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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: October 13, 2009
- Total Downloads: 22,365,259
- Downloads last week: 271,715
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1142 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on November 06, 2008
Downloading videos, Flash games, and large batches of files is greatly simplified with this freeware download manager, but Firefox users may have difficulty with integration.
Orbit's primary interface is bland, but the basic toolbar and info boxes guarantee everything is easy to find. Orbit shines with Internet Explorer integration. To get a media file, simply right-click a video or photo and choose Download from your context menu. Grabbing a Flash game is even easier. Hover over a Flash file, and Orbit displays a button for a fast download.
Fast and small are key traits of this application. It uses a bare minimum of memory, and downloads are much faster than with a browser alone. Where Orbit shines is its one-button simplicity for downloading multiple files on a site. From there, you can easily filter for file type. Orbit's numerous configuration options make it one of the more flexible download managers available.
Although designed to integrate with the IE, Firefox, Opera and Maxthon, we had great difficulty getting Orbit to work seamlessly with Firefox. We finally gave up trying to get the Flash download feature to work. Nevertheless, anyone downloading large numbers of files will find this freeware indispensable.
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Publisher's description
From Orbitdownloader :Orbit Downloader, leader of download manager revolution, is devoted to new generation Web application downloading to make downloads more easier and faster. It is a free all-in-one downloader which can download any social media.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.8.17 adds 'OneClick YouTube Downloader' add-on on Firefox, improves The process of 'GetIt' button, and fixes some bugs may cause IE crash when operating Grabpro.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1142 votes
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.17
Pros: well, it kinds of does everything you wants it to do.....speeds up download, pausing resuming. download videos from youtube which u cant pause by the way
Cons: dont works so well on slower internet connections....it will often break your download and you will have to download again and it still wont work....(3kb/s)
apart from that when the download reaches 99.9% it takes too long to reach 100%.Summary: but now i have 1mbps connection and its working like a charm
so its pretty usless therefore cuz on this much internet i've never felt like pausing a download or anything when all the latest browsers like chrome and firefox support resume featur... read more >> -
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.17
"If it does what the developer promises..."
Pros: ... then there should be nothing but pros... as some users claim
Cons: ....and no cons at all -which other users claim not to be so.
The botttom line for me is: some people obviously have encountered serious problems, which I do not wish to run into.Summary: After reading 42 reviews to date (10 Nov, 03:46 GMT+1) I?m pretty confused about wether or not I should give this a try.
Orbit Downloader 2.8.17 release date is October 14, 2009. Some three weeks have passed and few or no clear cut answers hav... read more >> -
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.17
"slowed internet to snail crawl"
Pros: easy to use
Cons: couldn't get even 1 file to download because connection was disrupted so much. once i removed program internet ran at full speed again.
Summary: not worth the delays and hassle
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.17
"Contains spyware, did not work with Firefox 3.5.x"
Pros: NONE at all.
Cons: See above.
Summary: 2 hrs after the download I received an e-mail about excess usage on my broadband plan. this program had hijacked my connection, verified with netstat. Consequently ISP want $300 in over usage fees. CNET REMOVE THIS FROM YOUR SITE ASAP !
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.17
"Works well, though it can't detect Opera 10!"
Pros: 1. Free and Ad-Free
2. Really fast
3. Integrate to IE (though I seldom use it)
4. Simple UICons: 1. Can't integrate to Opera *sigh*
2. Update cycle is slower than browsers update cycle (that's why integration is hard)Summary: Worth a while, but I will need to use IE or FF when downloading... Will Opera be the next browser integratable to orbit???
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