Mega toolbar my...

Published Monday, March 10, 2008 3:16 PM

Have you ever wanted to download something, but you just found out that the file was hosted in MegaUpload (One example is from http://gewdlooks.multiply.com -- shameless plug) and sadly you're greeted with the no available slots message.

Fear not, let's fix this.

You have 2 choices -- (a) install the Megaupload toolbar, (b) install a firefox add-on. I'd rather do option (b), hehehehe.

If you decided to do option (b), then just follow the procedure below. This is really really simple. All you have to do is;

1. Fetch a copy of the latest build of Mozilla Firefox.
2. Fetch and install the MegaUpload SX 3.2-fx.xpi add-on.
3. Restart Firefox.
4. Tools > Megaupload 3 > Enabled.
5. Test it. Try to get a megaupload link from Chris' site (http://gewdlooks.multiply.com -- another shameless plug).
6. Cross your fingers.

Great it worked! Heh!?! But my internet connection is unstable... my download never finishes. Could I use a download manager? Well, that's another story. ;)

by modchip
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# MrValdez said on Monday, March 10, 2008 1:48 AM

IIRC, megaupload's "magic toolbar" only adds an extra string in your user agent. MegaUpload checks the user agent your browser sends and if it has the string "MEGAUPLOAD 1.0", then the restriction goes away.

The add-on you've posted works because it appends the string on your user agent when your browser connects to megaupload.

If you don't want to use a plug-in, you can permanently add the string to your user agent, if you want (I don't know how to do that in Mozilla. I'm an Opera-fanboi).

# m0ddie said on Monday, March 10, 2008 5:41 AM

Thanks for the info, in mozilla firefox, you can access that string thingie via the about:config -- I just don't know where exactly.

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