Version History

Download Internet Download Accelerator 5.8

Version 5.8.3.1221 - July 28, 2010
Restored ability to download video from YouTube;
Improved space allocation for big files to speed up download start on Windows 7;
Fixed bug with sorting History by size;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.8.2.1217 - July 1, 2010
Now IDA can download HD1080 video from Youtube;
Improved integration into Internet Explorer to allow to download e-mail attachments and other files which require authorization;
Improved integration into browsers for users without administrator privileges;
Added ability to download video from Vkontakte;
Improved automatic download category detection;
New versions of IDABar and IDA Plugin for Firefox with improved download from Youtube;
Improved integration/disintegration option in the Opera context menu;
Added .mp4 format recognition for links received from IDABar;
Improved the Add download window;
Improved browser integration detection;
Improved disintegration IDA from browsers during uninstall;
Bugs fixed;
IDA and libraries are signed with digital signature;

Version 5.8.1.1197 - April 15, 2010
Restored ability to download from YouTube;
Added new option to choose video quality for download from YouTube;
The Add download and Add downloads group windows improved;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.8 - April 9, 2010
Now Internet Download Accelerator is free for non-commercial use. If you want to get the advantages of the IDA PRO or use the IDA for commercial purposes you must buy the IDA PRO license.;
Improved Windows 7 compatibility;
Added support for metalink format;
Improved download interception from Firefox, Opera and Chrome;
Added Remote Download plug-in;
Improved download from video services;
IDABar for Mozilla Firefox now supports download of any stream video;
Improved Firefox plug-in;
Improved needed disk space detection algorithm if there is a lack of free space;
Added warning message if external drive used for saving a file is disconnected while download is in progress;
Improved FTP download with mirrors;
Improved display of UTF-encoded links and Unicode detection when extracting file name from URL;
Improved download from SourceForge;
Added new options to plug-in interface;
Fixed bug with FLV-player in Firefox;
Added detection of various types of FLV content and forming correct file extension;
On Windows Vista and above the system Downloads folder is chosen as default;
Improved archive download;
Added option Open Folder... from the tray pop-up menu after download completion;
Added plug-ins for Internet Explorer and Firefox allowing to add files for remote download with one click;
Improved interface for adding multiple downloads, when readding a number of downloads they are treated as a group;
Simplified getting new download link in case the site returned an html page. Automatic link replacement if the link is dragged onto the floating window or copied to the clipboard;
Added convenient link, path and search queries navigation with Ctrl + -> and Ctrl + <-;
Added option to get file size in the wait for download state;
Improved interaction with FTP and HTTP servers;
Optimized download cache size;
Optimized Download History clearing algorithm;
Fixed bug with opening files in external applications without activating the started application;
Fixed bug with antivirus settings;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.7 - February 14, 2009
Added new automatic mode: Reduce download speed if the user's activity detected;
Added integration with Google Chrome (download interception) and Apple Safari (download interception);
Improved integration with Mozilla Firefox: Download with IDA and Download All with IDA items will be added to Firefox context menu after enabling integration with Firefox;
Added IDABar for Mozilla Firefox;
Added automatic integration with Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari and Opera during IDA installation;
Improved integration with the last Opera versions;
Improved integration with supported video services and added support for some new ones;
Improved SSL(HTTPS) support, added support for new certificate types;
Templates for automatic Referer substitution now are stored in a text file. Now you can add new templates to that file by yourself;
ZIP and RAR libraries updated;
Updated User-Agent list in IDA options;
Now you can specify "*" wildcard at the beginning of the site name, for example *.site.name;
Added option to choose the number of download sections in the Add download window with one click;
Well-formed XML is used for storing download list;
Modified the way IDA query OS for special OS folders location;
Bugs fixed.

