What Internet Explorer is Still Missing, Part #2
Some time ago in the early IE7 days I wrote an article about the definetely required functionality the Microsoft browser was still missing. IE8 then added some of the missing features.
Today, in the pre-IE9 days some things have changed but others have not. After all these years there still is no download manager integrated into Internet Explorer. The feature to resume an interrupted download is so normal these days that this fact could be the big laugh of the day.
Anyway, there is something from MS that uses the BITS feature from Windows. Sadly, it is OEM only but I am sure you will find someone with an account to grab the download. Check this link:
http://bink.nu/news/microsoft-bits-ie-plug-in.aspx
and get the download here:
http://oem.microsoft.com/downloads/bitsfiles.exe
You'll then get a decent context menu entry and a nice little GUI telling you about the download status. OK, I guess I can now omit my Windows wget port. Btw, this has been tested on a 64-bit Windows 7 Enterprise box invoked from the 32- and the 64-bit iexplore.exe. The bits_ie.exe is a 32-bit executable.
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Originally this site was intended as a project site. The goal was to define standards for the perimeterless network using
open-source software. To be honest I simply do not have the time for such a thing. So what is left is a blog with sporadic
posts that are either helpful for myself or I think are helpful for others, too since I had a hard time finding information
on the Internet. Think of it as a knowledge base.
Ehm yes, somtimes I write down my two cents on any topic that may go through my mind at that point in time ;-)