WackGet v1.2.3
Oct 30th, 2006b2 whipped up a modified version of WackGet, upgrading the included version of wget (to version 1.10.2) and including support for SSL. The main reason for the upgrade was to provide Large File Support, which means you can now use WackGet to download things like America’s Army more easily.
We’re currently testing it before doing a more public release, so if you’re interested in helping out with testing please download it here. Leave comments!
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5 Comments
1. Matthew Martin replies at 26th November 2009 um 2:26 pm :
I was wondering if anyone’s gotten this to work in windows vista yet. Loved the program, but it doesn’t work with the newer os’s from ms.
2. trog replies at 26th November 2009 um 2:27 pm :
No not yet! Getting Vista and Windows 7 support in there is on my list of things to do for v1.2.4. I will try and have a crack on the weekend.
3. trog replies at 28th November 2009 um 10:30 pm :
Actually I just tested it in Win7 and it seems fine, so it must just be something weird with Vista. Will try and spend some more time on it soon.
4. semiRocket replies at 3rd December 2009 um 7:11 am :
Glad to hear the project is not dead. Although your version is a little big (2,10 MB) compared to originals 314 KB of uncompressed size. I prefer orig for now
It would be great making this utility portable, thus making it write it’s settings in it’s own directory, making it use relative path for Download directory and finally making an archived version available for downloading.
Making an option in Preferences that automatically captures clipboard url(s) would also be great, but current feature (right click > Add from Clipboard) is not to complicated either I guess.
You should probably update/add the about dialog also, with current maintainer and version.
5. trog replies at 3rd December 2009 um 10:30 am :
The reason this version is so much bigger is it includes the DLL files necessary to support SSL. I figured that was more important than saving a couple meg
In terms of portability, totally agree – that is how I think all applications should work. I’ll add that and a ZIP version for release to the TODO list.
The clipboard capturing sounds like a good idea too.
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