Version 5.6 - February 5, 2008
Added ability to download video from popular video sharing services. To download a video simply add a link to a page that contains it;
Added player for playing and preview of video downloaded from video sharing services and playing .flv files. If there is no flash-video (.flv) player installed on your system then IDA will set itself as the default player for .flv files;
Improved the tray pop-ups to display messages on download errors, download completion and news. Now in case of errors you can easily see the detailed information about errors, ways to correct them and also search for other places where you can download the file;
Improved integration into Opera browser, some bugs fixed;
Improved integration into Mozilla Firefox, some bugs fixed;
When you add a category the corresponding download folder is created automatically;
Fixed saving a file with valid name if the link to file is in UTF-8 encoding;
Fixed bug that resulted in Access Violation when working with download list;
Fixed bug with removing selection from News category after it has been read;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 5.5 - October 24, 2007
IDA interface redesigned, new logo introduced;
Added the News subcategory to the IDATop category with ability to get latest news headlines automatically. New settings for this option added;
Significantly improved operation on Windows Vista;
Added ability to show text labels to buttons on the toolbar;
By clicking on the baloon tip (near the system clock) telling about finishing download, you’ll get the download list with the last download highlighted;
Added support for alpha-channel (semi-transparency) for the toolbar buttons and other graphical elements of the program;
The interface of the Add download, Download Info and Download Completed windows improved;
Improved the interface of Advanced Scheduler;
Program settings optimized;
Improved support for download from Rapidshare;
Improved download of empty folders in FTP Explorer;
Improved download from FTP servers which return the list of all files in response to the list –la command;
Improved HTTP support for redirect from http to https;
Improved connection types support;
Improved download interception from idatop.com;
Improved IDABar for Internet Explorer. Interface updated and a number of new features added;
Increased level of protection of temporary data;
Now high priority downloads will not interrupt low priority ones not supporting resume so that you’ll not have to restart them from scratch.
Fixed bug with incorrect menu display when giant font is selected in Windows options;
Fixed bug with memory leak in IDA Bar which sometimes lead to IE crash after long work;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.2 - December 15, 2006
Program main menu redesigned;
Improved user interface;
Added button for closing download history;
Added the Play/Preview button to the Download window;
The Top Downloads item added to the File menu;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.1.2 - November 24, 2006
The Add download window made more convenient to use;
Added the Top downloads menu item;
Added ability to check MD5 sum of downloaded files (Ctrl+M);
Plug-in interface function for accessing download info now provides download addition date and time;
Improved the algorithm to get a login and password for HTTP from the Site manager;
Fixed memory leak occurred while logging a download;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.1 - October 31, 2006
Started a new file catalog IDATop.com;
Added "Find mirrors" option;
Added ability to add and view comments for a particular file;
Search for files, programs, archives and documents completely reworked;
Added new category section "Most popular" (Software, Archives, Documents, Search);
Added new menu item “Extract to … and open” to the “File - ZIP/RAR” context menu;
Floating window improved;
Reduced processor load;
Bugs fixed.

Version 5.0.5 - April 10, 2006
Added new anti-virus option to check files with the specified extensions only;
“Fast start” during OS loading;
Added the Plug-ins button (disabled by default);
Improved URL interception from the clipboard;
Improved interaction with FTP servers;
Skin Development Kit updated;
Improved program stability;
Added Romanian interface language;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 5.0 - March 15, 2006
Added support for plug-ins;
Added Advanced Scheduler plug-in;
Added ability to download entire folders (including subfolders) via FTP;
Added support for FTP over SSL/TSL;
Added new command-line options;
Added ability to switch to stand-by and sleep modes after completing all downloads;
Added download of a CSS-file in the "HTML with images" mode;
Now several selected audio files can be played with one click;
Added "Copy file to..." item into the download context menu in the history;
Added option to disable tray icon animation;
Improved integration to speed up clipboard link interception;
Download information window modified, added option to change the color of download indicator;
When adding existing download to the download list and redownloading, the download moves to the top of the list;
Improved inteface and efficiency of FTP Explorer;
Improved download of Gmail attachments;
Improved file size detection on servers preventing this;
Improved processing of links containing login and password;
Modified tray icon tooltip;
Memory usage optimized, increased stability;
Changed skin compression format to ZIP;
Added Uzbek interface language;
Bugs fixed.

