Simple Mass Downloader

Add-ins for FireFox, Chrome, and IE that allow you to bulk download multiple files linked to on a single page come and go for some reason. Currently Simple Mass Downloader for Chrome is available and does the trick quite well.

After the add-in is installed, a small icon with a blue down arrow will appear. You can also activate this utility by right clicking on any web page and selecting, 'Add page links to list'.

Simple Mass Downloader will open as a separate window. Simply check off the files you need to download. It includes an array of options.

Be sure that you have selected a folder to download the files to in advanced settings in Chrome and have the 'Ask where to save each file before downloading' option deselected.

bookmarklet to grab all images on a web page

You can use the iGrab bookmarklet available here, to copy all images on a web page. Simply drag the iGrab button to the toolbar of your browser.

Browse to a new site and click your new bookmarklet. The images will be isolated.

Checking web page load times with Fiddler

The Tip of the Night for September 1, 2019 discussed Fiddler Cap which is a simplified version of Fiddler - the web traffic inspection tool. The full version is available for download here on the Telerik site.

If you click on the Timeline tab, Fiddler will generate a graphic that shows how long each of the selected web page elements takes to load. A red X on this graph will indicate where a connection was lost.

If you click on the Statistics tab, you'll see which elements of a web page take up the most bytes, and how many requests are needed to load the page.