Orbit Download Manager

Now, we all are quite possibly familiar with a download manager, those nice softwares that allow us to *finally* be able to download something in its entirety, no fear of disconnects leaving us with a partial download.

Now, I've used GetRight before, and when FireFox 1.5 is released, I used GetRight with FlashGot. Then I found Free Download Manager. Just approx. 1 week ago I found Orbit, another free (gratis) download manager.

I have thought, what's the use of yet another download manager. However, Orbit's website advertises that Orbit "... is able to download videos from YouTube, GoogleVideo ..." plus "... supports download of streaming contents like MMS, RTMS, ..."

Now, this piqued my curiosity.

So I downloaded it, installed it, and tested it...

... and I'm blown out of the water. Here's my observation:

1. It's damn fast. I downloaded a video from GoogleVideo really quickly, perhaps 50%-70% faster than before.
2. It's damn powerful. I used the Grab++ utility to download embedded videos in profile pages of some friends.
3. It's damn wicked. It seems to consume nearly all the bandwidth, making by browsing become a lot slower... but the download finishes far faster, so a good compromise, methinks.
4. It's damn free! Yes, free, as in gratis, no need to pay yada yada yada
   

I'm still exploring Orbit's capabilities. Unlike GetRight or FDM, Orbit does not seem to support multisource downloading ... but I may not be holding my mouth right. Stay tuned in this space for more Orbit goodness ...

Did I mention that Orbit is free?