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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: December 10, 2006
- Total Downloads: 10,038,655
- Downloads last week: 374,366
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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
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 is an indispensable tool for download acceleration. It based on P2P downloading techonology and support HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, MMS and RTSP protocol. It is a light-weight, powerful and easy-to-use application. Orbit can download Flash videos ,including stuff from Youtube, Google, MySpace, MetaCafe, DailyMotion. And Orbit support downloading files from RapidShare.com . Orbit was written with efficiency in mind--typically using less than 3MB of memory, allowing you to use the computer as if it weren't there at all. Additionally, the program itself is less than 3.2MB in size. When hover your mouse on the flash or streaming media file in the webpage,Orbit can apperceive the flash or streaming media automatically and display a small button on it. You can download the flash or streaming media file with the small button easily.
Version 1.1.1 supports HTTPS protocol and improves Flash video downloading.
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Version: Orbit 1.1.1
Pros: The "idea" has merit....but it is still merely an "idea".
Cons: If you have dial-up don't download this one... causes computer freeze & your downloads take 4 ever. When uninstalling, it leaves files that CAN'T be deleted.
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