I want to share my idea with you guys because for one time I'm convinced this download app is really worth using.
On forums most of the time different download services are used for one download (game / app / etc ).
So normally you choose rapidshare OR hotfile OR something else... Still on every service is hosted the same files.
Combining them would speed-up downloading an array of files.

Eg.

Linksarray 1
Rapid file1
Rapid file2
Rapid file3
...

Linksarray 2
Hotfile file1
Hotfile file2
Hotfile file3
...

Auto combining them into an optimal queue should give:
Rapid file1
Hotfile file2
Rapid file3
...

So Rapidshare and Hotfile can start together. Depending on the number of services hosting the same array of files you could download it faster. Hopefully my idea could be a nice option that other programs didn't even think of...

>> Depending on the number of services hosting the same array of files you could download it faster.
This is not a true (in general). Consider this theoretical situation:
Rapid file1 speed = 255
Hotfile file2 speed = 30

what's faster to download first 2 files?
start to Rapid file1 + waiting time + Rapid file2
or
Rapid file1 + Hotfile file2 at once?

Speed is unknown variable. You can't simply decide what files to choose for downloading...

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Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/2009 01:37PM by Vity.

I vote for this - it's for the user to decide whether they want to use mirrors at all, just stick a 'always use mirrors when busy; only use mirrors if server error or file deleted' option switch; frd would just use the next free mirror, or follow a user preset priority rule.