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Please update firefox so that we active download seperately and firefox doesnt waste our hardware resources as we dont use the browsing & tabs till downloading?

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hi guys when we download files wee are not using the browsing as it may slow download speeeds or we go away from our computer till download completes like watch movie play games so i wanted to know if u can keep the download section open if we close tabs as when i do that it asks that download will be cancelled can u keep the necessary services on just for the download and not all the tabs opened as they take alot of space

hi guys when we download files wee are not using the browsing as it may slow download speeeds or we go away from our computer till download completes like watch movie play games so i wanted to know if u can keep the download section open if we close tabs as when i do that it asks that download will be cancelled can u keep the necessary services on just for the download and not all the tabs opened as they take alot of space

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This download manager works separately from the browser. The browser tells it what to download, and off it goes.

http://www.freedownloadmanager.org It is a powerful modern download accelerator and organizer for Windows and Mac.