{"id":494,"date":"2024-03-03T19:01:54","date_gmt":"2024-03-03T19:01:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/how-to-install-the-official-browser-extension-for-varia-download-manager\/"},"modified":"2024-12-10T05:06:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T05:06:04","slug":"how-to-install-the-official-browser-extension-for-varia-download-manager","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serverhost.com\/blog\/how-to-install-the-official-browser-extension-for-varia-download-manager\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Install the Official Browser Extension for Varia Download Manager"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><p><strong>Avid users of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omgubuntu.co.uk\/2023\/11\/varia-new-download-manager-for-linux\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Varia<\/em>, a modern download manager for Linux<\/a> desktops, may want to check out official browser extensions.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>By installing the official <em>Varia<\/em> browser extension in Google Chrome\/Chromium or Mozilla Firefox you no longer have to copy and paste download links from the browser into the app: just click an icon to punt the link to the app directly, where it can then download.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><em>\u201cWhen the extension is enabled, it will route all started downloads to Varia. In order to route the downloads to Varia, make sure to flip the switch in the extension, and make sure Varia is not running in remote mode,\u201d<\/em> reads the store description.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>Fewer people need or want to use a download manager app these days. This isn\u2019t a surprise. Most things we once downloaded (music, video, games, etc) we now stream or access on-demand \u2014 but that doesn\u2019t mean download managers are obsolete. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p>I only have a mobile internet connection to work over and it\u2019s <em>awful<\/em> at times \u2014 and <em>Varia<\/em> saves (what\u2019s left of) my sanity so often!<\/p>\n<p>Resumable downloads mean if my connection drops out \u2014 which it does, often \u2014 I don\u2019t lose what\u2019s been downloaded so far. And if my connection weakens to the point I can\u2019t browser the web and download simultaneously I can pause the download or reduce the download speed.<\/p>\n<p>But even if your internet connection is solid there\u2019s lots of value in <em>Varia<\/em>: it uses the open-source aria2 backend which is fine-tuned to download things as fast as possible; it supports queuing and scheduling; bandwidth controls; you don\u2019t need to keep a browser open; and more<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, as I use <em>Varia<\/em> I wanted to pass on word about these browser extension because unless you regularly check the <a href=\"https:\/\/giantpinkrobots.github.io\/varia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">project\u2019s homepage<\/a> or Github you might not have heard about them \u2014 I hadn\u2019t until today!<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/chromewebstore.google.com\/detail\/varia-integrator\/dacakhfljjhgdfdlgjpabkkjhbpcmiff\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Varia Integrator on the Chrome Web Store<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><p><strong>\u2022 <a href=\"https:\/\/addons.mozilla.org\/en-GB\/firefox\/addon\/varia-integrator\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Varia Integrator on Mozilla Add-Ons<\/a><\/strong><\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Avid users of Varia, a modern download manager for Linux desktops, may want to check out official browser extensions. 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