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Planned/Suggested Features
Here is a list of suggested and/or planned features for new versions of Star Downloader. If you have any other ideas please let us know!

To help us get an idea about which features most people would prefer you have the possibility to vote on the features you would like to see in the next version.

The items below have different statuses depending on how far they have progressed. "Completed" and "In Progress" should be pretty obvious what they mean and by "Pending" we mean suggested features that we still haven't decided to implement. "Idle" are those items that we have decided to implement but not started with yet.

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Browser Integration
Support for Firefox v1.5.
Completed with 2597 votes (1606+, 991-). Sum: 615
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Toolbar for Internet Explorer to easily add downloads and/or send files to leecher. It should be optional so that the user can choose whether to show it or not.
Pending with 3206 votes (1783+, 1423-). Sum: 360
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Add configuration possibility for the "Ignore URL" list.
Pending with 2649 votes (1448+, 1201-). Sum: 247
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Add right-click option in IE: "Associate filetype with Star Downloader"
Pending with 2776 votes (1501+, 1275-). Sum: 226
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Compression
Add possibility to download parts of a ZIP archive.
Pending with 2854 votes (1603+, 1251-). Sum: 352
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Dial-up Connections
Reconnect if connection is broken (optional).
Pending with 2850 votes (1600+, 1250-). Sum: 350
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Automatically detect current ISP for modem users.

This is convenient if a user has several ISPs that he alternates between. Now you have to configure which one every time.
Pending with 2493 votes (1320+, 1173-). Sum: 147
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Countdown window with cancel button on "Disconnect After Download".
Pending with 2530 votes (1338+, 1192-). Sum: 146
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Downloads
Add possibility to have a different "split-number" for downloads within certain ranges of size. For example; maybe you want 10 for a 600Mb file but only 3 for a 6Mb one.
Pending with 2708 votes (1577+, 1131-). Sum: 446
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The ability to increase/decrease the number of parts of a download in progress.
Pending with 2681 votes (1532+, 1149-). Sum: 383
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Possibility to add several downloads at once and also more links to existing downloads. Also be able to change URL under properties.
Pending with 2722 votes (1491+, 1231-). Sum: 260
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Synchronize an ftp folder with a local.
Pending with 2555 votes (1389+, 1166-). Sum: 223
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Add configuration possibilty to set user/pass for individual sites.
In Progress with 2916 votes (1559+, 1357-). Sum: 202
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Option to preserve date on downloaded files.
Pending with 2552 votes (1371+, 1181-). Sum: 190
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LAN Downloads.
Pending with 2661 votes (1424+, 1237-). Sum: 187
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Get cookies from browsers and use them when downloading. This can be useful when you need to be logged in to download from a server.
Pending with 2773 votes (1444+, 1329-). Sum: 115
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The ability to set a default password for FTP downloads.
Pending with 2527 votes (1318+, 1209-). Sum: 109
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Improve proxy settings to enable more advanced forms of authentication.
Pending with 2436 votes (1263+, 1173-). Sum: 90
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[2004-01-09] by Star Downloader Team
If your proxy doesn't work with Star Downloader, please send us a mail with the name of the proxy software and any other information that might help us implement future support of it.
Add support for MMS.
Pending with 2506 votes (1296+, 1210-). Sum: 86
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Add support for RTSP/RTP.
Pending with 2508 votes (1294+, 1214-). Sum: 80
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General
File Descriptions/Comments
The ability to save file comments in an extra file or to export it.
Pending with 2407 votes (1257+, 1150-). Sum: 107
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Possibility to include the descriptions in the saved filename. This is useful when you have setup files or similar with the same names.
Pending with 2432 votes (1242+, 1190-). Sum: 52
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Console window to monitor http/ftp commands à la many ftp clients. View log of download, so you can check what is going on, in case of errors.

