ORBIT Downloader

I am one of the happy users of mozillas Firefox 3. I have also loaded some of its useful add-ons that I frequently use specially in downloading files from the net. I believe that Internet Explorer (IE) cannot surpass that 'add-ons flavor' of Firefox (FF). Among those add-ons that I have installed is down them all and video download helper which sits on the top of themost popular FF download add-ons.

I have found out that the add-ons I installed is not capable of downloading flash media in one step. It needs few more steps and the speed is horrible.

Enter Orbit downloader. Click on the link on the left to find out more and what other user says.
Here is my first impression, I only used it today and I find it very useful though it has some pros and cons as to what I observed. I listed it down as follows:



Pros:

• Download Speed:

Orbit has a significantly faster download speed as compared to down them all (dTA). Perhaps it is due to the P2P algorithm where Orbit is based.


• Flash format download

Orbit is capable of downloading flash streams formats, both audio and video.


• Multi-format support

It is capable of downloading a lot of formats.


• FREE! Does this needs any explanation?

Cons:
Orbit is a stand alone program which loads into the system memory at start-up. But you have an option to run it as needed (I did). For this program to work, you have to open the Grab++ window, and to get, you open the main program window. After your session you need to terminate the Orbit process to free up the used resources which is about ~8MB. The memory used is about average as compared to other windows programs.

I liked it better than dTA and video download helper combined.
Thats my take!
Thanks

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