Version 4.4 - October 28, 2005
Floating window highlights when mouse hovers over it;
Added export/import of program settings, categories, history, and download list;
Added possibility to reset settings to default;
Program optimized for work with two monitors;
Added possibility of one-time execution of automation functions;
Added possibility to sort download list by extension;
Added possibility to play any section of media files being downloaded;
Added preview of *.avi files (Windows Media Player and Winamp are not supported);
For downloads in "Autoupdate" category priority is not reset and it can be changed for a downloaded file;
Improved "URL is already in the list and has been downloaded" window, added "Download" button;
Added dynamic history update;
Improved installer (automatic program closing, additional options);
Description text files are moved along with files;
Improved support for some FTP-servers;
"<" and ">" characters allowed in URL;
Fixed bug with login and password input for download group;
Fixed bug with download of FTP URLs containing spaces;
Fixed bug occurred when shutting down PC while Windows is in Locked mode;
Other minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.3.2 - August 23, 2005
Added Albanian language;
Some languages updated;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 4.3 - August 9, 2005
Extented proxy-servers manager added;
Added option to choose a proxy-server for particular sites and/or downloads;
"Automatic" download speed now works with any specified program (for Windows XP and above only);
Added ability to change the number of sections for a download on-the-fly (by clicking with the right mouse button on section tabs in the download log);
In the floating window added "Smart start/pause" menu item accessible through the right mouse button;
Added support for rapidshare.de;
Reduced processor load;
Optimized data writing to a download file;
Fixed bug with sockets overrun under Windows XP;
Other minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.2 - June 15, 2005
Added possibility to download html-pages with images;
Added possibility to open a URL in the browser if you cancel download;
Added possibility to specify sites from which downloads will not be intercepted;
Added options: Minimize to tray when closing, Show tray icon;
Added possibility to choose download categories with hot-key in the Add download window;
Added a lot of new global hot-keys;
Speed indicator added to the floating window as well as possibility to change speed with the right mouse button;
Added possibility to change font of the main window;
Added option: Show Site properties item in download context menu;
Minor user interface improvements;
Added Korean and Hebrew languages;
Bugs fixed.

Version 4.1.2 - February 28, 2005
Some languages updated;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 4.1 - February 10, 2005
Improved program speed and stability;
Option "Redial if speed is lower than:" added to dialer;
Added option to set "Low" priority for downloads;
Added new button to the toolbar: "Dial";
Support for multi-user environment extended;
Appeared possibilty for users with restricted accounts to work with IDA on Windows XP;
Added back-up of technical information for files bigger than 10 MB;
Added option to insert download description from clipboard by double-clicking in download description window;
Program settings window redesigned;
Minor user interface improvements;
Added Persian, Bulgarian, Bosnian and Lithuanian languages;
Bugs fixed.

Version 4.0.2 - December 30, 2004
Improved user interface;
Improved support for HTTP 1.1;
Added Chinese (Simplified) language;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 4.0 - December 15, 2004
Added FTP Explorer;
Added possibility to download files of size more than 2 GB (file size can also be limited by file system used: FAT - no more than 2 GB, FAT32 - no more than 4 GB, and NTFS - no limit);
Added menu item Import->Unfinished downloads...;
Added new settings: "Show splash screen while starting", "Create separate description file for each download only if the description exists";
Added option "Open folder" for download categories;
Added option to open the page from which the download has been added (Referer) by double-clicking on URL in the status panel;
To dialer added option "Do not connect if another connection detected";
Added option "Do not use proxy-server for the following addresses";
Fixed problems with interaction with antivirus software;
Improved interaction with FTP and HTTP servers;
Added support for FTP proxy-servers;
Added item to Opera context menu "Download All with IDA";
Improved Opera integration;
Password encryption system was modified;
Imroved dialer for Windows XP (recovering from connection break, callback);
Added Turkish and Swedish languages;
Bugs fixed.
! Downloads, that were started by IDA 4.0 and above, cannot be finished by earlier versions of IDA.

Version 3.2 - September 21, 2004
Added option to check ZIP and RAR archives and recover corrupted ZIP archives;
Added option to unpack ZIP and RAR archives;
Added option "Quit the program after completing all downloads";
Added clipboard monitoring for URL groups;
Added option "Remember last folder for categories";
Added scheduler option "Use schedule for all downloads (not only scheduled)";
Added regular expression support for sorting files into categories;
Improved user interface;
Download indicator is now dispalyed on the status bar during download;
Fixed bug occured after disconnection under Windows 98;
Fixed the status bar display bug under Windows XP SP2;
Some other bugs fixed.

