In particular "CA Internet Security Suite" has a serious bug in its network filters, because of which IDM versions from 5.16 till 5.17.3 could not parse headers and download some files correctly.
What's new in version 5.17 build 3?
(Released: May 07, 2009)
Improved media file recognition in web players in Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers
Fixed several bugs
What's new in version 5.17 build 2?
(Released: Apr 29, 2009)
Fixed incorrect lookup of file names on several sites (including rapidshare.com) for "Download with IDM" feature
What's new in version 5.17?
(Released: Apr 28, 2009)
Fixed a critical bug with downloading files over 4GB
Improved media file recognition in web players in IE
What's new in version 5.16 build 3?
(Released: Apr 03, 2009)
Resolved Firefox integration problems
Fixed bugs related to downloading of text files
What's new in version 5.16 build 2?
(Released: Apr 02, 2009)
Improved processing of erroneously intercepted downloads
Fixed several bugs
What's new in version 5.16?
(Released: Mar 30, 2009)
Completely remade the logic of download resume feature and added the possibility to resume downloads for sites that use temporary download addresses or when download addresses expire
Added the possibility to select a queue when you press on OK button on "Download all links with IDM" dialog and when you press on "Download Later" button on "Download file info" (start download) dialog
Added a link to the page where download was taken over from a browser to "File Properties" dialog
Made many other small improvements and fixed all known bugs
What's new in version 5.15 build 6?
(Released: Jan 22, 2009)
Added IDM download panel to IE web-players based on Microsoft Silverlight component
Fixed a bug with "Download with IDM" in IE and Firefox when selected links had spaces in Internet addresses
Improved recognition of mp3 music in Flash player
Added support for Google Chrome 2
Fixed other bugs
What's new in version 5.15 build 5?
(Released: Dec 23, 2008)
Fixed several critical bugs
What's new in version 5.15 build 4?
(Released: Dec 17, 2008)
Fixed a bug with erroneous interceptions of downloads from myspace.com
Added support for AOL Desktop 10 browser
Added play list support to IDM Download panel for Windows Media Player ActiveX
Added IDM Download panel to browsers for RealPlayer ActiveX
What's new in version 5.15 build 3?
(Released: Dec 04, 2008)
Fixed critical bugs
Resolved several compatibility issues on Windows Vista
Added full support for Firefox 3.1 and Firefox 3.2
What's new in version 5.15 build 2?
(Released: Nov 24, 2008)
Added workarounds for the sites where IDM had download problems
Resolved several issues related to taking over downloads on Windows Vista
Fixed bugs with "Download with IDM" menu on Firefox 3.x
Version 5.15 build 2 includes all latest bug fixes
What's new in version 5.15?
(Released: Oct 28, 2008)
Added IDM Download Panel for Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers that appears on top of a web-player when IDM detects a multimedia request from the web-player. IDM download panel is used to download and save audio and video files that are played by the web player. It can be used to download flash videos from sites like MySpaceTV, Google Videos, etc.
Made a workaround for a problem with downloading attachments from different yahoo servers
Enhanced processing of downloads for different types of servers
What's new in version 5.14 build 5?
(Released: Sep 15, 2008)
Resolved Google Chrome browser integration problems in advanced browser integration
Fixed a critical bug in IE add-on
What's new in version 5.14 build 4?
(Released: Sep 1, 2008)
Improved the interception of downloads on some sites in IE
Resolved the compatibility problems between IDM Download Panel and several 3rd party IE Add-ons
What's new in version 5.14 build 3?
(Released: July 29, 2008)
Fixed critical bug
Added IDM Download panel for IE web players based on Windows Media Player. The panel works the same as for Flash based web-players.
Added the button and the dialog to add additional file types which should be taken over by IDM from web-players
What's new in version 5.14?
(Released: July 14, 2008)
Added IDM Download Panel for IE and IE based browsers that appears on top of a web-player when IDM detects a multimedia request from the web-player. IDM download panel is used to download and save audio and video files that are played by the web player. It can be used to download flash videos from sites like MySpaceTV, Google Videos, etc.
