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13-02-2011, 11:24 AM
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FDM or Orbit???
Hi,
I have Windows XP SP3 installed. I'm confused whether to use Free Download Manager or Orbit as the primary download manager. Please suggest your views...
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13-02-2011, 12:12 PM
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Alpha Geek
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
orbit is much better than FDM due to feature like Grab etc however i would suggest use to use Download Accelerator Plus as it really accelerate the speed use the free version no need to use the paid version. DAP free version is a lot better than orbit or FDM 
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13-02-2011, 06:36 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
I use Flashgot and it sucks
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14-02-2011, 01:20 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
simply try all 3: FDM, Orbit & DAP. for me DAP works best. able to accelerate downloads by 35-40% when downloading from the download sites like Softpedia, majorgeeks, etc.
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14-02-2011, 08:45 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
orbit
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14-02-2011, 09:32 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
Depend's on your usage. If you download more web 2.0 stuff like videos etc. Get orbit. Otherwise i find fdm better
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14-02-2011, 11:43 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
+1 for FDM
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14-02-2011, 12:14 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
+1 for FDM. great free tool.
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14-02-2011, 07:26 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
Yup. I'd prefer Orbit just because of it's Grab. Plus its got a limiter integrated!!!
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14-02-2011, 11:47 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
Orbit is the best..
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15-02-2011, 01:33 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
I prefer GetRight.
"Link Grabbing" isn't good though.
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15-02-2011, 10:25 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
IDM is the best.
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15-02-2011, 11:30 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
FDM is best. I have been using it for years and really its a great one!!
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16-02-2011, 06:07 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
FDM is the best free download manager - I've used it for 2 years ( still my elder bro using this ) and after that I've switched to the best download manager on earth - ( No prize for guessing it though ! ) - it's IDM !
Still I'm using IDM version 5.18 ( released on oct 2009 ) and it suits my all needs perfectly.
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16-02-2011, 07:33 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
Well it depends on what you want to download and features you wish in a Download Manager. For me FDM works best, using it for almost 3 years. It has never let me down. In the beginning I tried almost all the download manager. The most funny was Direct Download plus which sometimes shows me speed of 1MB/s which my connection could never reach. LOL
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16-02-2011, 11:49 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
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FDM is the best free download manager - I've used it for 2 years ( still my elder bro using this ) and after that I've switched to the best download manager on earth - ( No prize for guessing it though ! ) - it's IDM !
Still I'm using IDM version 5.18 ( released on oct 2009 ) and it suits my all needs perfectly.
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does FDM or IDM have features like Orbit's getit or grabpro, grab++ to download videos from sites like Youtube & Vimeo?
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16-02-2011, 01:34 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
Idm does but it's not free
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17-02-2011, 03:57 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
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does FDM or IDM have features like Orbit's getit or grabpro, grab++ to download videos from sites like Youtube & Vimeo?
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everyone has different needs - for me FDM was best and now IDM took the place 
BTW, here's the features list of FDM :
http://www.freedownloadmanager.org/features.htm
Here's feature list of IDM ( it has everything I need )
http://www.internetdownloadmanager.com/features.html
Last edited by topgear; 17-02-2011 at 04:04 AM.
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18-02-2011, 03:14 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
i prefer DAP. the interface of DAP is simple (google chrome extension doesn't work  ) & IDM (trial) was found to be slower. however all my friends use IDM & happy with it.
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18-02-2011, 10:36 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
@nisargshah95: like ur siggy.... 
I use IDA & has been using it since 2005
for me its Firefox 4 + flashgot + IDA 
others are also good such as IDM & FDM
IDA is paid app & not free.instead use DAP
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18-02-2011, 10:41 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
I use KGet.
and DownThemAll! is good enough for me in Firefox.
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i prefer DAP. the interface of DAP is simple
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DAP??? 
I used DAP in 7-8 years ago when I had dial-up. It had advertisements on top and it sucked. It always appeared like malware to me.
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18-02-2011, 10:43 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
FDM hands down.
Last edited by JojoTheDragon; 18-02-2011 at 10:55 AM.
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18-02-2011, 10:48 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
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I used DAP in 7-8 years ago when I had dial-up.
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Me too on MTNL Dial-up.But found IDA better than DAP.
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18-02-2011, 10:54 AM
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Tensor 
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
IDM hai khaas.
Baaki sab bakwaas.
Seriously, use IDM.
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18-02-2011, 12:55 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
Shareware - IDM (ze best)
Freeware - FDM, Jdownloader
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18-02-2011, 03:30 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
IDM or FDM
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18-02-2011, 10:05 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
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does FDM or IDM have features like Orbit's getit or grabpro, grab++ to download videos from sites like Youtube & Vimeo?
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Yeah! Grab is really great!!!
+1 for Orbit
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18-02-2011, 10:40 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
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Yeah! Grab is really great!!!
+1 for Orbit
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IDM has a Grabber too. And it works brilliant.
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19-02-2011, 04:36 AM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
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kget? i guess its a linux based downloader.
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DAP???
I used DAP in 7-8 years ago when I had dial-up. It had advertisements on top and it sucked. It always appeared like malware to me. |
yes. its more of an ad banner then a download manager but it offers me far better d/w speed compared to IDM or FDM. i have no idea why is it so.
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19-02-2011, 07:42 PM
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Re: FDM or Orbit???
it gives better speed coz it uses more than 1 connection.
The latest free version uses 5 connection
Although, ad's are very distracting
paid version has no ads but free version is enough
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