- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2000/XP/2003/Vista/Server 2008
- Date added: December 18, 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 1217 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 2.8.1 release Grab Pro to support RTMP protocol video download from sites like Yahoo and BBC. It is also famous for super light, great speed, and rapidshare supported.
Version 2.8.1 adds integrated Orbit Search (powered by Google) to Internet Explorer.
What's new in this version:
* Add: Grab Pro feature: grab and download RTMP video * Improve: make Grab++ grab streaming media more efficient * Add: Integrate Orbit Search (powered by Google) to Internet Explorer * Fix: some bugs
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User reviews of Orbit Downloader 2.8.1
- Average user rating: 3.9 stars out of 1217 votes
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.1
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.1
"Max acceleration, top futures and free?, no more to say"
Pros: Downloads links from rapidshare copy and paste text
Dowloads flash movies
Max Download Speeds with resumeCons: Maybe torrents would be ok, but no need really
Summary: Been using download accelerator pro for ages now, payed at least once a year to get updates :(, now been using this free one for flash movies and rapidshare, and instant big smile on my face, highly recommended.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.1
"Not working as advertised for FireFox"
Pros: Easily integrated, small download. It grabbed .wmv file with no problem in FireFox.
Cons: Not as 'simple' as advertised; too many steps to do what it says it'll do 'automatically'. It failed to grab a flash file or an asx stream.
Summary: The CNET Editor's comments about FireFox difficulties were spot-on. If you use FireFox exclusively then pass on this one.
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.1
Pros: Anything left?
Cons: Nothing I found
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.1
Pros: Stupidly simple for downloading 'batches' of files.
Cons: For my useage none.
Summary: FREE
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