The download manager window provides a handy central location for viewing and tracking your downloads. (You can also trigger this view by clicking Tools and then Download manager or with the CTRL + J.) If you do choose to download the file, a View downloads button will appear, giving you access to the download manager.

But while there are prominent Run and Save buttons (as well as Cancel), the Save button has an ancillary drop-down that lets you choose between Save, Save as, and Save and run. When you trigger a download, the IE 9 notification bar appears, asking you if you'd like to run or save the file, much like previous IE versions. On the surface, the IE 9 download manager works much like similar features in other browsers. And while they may be late to the game, IE 9's download manager is, as you might expect, quite a bit more capable than those of its rivals. Until now, that is: With Internet Explorer 9, Microsoft is finally adding a download manager to the dominant web browser line. While Internet Explorer's rivals have had download managers for years, users of the Microsoft browser have had to suffer along with a more limited and less useful downloading capability.

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