Version 3.1.2 - June 9, 2004
Added support for more FTP servers that are not RFC compliant;
Improved user interface;
Improved integration into Opera;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 3.1 - May 24, 2004
Added option to set priorities for downloads;
Added check of mirror connection time;
Added support for SOCKS 4 and SOCKS 5 proxy-servers;
Added option to display general information for group of files selected in the download list;
Processor load reduced while the program working;
Added option to edit the Referer field in the "Add download" window;
Increased number of handled errors for "Repetitive download restart" option;
Integration into IE improved ;
Improved integration into Opera 7.50;
Fixed dial bug under Windows XP;
Serbian language added;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 3.0 - April 8, 2004
Added option to work with mirros for download;
Added support for HTTP <Connect> Proxy;
Added option to reserve disk space for a file on download start(enabled by default);
New shortcuts added: Ctrl+Alt+S - Start All, Ctrl+Alt+P - Pause All;
Added option to delete selected records from the history;
Added option to select files by extension when adding a lot of URLs ("Add multiple URLs" window);
Added option to copy URL for a download group;
Improved file size detection for FTP servers;
Improved check for available space on the disk;
Added Belarusian language;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 2.7.3 - March 15, 2004
Added Arabic language;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 2.7.2 - February 19, 2004
Added Greek language;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 2.7 - February 13, 2004
Added new option of "Smart Pause / Smart Start";
New buttons added to the toolbar: Smart Pause / Smart Start, Move to Top, Move to Bottom, Disconnect after completing all downloads, Shut down PC after completing all downloads;
Added option to move unfinished downloads (.dmf files) from one computer to another;
Added option to start download or add download to the list when opening a .dmf file;
Added option of "Use "History" when checking if a file has been previously downloaded";
Added new command line options;
Added new keyboard shortcuts;
The look of buttons optimized for Windows XP;
Fixed bugs in interaction with NTLM-proxy;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 2.6 - December 22, 2003
Added option to review the contents of a ZIP archive before download and choose which files to download from the archive;
Added "Show size in bytes" option;
New buttons has been added to the toolbar: Site Manager, Maximum number of simultaneous downloads, Copy file to..., Move file to..., Move Up, Move Down;
Added new command-line options: -startall, -stopall;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 2.5.2 - November 27, 2003
Added Slovenian and Italian languages;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 2.5 - November 13, 2003
User interface has been redesigned;
Added option of automatic file update ("Autoupdate" category);
Settings of up to ten proxy-servers are stored;
Added export of downloads to HTML-file;
Added support for NTLM-authentication and NTLM-proxy;
Added new command-line options;
Added option of automatic switching off floating window display if there are no active downloads;
Check for file existence in the download folder before starting download;
Automatic insertion of the text selected on a page opened in IE into the download description;
Ability to drag download description text from another programs;
Automatic receipt of information about MP3 files when starting download;
Improved integration into Opera;
Autodetection of FTP PASV mode;
Improve resume support detection;
Improved cookies support;
Added ability to download files from mail-boxes accessible through web-interface (yahoo.com and others);
Modified work with sockets (opening/closing);
Increased program speed and stability;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 2.3 - October 1, 2003
Added option to start all downloads at specified time;
Added option to start all downloads if Internet connection is detected;
Download log moved to the main window;
Added option of cyclic downloads restart in case of connection/server errors;
Added option to disable error messages;
Added "Don't use proxy for local addresses" option;
Improved algorithm of download resumption detection for HTTP;
Improved algorithm of getting file size for FTP;
Added option to force downloads to be started with Ctrl+Shift keys;
"Download with IDA" option was added to Opera context menu;
Improved Opera, Mozilla and Netscape integration;
Added Danish and Japanese languages;
Minor bugs fixed.

