- Quick specs
- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT
- Date added: November 12, 2007
- 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 Downloader is a great speed, super light, easy to use/config, feature-rich and free download manager. It integrates seamlessly into IE and FireFox. It supports HTTP/HTTPS/FTP/RTSP/MMS/Metalink and can resume broken downloads. Using Orbit Downloader, you can also download flash games online, download videos from Youtube, Google, MetaCafe, Myspace and DailyMotion and download files from most of file-sharing service websites like RapidShare.
Version 2.4.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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Version 2.4.2 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.
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User reviews of Orbit 2.4.2
- Average user rating: 4.0 stars out of 1134 votes
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Version: Orbit 2.4.2
Pros: I like this software because, real good working and free registration.
Cons: Nothing but very simple
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Version: Orbit 2.4.2
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Version: Orbit 2.4.2
"It sure does what it says, SPEED UP DOWNLOADS"
Pros: It downloads programs really fast.
Easy using.
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1 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Orbit 2.4.2
"Good Downlload Manager.. But"
Pros: This is a good download manager. Honestly I would only recommend 'Free Download Manager' otherwise called as 'FDM'.
Cons: This is a good download manager. Honestly I would only recommend 'Free Download Manager' otherwise called as 'FDM'. FDM is integrated with too many download related very useful feature, like bittorrent, video converter after downloads, recycle bin for download etc...
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Version: Orbit 2.4.2
Pros: The very first time I used it was to download a 15 mb file. At first I thought it didn't work at because nothing was happening onscreen after I ordered the download, but how was I wrong! The file downloaded right where I directed it in the blink of an eye with no intrusive notice, no interruption of website activity, no lag, nothing! BAM! Downloaded it in a snap! I couldn't believe it so I tried another file, this time 20 mb...Same story! BAM! Downloaded right where I told it to on my disk in the blink of an eye!
Cons: Sometimes Orbit doesn't automatically pick up on exactly what you want to download, and it's hit-or-miss getting it to do so manually. It also tends to want to download unnecessary extra files, which you must manually un-queue before saving what you want.
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