GetRight 5.2d Online Manual

Why GetRight?

GetRight has many big improvements over the standard download ability built into your web browser and other downloading tools.

RESUMING:  GetRight can gracefully recover and resume from many errors that happen while downloading files.  With a web browser, if an error occurs while you are downloading a file, you must restart the entire download and get 100% of the file.  With GetRight, it is simple to resume the download and only get the remaining part of the file. 

For example, (and the incentive to start writing this program), I was downloading a large file over a 28.8 modem back in 1997.  After an hour or so it gotten about 90% downloaded when it was disconnected.  With the web browser I had to start over and get the entire file again--another hour or more of downloading.  So I wrote GetRight.  Using GetRight, I would only have to get the remaining 5% of the file--just a few minutes of downloading.  GetRight can now even redial your Internet Service Provider and resume downloading without you having to do anything.  This feature still applies years later with much faster connections--the files are much bigger too!

GetRight has been tested and successfully recovered from:

LISTS: GetRight can be setup to build a list of downloads to be completed later.  GetRight can be scheduled to start downloading at a selected time.  GetRight can easily be made to dial your Internet Service Provider (ISP) when it is time to make the connection, download the files, then disconnect the modem or even turn off the computer when it has finished downloading the files.

SPEED:  Many users see improved download speeds using GetRight instead of other download programs (such as your web browser.)  Quite a few users have seen speed improvements with just plain downloading.  And with the Segmented Downloading features, GetRight can greatly increase the speed of downloads.  (Note that speeds do depend on your Internet connection.  Some users will se better improvements than others.)

ALTERNATES:  GetRight can search for mirrors for the file you are downloading--giving you more choices for where to get the file. GetRight will then find the fastest of these servers for downloading and transparently change between these different alternate URLs if servers are busy, if another server appears to be the fastest, or if other problems occur. 

More information about Mirror Searching.

SCHEDULING: GetRight can be easily setup to download your files at a specific time, including dialing your modem at that time, and hanging up your modem when it is done (such as at night when phone rates are less).  You can also schedule GetRight to hang up your modem and stop downloading at a specific time (such as in the morning when phone rates increase)

EASY TO USE: GetRight catches clicks in Microsoft Internet Explorer and other web browsers.  Using GetRight to download is as easy as using your web browser.

CONTROL: GetRight has many configuration options and features to suit users from the most novice user who just wants to download a file, to the most sophisticated power user who wants to control every feature to suit their exact needs.

POWERFUL:  GetRight has many tools to let you get files from a website.  The GetRight Browser lets you view all the files on a page, QuickSync will scan a whole website to extract just the types of file you want, Daily Downloads can redownload the same file for you every day, and more.