- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 2000, Windows 7, Windows XP
- Date added: May 19, 2009
- Total Downloads: 15,658,599
- Downloads last week: 288,155
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 1134 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 2.8.11 is a maintenance release.
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User reviews of Orbit Downloader 2.8.11
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1134 votes
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Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.11
"give me at least 4 more weeks"
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.11
Pros: simple DM that integrates with each in the existing download dialog of IE and FF.
Very easy "download all" possibility (you get an overview of all items of the page and a button bar to select "all PDF, all .DOC" etcCons: few features are less rich than Download them All!
Summary: great product!
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.11
"this program is the worse DM ever"
Pros: I like Nothing in this program
Cons: I hate Evrey thing in this program
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.11
"UNSURE BOUT ORBIT WEIRD CLUB MUSIC"
Pros: IT DOES DOWNLOAD BUT THINK IT SPYWARE OR MALEWARE ATTACHED
Cons: I heard music, (club type) playing even when i wasn't connected to the internet,I uninstalled ORBIT and the music stopped.I think it has spyware on it.
Summary: it does download but that weird club music that was playing (low) but still can be heard makes me think that spyware or malware is attached. If you have downloaded it see if the weird club music will be playing.I may be wrong but the music did stop ... read more >>
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit Downloader 2.8.11
"Failed in downloading more often than not."
Pros: On the positive side, the program is free. Also, it appears to uninstall nicely.
Cons: On the negative side, it didn't work worth squat. The vast majority of the time I'd get a download failure message after a couple of minutes.
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