Redeveloped from scratch and completely replaced IDM integration modules for IE and IE based browsers on more stable ones. Note that previous IDM integration modules were designed for IE 5.0 and were getting obsolete. The new modules also fix problems with "Download with IDM" feature
Added an option to start IDM download queues on IDM startup
Made workarounds to download files from several problem sites
What's new in version 5.12 build 11?
(Released: May 12, 2008)
Fixed a bug with several https servers
Improved file name creation logic to save on a disk and to display on "Download progress" dialog
What's new in version 5.12 build 10?
(Released: May 05, 2008)
Fixed bugs with downloading files from some download sites like speedyshare.com
Fixed bugs when forming file names to save on a local disk
What's new in version 5.12 build 9?
(Released: Apr 28, 2008)
Made a workaround for download problems on mediafire.com site
Fixed a bug with capturing ftp links in Firefox 3.0
Added support for Firefox 4.0a
What's new in version 5.12 build 8?
(Released: Feb 20, 2008)
Enhanced confirmation dialogs to delete downloads from IDM list of downloads. Now its possible to delete files from hard disk as well.
Improved downloading of links that have unsafe (or foreign language) characters
Improved control over taking over downloads. Fixed erroneous download interceptions.
Added automatic interception for "split" files
Fixed bugs while forming file names to save on hard disk
Improved monitoring of FLV videos in Internet Explorer
What's new in version 5.12 build 7?
(Released: Feb 06, 2008)
Fixed critical bugs
What's new in version 5.12 build 6?
(Released: Jan 23, 2008)
We have added these features in response to IDM user requests.
Fixed critical bugs
Version 5.12 build 6 includes all latest bug fixes
What's new in version 5.12 build 5?
(Released: Jan 21, 2008)
Improved FLV video grabber in Internet Explorer. Now IDM retrieves all FLV video links from IE.
Improved "Download all links with IDM" feature. Now IDM checks and determines file types with better accuracy.
Fixed a bug with site exceptions which should not be taken over by IDM in Internet Explorer.
What's new in version 5.12 build 4?
(Released: Jan 10, 2008)
Fixed the problem with "Download with IDM" feature in Firefox when download link is not a text, but a picture
Fixed a bug with using special keys to prevent downloading with IDM in Internet Explorer
Fixed erroneous interception of downloads from a browser which look like suitable for downloading with IDM but in fact they are pictures for example.
What's new in version 5.12?
(Released: Dec 20, 2007)
Added "Speed Limiter" feature to limit download speed
What's new in version 5.11 build 10 ?
(Released: Dec 11, 2007)
Made a workaround to resolve conflicts between IDM IE integration and several 3rd party IE Add-ons like RealPlayer 11
What's new in version 5.11 build 9 ?
(Released: Dec 4, 2007)
Changed "Download progress" dialog appearance for Windows Vista Aero theme to show "Minimize to system tray" button correctly
Added a feature allowing to use patterns with wildcards (*) in the list of Internet addresses which IDM should not take over from browsers
What's new in version 5.11 build 8 ?
(Released: Oct 10, 2007)
Added a button on "Download file info" dialog to create a new category
What's new in version 5.11 build 7 ?
(Released: Sep 28, 2007)
Added the button and the dialog to IDM "Options/General" tab to customize browser context menu items for Firefox, Internet Explorer, and other Mozilla and IE based browsers
Added an additional menu item to the context menu of Internet Explorer to download FLV videos from 10 last requested
Added the possibility to translate IDM browser context menu items to foreign languages
What's new in version 5.11 build 6 ?
(Released: Sep 10, 2007)
Improved the interception of FLV video downloads from video sharing sites
Fixed compatibility problems with several IE add-ons
What's new in version 5.11 build 5 ?
(Released: Jul 27, 2007)
IDM checks and runs the installation process if necessary to re-install "IDM CC" extension for Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers
What's new in version 5.11 build 4 ?
(Released: Jul 23, 2007)
Added context menu for downloading FLV files in Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers
Fixed IDM compatibility problems discovered in Firefox 3.0a6 (Minefield) and newer releases
What's new in version 5.11 build 3 ?
(Released: Jul 04, 2007)
Added the feature to download and save FLV video files from popular sites like MySpaceTV, Google Video, etc. If you like a video that is playing from these sites and you would like to save it on your computer, you may grab it with IDM from Internet Explorer. You may get more information on IDM video grabber page
Version 5.11 build 3 includes all latest bug fixes
What's new in version 5.11 ?