Pending with 2395 votes (1288+, 1107-). Sum: 181
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Search for more mirrors, using:
http://www.filemirrors.com
http://www.alltheweb.com

Or other suggestions?
Pending with 2496 votes (1329+, 1167-). Sum: 162
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Countdown window with cancel button when SD is about to shutdown the computer (when "Shutdown on Downloads Completed" option is selected).
Pending with 2495 votes (1319+, 1176-). Sum: 143
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Remove the need to restart program when changing language.
Pending with 2405 votes (1268+, 1137-). Sum: 131
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Import/Export of filelists in main program and leecher.
Pending with 2436 votes (1280+, 1156-). Sum: 124
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[2003-12-16] by Star Downloader Team
In addition to the internal format it would be nice with support for others such as:

* Text file with one URL per row. Accept some form of reg. exp.: http://www.test.com/*.a[0-9][0-9]
* Playlist with "remote songs" (m3u, pls, etc.).
* HTML file.
Sounds for different events like "Starting Download", "Download Finished", "All Downloads Finished", "Modem Disconnected" etc.
Pending with 2540 votes (1324+, 1216-). Sum: 108
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The ability to mimic popular browser user agents and set custom values.
Pending with 2383 votes (1242+, 1141-). Sum: 101
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Improve category definition. Define categories not only on file extention but on any substring in filename or URL. Allow to change category of file during download (not only drag & drop).

Maybe also allow exceptions to the category rules, for example "treat .exe files from stardownloader.com differently than other .exe files".
Pending with 2370 votes (1227+, 1143-). Sum: 84
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Possibility to move files (on harddrive).
Pending with 2392 votes (1234+, 1158-). Sum: 76
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"Recreate Server Path" in addition to "Date Folders".
Pending with 2379 votes (1145+, 1234-). Sum: -89
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GUI
Customizable button bar.

Pending with 2412 votes (1309+, 1103-). Sum: 206
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Optional download speed graph in the main window.

Pending with 2508 votes (1333+, 1175-). Sum: 158
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New columns in downloads list:

* Url
* Average Transfer Speed
* Server
* Time Elapsed
* % done
Idle with 2464 votes (1305+, 1159-). Sum: 146
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Organize choices under Options in a better way. Today it's hard to find what you're looking for. Divide into nodes such as "Appearance" with subnodes for related things; "Colors", "Button Size" etc.
Idle with 2420 votes (1252+, 1168-). Sum: 84
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Add "Open File" and "Open Folder" to right-click menu in downloads list.
Idle with 2306 votes (1193+, 1113-). Sum: 80
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Two differents colors for paused and queue files. Will make things clearer.
Pending with 2484 votes (1276+, 1208-). Sum: 68
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Always on top option.
Pending with 2356 votes (1201+, 1155-). Sum: 46
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Filter function to show a subset of the items in the current file list. For example *.gif with a size between 10kb and 20kb etc.
Pending with 2266 votes (1140+, 1126-). Sum: 14
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Add a "Don't show this dialog anymore" checkbox in Downloading windows.
Pending with 2422 votes (1213+, 1209-). Sum: 4
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Install/Uninstall
Add possibility to select wanted language during installation in addition to the option in the program.
Pending with 2381 votes (1252+, 1129-). Sum: 123
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Leecher
Add support for FTP.
Pending with 2673 votes (1549+, 1124-). Sum: 425
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New program icon.
Pending with 2453 votes (1284+, 1169-). Sum: 115
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Queue System / Scheduler
If a download fails, try the other queued files before re-attemping the download.
Pending with 2486 votes (1328+, 1158-). Sum: 170
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Choice to "apply executable" on downloads. This is good for example if you often download certain files that you want to process with some other application.
Pending with 2378 votes (1259+, 1119-). Sum: 140
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Allow files to be scheduled individually.
Pending with 2409 votes (1271+, 1138-). Sum: 133
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Change the system so different statuses are more intuitive and useful. A file can be:

* In progress - downloading now.
* Paused - not downloaded until explicitly restarted.
* Queued - download as soon as a download slot is free.
Pending with 2313 votes (1219+, 1094-). Sum: 125
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Recurrent downloads function (download a file with a certain interval).
Pending with 2384 votes (1252+, 1132-). Sum: 120
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A way to reorder files in queue.
Pending with 2400 votes (1241+, 1159-). Sum: 82
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Priority system for files and categories.
Pending with 2417 votes (1249+, 1168-). Sum: 81
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Force download start (eg hold ctrl click resume) to start downloads that are over the normal queue limit.
Pending with 2420 votes (1235+, 1185-). Sum: 50
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