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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: August 09, 2007
- Total Downloads: 10,038,655
- Downloads last week: 374,366
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1133 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Downloading videos, Flash games, and large batches of files is greatly simplified with this freeware download manager, but Firefox 2 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 is a great speed, super light, easy to use/config, feature-rich and free download manager. It integrates seamlessly into IE and FireFox. It supports HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/RTSP/MMS/Metalink and can resume broken downloads. Using Orbit Downloader, you can also download flash games online, download videos from Youtube, Google, MetaCafe, Myspace and DailyMotion and download files from most of file-sharing service websites like RapidShare.
Version 2.1.6 improves Grab++.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.1.6 improves Grab++.
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User reviews of Orbit Downloader 2.1.6
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1133 votes
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.1.6
"Very crappy software want to download youtube videos get youtube downloader"
Cons: This looks ugly i couldn't get it to work siteadvisor have now rated this red.
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.1.6
"Fast, Grabs Flash Videos, but no RSS Podcatching feature."
Pros: 1. Can grab flash vidoes from any site whatsoever.
2. Fast Transfer speeds.
3. Metalinks and anon p2p speeds transfers even more at times.
4. Mouse over icon in system tray shows transfers names and speeds in baloon tips.
Cons: 1. No Podcatching RSS feature like GetRight to download audio and video podcasts.
2. Transfers can't be dragged up or down to change priority, have to right click etc.
3. No quick speed toggle button on main window like Free Download Manager.
4. 'Grab Flash' button, hidden in drop down menu and not on main window for quick access.
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.1.6
Pros: downloading at very high speeds as expected from a download manager.
good firefox integration
for now all downloads worked fine
Cons: am....
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.1.6
"The downloaded setup file does not open so the Downloader does not install"
Pros: Nothing to say
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.1.6
"Am I doing something wrong with this program?"
Pros: I wish I could write something positive to say about this program. I simply cannot find much good to say about it. I have downloaded it 3 times now. Each time after a new reinstallation of my pc. I'm on dial-up. I wish to use it but performs badly.
Cons: it's very agressive even when I don't want it to be like, oh let's say, starting in my configuration startup entry even when I wish to have all programs started up manually at my command.
Summary: This program is issuing my system commands without my permission. It is not user-friendly by any means. A good download manger will notice the user has encountered a download and snap it on the fly without any problems whatsoever. It connects at ver... read more >>
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