CNET Editors' review
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, 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 streaming media, social music or video from anywhere include youtube, myspace, imeem, pandora, etc. It is famous for its super light, great speed and rapidshare supported. Also it support resume, proxy server, scheduler, metalink.
Version 2.6.5 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
What's new in this version: Version 2.6.5 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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"it doesnt work with ie 8"
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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i have used it for years and it works great with my xp
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but i just got a vista with ie 8 and after downloading it my ie stoped working i checked the settings uninstalled it then reinstalled it and the same thing happend again i like orbit im just sad it doesnt work with my new pc
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try it and if your ie stops working just uninstall it and that will fix it
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"If 1 star wasn't the minimum, I would have given it a minus rating"
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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nothing
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All I get is a 1kb flv file download that I can't open
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"Perfect"
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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It does exactly what it says
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Perfect with Firefox
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"Very good"
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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Very useful free downloader, fast and easy to use. Its great advantage is that it can download streaming media from anywhere include youtube, myspace etc.
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"i can download faster
i can download faster"Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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easy to use
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"pretty bad"
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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download manager? good idea.
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crashed all the time (I'm XP). Not intuitive, DIFFICULT to use. It doesn't look like American company built it.
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"Excellent free download manager!"
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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I like the grab video the most, it's handy and easy to use.
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Can't download video from youtube.
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"Great"
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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a fantastic piece of software. It can allow you to download anything from the internet, even hard to get pictures and full sites.
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there is an annoying little icon that appears if you hold your mouse over something and it says "Get It", and when clicking the close button, it still launches the software desktop, highly annoying, but it is livable
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"all"
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.6.5
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ilike all good
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