The first thing you will notice when you launch Speed Download 5 is that it prompts you whether you would like to use SD in Simple or Advanced mode.

Simple mode: Activates only the download manager related features and hides all the other features from sight.

Advanced mode: Activates all SD 5 features.

You can easily toggle between Simple and Advanced mode by selecting it from the 'Speed Download' menu. We designed this in response to some of our users requests preferring a minimalist interface when not using all the other features that SD has to offer.

As you can see from the screenshots below, the SD 5 main window is more intuitive and even more customizable and we've introduced a stunning new minimized mode as you will see further below.

Main window

Left pane hidden

Left pane, and Filters bar hidden

Left pane, Filters bar, and toolbar hidden

New SD5 Minimized mode !

New SD5 Minimized mode, minimized further !