- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000
- Date added: October 31, 2008
- Total Downloads: 10,038,655
- Downloads last week: 374,366
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1153 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. Orbit Downloader release Grab Pro to support video download from sites which use anti-leeching technology like YouTube, Pandora, imeem. It is also famous for super light, great speed, and rapidshare supported.
Version 2.7.8 adds Orbit Downloader 2 Years commemorative edition toolbar icon and improves detecting file format more correctly in Grab++ and Grab Pro.
What's new in this version:
Version 2.7.8 adds Orbit Downloader 2 Years commemorative edition toolbar icon and improves detecting file format more correctly in Grab++ and Grab Pro.
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User reviews of Orbit Downloader 2.7.8
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1153 votes
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3 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.7.8
Pros: Easy installation
Easy to grab files
FastCons: Can't convert the files to watch on my Ipod Nano..HELP??
Browser closes every couple of minutes
Sometimes it's annoying watching a Youtube video and the 'GetIt' icon is always in the way (where the loading bar of the Youtube video is)Summary: Not sure if there are any viruses
Easy to uninstall, haven't found any traces of it since i uninstalled it for the time being. -
5 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.7.8
"Great download manager nothing compares too it"
Pros: Super fast and grab features for youtube and other websites videos
Cons: there are some sites it cannot grab their videos but these are not well known sites but you can submit the site to the software company.
Summary: Faster and better than download accelorator and others that I have tried over the years. I came across this one by accident and thought to give it a try and fell in love with it, perfect for anyone who does a lot of downloading files, works with ra... read more >>
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.7.8
Pros: Very Easy To Use, Update alerts, Free, So Far i can grab anything and everything on line from you tube to my space, Even quality videos on other sites, Really Good Tool.
Cons: Have To Close Program before using Bit torrent, But thats minor for all it can do.
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3 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.7.8
Pros: velocità e stabilità
Cons: nothing to say i like everything of it
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8 out of 9 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.7.8
"Best I have used so far! ^__^"
Pros: Fast fast fast!
Cons: Not as pretty as other download managers, but it's not important!
Summary: After having a slow internet day and wanting to download some large files at a more convenient speed, I decided to try out some of the top download managers. Orbit is the best because it can download up to 3 or 4 times faster than several other down... read more >>
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