- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 2003, Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000, Windows XP
- Date added: February 03, 2009
- Total Downloads: 12,129,948
- Downloads last week: 367,953
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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 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.
Version 2.8.4 improves download Windows Media streaming.
What's new in this version:
* Improve: Download Windows Media streaming * Fix: some bugs
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User reviews of Orbit Downloader 2.8.4
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1133 votes
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.4
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.4
"Worked at first and then suddenly stopped working."
Pros: When it did work it was great while it lasted. But then when I upgraded to the new version it no longer worked.I tried unisntalling and reinstalling it and it still did not help!
Cons: It was annoying because it wanted to download anything and everything! I would have preferred to be able to tell it when I wanted it to download something instead of it constantly starting up on its own.
Summary: Quit working after a while and I have tried uninstalling and downloading and reinstalling it but I cannot get it to work anymore. Was okay while it lasted!
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.4
Pros: I wish not to give pro due to the fact that it adds orbit as default search engine even after disabling the option to force enable feature. This has to be the worse build ever.
Cons: Search Engine Hijacker! Beware!
Summary: Search Engine Hijacker! Beware!
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.4
"Fabulous features, unbeatable speed!"
Pros: Extremely fast
Nice features.
Batch downloadCons: The Grab! features has little intelligence which is not that much serious.
Summary: Awesome software! Do not even doubt to use it.
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.4
"The best software in the world"
Pros: I use software very easily
Cons: There is not something bad
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