11/25/10 Version 6.10 is available (Mar/16/2012) What's new in version 6.10? - Added support for Firefox 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 12 - Added support for Internet Explorer 9 and 10 - Improved downloading of videos in web players. IDM's "Download this video" panel will appear on more number of popular sites. - Added full support for 64-bit browsers - Completely revised advanced browser integration. Improved IDM integration into Google Chrome, Opera, and other browsers. Fixed compatibility problems with these browsers. Added download panel for these browsers. What is new in version 5.19 Build 4? - Added a workaround for rapidshare.com site changes - Improved processing of downloads from several file sharing sites - Fixed Firefox 4 compatibility problems Version 5.18 Build 7 is available (Jan/20/2010) What is new in 5.18 Builds 4-7? - Added automatic interception of downloads for various file hosting web sites - Fixed Windows 98 compatibility problems, introduced by processing of site names in foreign languages (started from 5.18 build 1) What is new in version 5.18 Build 3? - Fixed a critical security vulnerability - Updated IDM icon - Added processing of site names in foreign languages - Added support of Unicode characters for download descriptions and file names - Improved recognition of server bugs. For example when dailymotion.com proxy servers send incorrect data under certain conditions - Fixed bugs What is new in version 5.17 builds 3-5? - 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. - Fixed a bug with NTLM authorization - Improved media file recognition in web players in Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers What is new in version 5.17 Build 2? - Fixed incorrect lookup of file names on several sites (including rapidshare.com) for "Download with IDM" feature What is new in version 5.17? - Fixed a critical bug with downloading files over 4GB - Improved media file recognition in web players in IE What is new in version 5.16 builds 2-3? - Resolved Firefox integration problems - Fixed bugs related to downloading of text files - Improved processing of erroneously intercepted downloads What is new in version 5.16? - 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 is new in version 5.15 builds 2-6? - 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 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 - Resolved several compatibility issues on Windows Vista - Added full support for Firefox 3.1 and Firefox 3.2 - Added workarounds for the sites where IDM had download problems - Fixed critical bugs What is new in version 5.15? - 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 YouTube, 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 is new in version 5.14 Builds 3-5? - Fixed a critical bug in IE add-on - Resolved Google Chrome browser integration problems in advanced browser integration - 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 - Added IDM Download panel for web players in IE 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 is new in version 5.14? - 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 YouTube, 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 is new in version 5.12 Builds 2-11? - Fixed a bug with several https servers - Improved file name creation logic to save on a disk and to display on "Download progress" dialog - Fixed bugs with downloading files from some download sites like speedyshare.com - Fixed bugs when forming file names to save on a local disk - 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 - 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 - 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 IE - 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 - Fixed critical bugs What is new in version 5.12? - Added "Speed Limiter" to limit download speed - Version 5.12 includes all latest bug fixes What is new in version 5.11 Builds 2-10? - Made a workaround to resolve conflicts between IDM IE integration and several 3rd party IE Add-ons like RealPlayer 11 - 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 - Added a button on "Download file info" dialog to create a new category - 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 - Improved the interception of FLV video downloads from YouTube and other sites - Fixed compatibility problems with several IE add-ons - IDM checks and runs the installation process if necessary to re-install "IDM CC" extension for Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers - 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 - Added the feature to download and save FLV video files from popular sites like YouTube, 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. What is new in version 5.11? - 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. - Version 5.11 includes latest bug fixes What is new in version 5.09? - 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 - Build 5 fixes several bugs: "Pure Virtual Call" error, disappearance of the main IDM window, problems with IDM grabber on some sites with manual login and some other bugs. - Build 4: - Fixed a critical bug in IDM grabber. - IDM shows a dialog if a site does not allow requesting the same file twice and if the site sends a web page to IDM instead of a download. - Build 3 fixes bugs when taking over some downloads from Firefox and other Mozilla based browsers - Build 2 fixes a bug with "Thumbnails view" in IDM grabber on Windows Vista What is new in version 5.08 Builds 2-7? - Fixed processing special keys to prevent or force downloading with IDM from IE7 on Windows Vista - If IDM always takes over a download by mistake, you may add this address or this site to IDM list of exceptions - Fixed minor bugs on Windows Vista and the bugs related to browsers integration - Improved processing of foreign language URLs in Firefox and other mozilla based browsers - Fixed catching direct ftp downloads in Firefox 1.5 and newer What is new in version 5.08? - 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 is new in version 5.07 build 6? - Resolved several problems with IE7 - 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"