Compare Orbit Downloader with Others

Softonic make a comparison between Orbit Downloader and Flashget, Internet Download Manager, Download accelerator plus.

And congratulate Orbit Downloader -- the youthful download manager wins the first place in the competition.

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Orbit Downloader v1.5.4 come out!

Orbit Download v1.5.4 is released just now!

In this version, we improve some features and fix some bugs. The main change log is bellow:
(1)Add an option to overwrite or rename the file if exists:

(2)Add a timeout setting for the tray balloon:

(3)Fix some bugs

Orbit Downloader v1.5.4 come out

Top 10 download managers -- By softonic

Top 10 download managers

Thursday, April 19th, 2007 at 10:44 am by Cyril Roger

Windows, Free, Trial, Internet, Top 10s

Softonic is all about downloading so it’s natural that we should pick out the quickest, safest and sleekest download managers for you. What you’re looking for in a download manager is a program that will automate the process, relieve bandwidth usage and organize how files are being downloaded.

Most of the apps we cover here offer features like download scheduling, automatic disconnect after download, batch downloading and speed optimization. If you tend to install lots of new programs, games or videos and music it’s probably a good idea to set one up on your PC.

Flashget - The fastest of all download managers
Download Accelerator Plus - Squeezes the best out of your Internet connection
Internet Download Manager - Works with all major browsers
Orbit Downloader - A light application based on P2P technology
Free Download Manager - A free and solid all around download application
GigaGet - Uses Net Grid technology to increase download speeds 7 to 10 times
Website Ripper Copier - Automatically download all content from a web page
WebZIP - Collect web content to browse it offline
GetRight - Compact but fitted with all the necessary download features

How to create batch download using Orbit Downloader v1.5.3

Web sites that have many files often use file-naming conventions whereby they name their files using a series of numbers or letters. For example a MP3 site may name the MP3 files as hot-track1.mp3, hot-track2.mp3 … hot-track12.mp3. From this you can see that they are just a series of MP3s numbered from 1 to 12. Or, a photo sharing site may name its photos as tree-a.gif, tree-b.gif … tree-z.gif. From this, you can see that they are just a series of photos numbered from a to z.

Using Orbit Downloader, you can create a batch download to download a series of downloads from website easily. And there is an example tutorial below:

1. You can open the “Create batch download” dialog through arbitrary way below:
(1) From the main menu “File”-->”Create batch download…”:

(2) From the tray icon’s context menu:

(3) From the Drop Zone’s context menu:

2. Configure the “Create Batch Download” dialog to download series downloads.

(1) If there is a series of download URLs like these:
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/forexample01.zip
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/forexample02.zip
…
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/forexample25.zip

You can configure the “Create batch Download” dialog like this below to download the series of zip-files:

(2) If a series of download URLs like these:
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/forexample1.jpg
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/forexample2.jpg
…
http://www.orbitdownloader.com/forexample25.jpg

You can configure the “Create batch Download” dialog like this:

（3）The same way,If the series download URLs like these:
http://www.orbitdownloader/forexample-a.gif
http://www.orbitdownloader/forexample-b.gif
…
http://www.orbitdownloader/forexample-m.gif
You should configure it like this: