diff -up urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/progress.py.type urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/progress.py
--- urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/progress.py.type	2007-10-10 11:34:55.000000000 -0400
+++ urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/progress.py	2007-10-10 11:36:50.000000000 -0400
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import sys
 import time
 import math
 import thread
+import types
     
 class BaseMeter:
     def __init__(self):
@@ -343,7 +344,7 @@ class TextMultiFileMeter(MultiFileMeter)
         try:
             format = "%-30.30s %6.6s %s"
             fn = meter.basename
-            if type(message) in (type(''), type(u'')):
+            if type(message) in types.StringTypes:
                 message = message.splitlines()
             if not message: message = ['']
             out = '%-79s' % (format % (fn, 'FAILED', message[0] or ''))
diff -up urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/mirror.py.type urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/mirror.py
--- urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/mirror.py.type	2007-10-10 11:35:22.000000000 -0400
+++ urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/mirror.py	2007-10-10 11:36:14.000000000 -0400
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ CUSTOMIZATION
 
 import random
 import thread  # needed for locking to make this threadsafe
+import types
 
 from grabber import URLGrabError, CallbackObject, DEBUG
 
@@ -266,7 +267,7 @@ class MirrorGroup:
     def _parse_mirrors(self, mirrors):
         parsed_mirrors = []
         for m in mirrors:
-            if type(m) == type(''): m = {'mirror': m}
+            if type(m) in types.StringTypes: m = {'mirror': m}
             parsed_mirrors.append(m)
         return parsed_mirrors
     
diff -up urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/grabber.py.type urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/grabber.py
--- urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/grabber.py.type	2007-10-10 11:34:50.000000000 -0400
+++ urlgrabber-3.0.0/urlgrabber/grabber.py	2007-10-10 11:35:51.000000000 -0400
@@ -372,6 +372,7 @@ import sys
 import urlparse
 import rfc822
 import time
+import types
 import string
 import urllib
 import urllib2
@@ -1128,7 +1129,7 @@ class URLGrabberFileObject:
         self.append = 0
         reget_length = 0
         rt = None
-        if have_range and self.opts.reget and type(self.filename) == type(''):
+        if have_range and self.opts.reget and type(self.filename) in types.StringTypes:
             # we have reget turned on and we're dumping to a file
             try:
                 s = os.stat(self.filename)