(Released: Jun 21, 2007)
Completely redeveloped IDM scheduler. Added periodic synchronization of files and the possibility to create new queues for downloading or synchronization. Added new features on starting and stopping queue processing
Improved user interface. Added processing of context menu key, fixed tabbing order on all dialogs, added mnemonic keys to the main menu and the menu of IDM Grabber
New IDM Scheduler announcement
(Report released: Jun 20, 2007)
The new version of IDM will have a completely redeveloped scheduler that can be used for downloading and file synchronization with multiple download queues. Internet Download Manager Scheduler announcement has been published on the official site.
What's new in version 5.09 ?
(Released: Feb 25, 2007)
Completely redeveloped the logic of taking over downloads from all browsers. Fixed erroneous interceptions of the web pages that IDM treated as downloads in the past, for example, it happened in some cases on rapidshare sites
Improved processing of foreign language URLs in IE. IDM uses current web-page encoding to suggest correct file names when saving downloaded files
Enhanced download engine to increase download speed.
Fixed bugs when sending queries to servers on foreign languages
Improved download processing for premium accounts of popular rapidshare sites
What's new in version 5.07 ?
(Released: Jan 15, 2007)
Added full compatibility with Windows Vista
Resolved several problems with IE 7
Fixed conflicts of "Advanced browser integration" with Windows Vista, Windows 2003 and with several Internet applications
The logic of click monitoring for IE-based browsers (MSN Explorer, Avant, MyIE, some versions of AOL etc.) was moved from idman process to a separate exe module. This module can be turned on/off in "Options->General"
What's new in version 5.05 ?
(Released: Sep 2, 2006)
Added support for Firefox 2.0 browser
Added a dialog to select from several actions if a duplicate download link was added
Added an icon to download complete dialog to drag and drop downloaded files
What's new in version 5.04 ?
(Released: Aug 2, 2006)
Changed basic browsers integration. Added extensions for Mozilla based browsers (Mozilla Firefox, Flock etc) to take over more downloads from these browsers in a better way than advanced browser integration. Also added "Download with IDM" and "Download All links with IDM" context menu items for these browsers.
The "General" tab in IDM options was divided into "General" and "File Types" tabs for convenience
Added "Open with..." button to "Download complete" dialog and "Open with..." menu item to the context menu of the main IDM window.
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.03
(Released: May 31, 2006)
Added MMS protocol support. MMS links can only be downloaded manually using "Add Url" button or using "Download with IDM" IE right click menu
Changed settings dialog. Split "Downloads" tab to "Downloads" and "Save to". Added the possibility to turn off downloading while showing "Download File Info" dialog
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.02
(Released: Jan 18, 2006)
IDM can fix all rebuild errors and restore a file when its rebuilding process from downloaded parts has been interrupted due to power outages or due to killing/termination of IDM process.
Improved download progress dialog. Now it can be resized and minimized to system tray.
The message box on download completion has been replaced with a download complete dialog that has several useful functions, for example opening a downloaded file folder.
Improved start download dialog. Now you can conveniently select a folder to save a file directly on this dialog.
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.01
(Released: Dec 16, 2005)
Added thumbnails view to IDM Site Grabber.
Added scheduler to IDM Site Grabber. It's possible to schedule multiple grabber projects to run them once at a specified time, stop them at a specified time, or run periodically to synchronize changes.
Added update feature to IDM Site Grabber. It's possible to start exploring a site from the start page again for a project to update the files that have been changed on the server.
New features in Internet Download Manager 5.0
(Released: Nov 25, 2005)
Added the site grabber feature. This feature not only lets you download required files that are specified with filters, for example all pictures from a web site, or all audio files from a web site, but it also lets you download subsets of web sites, or complete web sites for mirroring or offline browsing.
Improved visual appearance and user interface. The toolbar looks better for different XP Visual styles.
Redesigned and enhanced IDM download engine.
IDM has automatic update option and may check for the availability of a newer version once per week. Once a newer version has become available, IDM shows a dialog that describes all new features and suggests updating your current version. You can also download the latest version of IDM using Quick Update tool that comes along with IDM distribution.