Version 2.2.2 - September 9, 2003
The bug which led in some cases to downloading of corrupted files is fixed;
Increased stability;
The bug in checking IDA web site for a new version with using HTTP 1.1 is fixed;
Added French, Polish and Danish languages;
Minor bugs fixed;

Version 2.2 - August 19, 2003
Manual speed mode has been added;
The resume detection mechanism has been improved;
Now you can edit the Refferer field right on the Add/Edit download window by using CTRL+R;
Added option of automatic creation of the description file for every download;
Encoding selection for the descript.ion was added;
The "recognition" bug for the files that contain spaces in their names (FTP only) has been fixed;
Processing of the 403 - Forbidden error code has been corrected;
Added Croatian language;
Lots of minor bugs fixed.

Version 2.1 - July 14, 2003
Added option of checking downloaded files for updates;
Added option of creating download folders based on server name;
Added new site properties in the site manager: category, maximum naumber of downloads;
Added various color modes for displaying the download list;
Downloaded files on wich no operations were performed are marked as unread;
Added option of copying/moving downloaded files;
Added option of automatic downloads renaming;
Added option of automatic file renaming in case of file name conflict;
Added option of editing properties for all downloads in a group;
Added option of editing download URL while the download is paused;
Added the "Create folder" button to "Browse folders" dialogs (may not work on Windows 95/98);
Option of creating new categories in the "Add a download" window;
Improved interaction with anti-virus programs;
Optimized memory management;
Increased stability;
Fixed bug in HTTPS implementation (work with Microsoft IIS);
Fixed bugs with information display in the status bar;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 2.0 - June 23, 2003
Added support for HTTPS;
Added the downloads history;
Addded search in the download list;
Added "Restore connection if disconnected" option;
Added option of dragging selected text onto the floating window. IDA will find links in the text and offer you to start download;
Disabled the window appearing on updates check;
Added Hungarian language;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 1.6 - May 23, 2003
Added skins support;
IDA is distributed with two standard skins with possibility to download much more great skins from our site;
Download saving options has been added: use the last used folder as the current folder, create subfolders based on URL;
New hotkeys added;
Added option to start all downloads on program start;
Added option to get date and time of file creation from the server;
Added option to guaranteed link capture;
Added Czech language;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 1.5 - April 22, 2003
Option of adding a URL group by mask;
Added option to play streaming audio and video files while they are being downloaded;
Added extended integration with Internet Explorer 6.0 or above;
Added integration with Avant Browser and NeoPlanet provided that Internet Explorer 6.0 is installed on your system;
Added option to manually clear the Deleted folder;
Option of adding downloads from FTP folders;
Option to automatically use Internet Explorer proxy-server settings;
Modified integration with Opera;
Fixed interface bugs on Windows XP;
Added Spanish, Portuguese and Ukrainian languages;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 1.4 - March 17, 2003
Added power and useful tool for management of download categories;
Added automatic file type detection with automatic file placement to the specified categories;
Added Dutch language;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 1.3.2 - February 27, 2003
Added German language;
Added "Create subfolders by date" option;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 1.3.1 - February 17, 2003
Added integration into Opera 4.0 and above, Netscape Communicator 6.0 and above, and Mozilla browsers;
Added export/import of URLs into/from the following formats: *.txt, *.txtd, *.lst, *.urls, *.ion;
Added sounds;
Added option of adding files with identical names to the download list;
Added download list backup feature;
Added search by a file name in the download list;
Added option to turn on/off the use of cache;
URL detection system modidied;
File save algorithm modidied;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 1.2 - January 20, 2003
Added the floating window including download speed indicator, active downloads indicators, cart for dragging links;
Original Active Visual Cart technology which lets you to work with IDA without opening the main program window;
Added ability to restrict the number of sections for a particular download and site;
Option to drag downloads in the list with mouse and keyboard (Alt + arrow keys) added;
Improved reliability of download if OS errors and computer shutdowns occurs;
Added ability to manage buttons on the toolbar;
Added automatic detection and use of your browser's proxy-server settings;
Added Windows XP support;
Added new features to improve usability;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 1.1 - December 23, 2002
Now it's possible to limit download speed;
Automatic speed mode has been added;
New "Download ALL with IDA" option was added (It can be activated from your web browser on any webpage);
Processing of Alt and Ctrl in Internet Explorer was added;
New features added to the IDA Bar;
Download table customization, new columns added too;
Some bugs fixed.

Version 1.0 - December 2, 2002
Public release.

Version 0.1-0.9 - from September to December, 2002
Beta releases.