- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Server 2008/7
- Date added: March 08, 2010
- Total Downloads: 28,799,490
- Downloads last week: 428,178
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1361 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 3.0.0.3 fixes bug: GetIt can not catch some URL in IE6.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1361 votes
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Version: Orbit Downloader 3.0.0.3
Pros: It does the job.
Cons: It doesn't work with Google Chrome.
Summary: It's a good program.
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Version: Orbit Downloader 3.0.0.3
Pros: The speed of downloads, good integration with Firefox, not so good with Opera.
Easy-to-use interface.Cons: You have to always download a new version of it for bug fixes etc. monthly, gets to be a pain after awhile.
Summary: Looking for a good, solid, reliable downloader manger/ video downloader, this is the program. 5 stars.
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Version: Orbit Downloader 3.0.0.3
"Its was good before & now its even better!!"
Pros: Did everything what it suppose to....
Cons: No complains...
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Version: Orbit Downloader 3.0.0.3
Pros: It is very fast.
Cons: Not yet found any
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Version: Orbit Downloader 3.0.0.3
"Great. a world of oppertunities in right circumstances"
Pros: Great new record feature which speeds things up a bit if you dont want to open the app and then open getit
Cons: Limited usage as it only works on certain browsers and doesnt work on all sites.
Summary: Really good program. Little has been updated but the things that have are appreciated and hey, if it aint broke, dont fix it i say!
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