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Product Description:
Leech gives you complete control over your downloads and full browser integration. You can queue, pause and resume downloads, download from password-protected servers and store your passwords in your system-wide, secure keychain. And you won't have to worry about downloads that were disrupted by a crashing browser ever again.
What's new in this version:
- [new] you can now have the main download window's size adjust to the number of downloads it's currently displaying automatically (cf. "Feedback" preferences)
- [fixed] a bug that kept downloads from starting as queued after other downloads were canceled
- [fixed] a bug in Leech's "Sleep When Done" functionality (cf. "Queue" menu)
- available languages: English, French, German
Operating System Requirements:
This product is designed to run on the following operating systems:
- Mac OS X 10.5 Intel
- Mac OS X 10.5 PPC
Additional Requirements:
- Mac OS X 10.5
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Tried it, discarded it 
- Version: 1.1.4, 1/4/2009 03:57PM PST
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Thermidor
All it seems to do is insert itself into Safari (or whatever browser you use), taking the place of the downloads window. It was neither convenient nor inconvenient. Instead of my downloads list, there's the Leech window.
What it didn't seem to do is increase speed in any way. This is totally anecdotal, not scientific, but I noticed a tremendous slowdown while downloading. I couldn't figure out what was going on. I even unplugged and restarted my modem. Once I trashed Leech, voila, rates seemed to increase noticeably.
I can't figure out the purpose of Leech. Even assuming the slowdown was due to coincidental or imaginary factors, I don't get why the Leech download list is somehow more convenient than the Safari Downloads window. At least with Safari, you're not running a whole other program.
The documentation (some of which is annoyingly seen only once, when installing) talks up how you can pause and resume downloads with ease. Nothing I tried to pause and resume worked.
The final straw came while I was downloading a bunch of RapidShare files. One minute everything's going well, the next minute I glance at the window and see everything's been "aborted," with no option available to resume downloads.
Not impressed. I will give them due credit for allowing free trials. If I hear things have improved one day, I'll be back, but for now I can't imagine why this would help in any way.