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Most offline browsers do not allow you to download multiple sites, but require you to open a Project, start downloading and wait until the download completes before starting on the next site. Some programs allow you to start different Projects at the same time, but the sites will be loaded one at a time.

Downloading video streams from different sources sometimes takes hours, so parallel downloading is helpful. Only Offline Explorer allows you to start downloading any number of Projects. You can start them simultaneously or consecutively (without having to wait for the previous Project to complete.) Offline Explorer will use all available connections to download files for each of the Projects together.

Queue Manager shows the list of all files that are to be downloaded. Offline Explorer allows you to stop any file in the queue, search for certain files by mask, see file referers, filter out all files on unwanted servers or directories, etc.

If you are behind a firewall or on a corporate Intranet, proxy server support is required. The more types of proxy servers the program supports, the more chances you have to download web sites successfully.

This is useful for modem users - you don`t have to call your Internet Service Provider manually when you start downloading a web site. Also, you can schedule downloads to run at night or while the computer is unattended and the program will connect, download and disconnect automatically.

This feature is good when you want to leave your computer unattended while it is downloading web sites and you want to disconnect from the Internet and turn off your computer automatically when all downloads are complete.

This feature is good when you want to leave your computer unattended while it is downloading web sites and you want to disconnect from the Internet automatically when all downloads are complete.

This is an easy-to-use graphical tool to schedule downloads at a desired time. Offline Explorer allows you to simply drag a project and drop it on a timescale.

Macros are useful for scheduled automatic downloads of files with URLs that change regularly.

For example, a weather site has an image that updates daily. Its URL has a day number inside. Thus, http://www.weather.com/image5.png corresponds to the 5th day of the current month, while http://www.weather.com/image12.png corresponds to the 12th day of the current month.

In this case, the following URL macro is useful:

http://www.weather.com/image{:day}.png

When Offline Explorer starts downloading the Project, it substitutes macros with their values. Macro should start with the {: symbol and end with the } symbol.

Macros also allow you to download sequences of URLs. For example:

http://www.weather.com/image{:1..100}.png

This results in the following URLs download:

http://www.weather.com/image1.png
http://www.weather.com/image2.png
...
http://www.weather.com/image99.png
http://www.weather.com/image100.png

Most offline browsers allow you to assign only one starting URL to a Project. But it is often necessary for a Project to download several Web sites at once. It is easier to manage a single Project than a group of similar Projects.

Drop Box is a small floating window that simplifies integration with browsers. You can drag and drop a link to the Drop Box to create a new project and download it.