FastestTube for IE

With most media nowadays found on the Internet and the majority of people using and having access to it, video editors can quickly and easily find project materials. Even though some websites do not allow direct download of content, specialized applications such as FastestTube for IE give you the possibility to bypass this inconvenience, this one being dedicated to YouTube content accessed via Internet Explorer.

In case you accidentally stumbled upon this application hoping for a desktop client, it's not exactly what you're looking for, but from certain points of view a little better than competition. What's more, the application perfectly blends in with other popular web browsers like Safari, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox or Opera.

There's no dedicated interface for the application, because it only integrates in Internet Explorer and only shows its face when needed. In order to get an idea of its potential, you need to access a YouTube video, with the element of surprise being a “Download” button embedded in the page.

Videos can be viewed in several quality modes, depending on processing. With the help of this application's features, you can get ahold of any YouTube video at the desired quality level. Pressing the dedicated button unveils all of your options, but regardless of the video, you can only download under MP4 or FLV formats.

What's more, there is no possibility to set a default download directory, but this is not an issue because the process is handled by Internet Explorer's download manager. However, possibilities are rather limited when it comes to resolution, with not all video settings displayed, and in some case only the video layer is downloaded.

Moreover, comparing the actual video quality with the one online leaves a little something to be desired. Balancing the scales is only done by the impressive speed at which videos are retrieved, regardless of size.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that FastestTube for IE wraps an old idea in a new, intuitive, and incredibly practical package, by almost literally placing the “Download” button at your fingertips. Speed is decent, but if you're looking for extremely high-quality content, this application might not be able to do the trick.