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scarecrow

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zver said:
Well,he need to work somewhere or he is obligated to spend all his time working on a free app:rolleyes:
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The guy already has a fine contract with a software group, and he is working there fulltime- in case you didn't know... So no, he definitely isn't starving.
He's working on μTorrent at his free time, and he is bloody free to do whatever he likes, but definitely not claiming that he did not know that he handshaked with an anti-P2P shark (or rather, THE anti-P2P shark in EU territory)... this is downright ridiculous, unless he is a total moron (which I strongly doubt).
 
VILLA21

VILLA21

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So, he either must open the source or stop any further development of his little gem.
At the moment, it's quite safe to use the latest beta, eh? :)
 
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scarecrow

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VILLA21 said:
So, he either must open the source or stop any further development of his little gem.
At the moment, it's quite safe to use the latest beta, eh? :)
Click to expand...
There is nothing he "should" do- up to now he claimed he won't open the program source, but noone will blame him for inconsistency if he does.
And yep, I can assume the latest beta is "safe", but I won't sware on that... after all I went back to the overfed frog, not because uTorrent was "suspect", but because its upload performance after 1.3.0 was well below par.
 
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bionic

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--- 2006-03-07: Version 1.4.2-beta (build 435)
- Change: Rearranged settings dialog
- Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.

:)
 
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LTR12101B

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Read a few bits in UT and Sylk, not convinced either way, other than that the client is potentially discredited, even more so than by incorrect assumptions that the DHT was misapplied to private torrents in the same way as BitComet.

Has the guy "sold his soul to the enforcers", or just sold them a wrapped up DLL. The whole point of bittorrent, is that the protocol itself is as neutral as HTTP or FTP, unlike many other P2P applications which are clearly "here's what I have" than collaborative distribution.
 
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bionic

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--- 2006-03-07: Version 1.5 (build 436)(all changes since version 1.4)
- Feature: Setting to determine the number of µTorrent users.
- Feature: Use icons instead of network ok/nat error
- Feature: Auto detect read cache size
- Feature: Language file can be auto updated
- Feature: Keys can be used in main listview to move to the right item
- Feature: New easter egg
- Feature: RSS Help button
- Feature: Reorder RSS favorites
- Feature: If user is running from temporary internet files, prompt to install it.
- Feature: Added popup menu to easily change if the scheduler/dht is enabled.
- Feature: Added log-to-file option in logger.
- Feature: Option to always prioritize the rarest pieces.
- Feature: Added active/inactive categories in category list
- Feature: DEL key works in RSS history, and the last item is selected
- Feature: RSS history remembers only 500-600 items
- Feature: XML parser supports # tags
- Feature: Determine the values to show in the speed popup list automatically.
- Feature: Category list to filter main torrent list.
- Feature: Propagate encryption support through PEX
- Feature: Choose what happens on double click in torrent list
- Feature: Show a special message if utorrent crashes while NOD32 is active.
- Feature: Added scheduler mode to seed only (hold Shift button)
- Feature: Support min_interval key
- Feature: Ctrl Up/Down to move up/down a torrent
- Feature: Show average up/down speed since start.
- Feature: Show encryption status in Flags field
- Feature: Copy hosts from peer list
- Feature: Peer Exchange (only with µT peers for now)
- Feature: Protocol Encryption (compatible with future azureus)
- Feature: Bypass Windows XP Firewall
- Feature: Make torrent prioritized from add torrent window
- Feature: RSS toolbar button
- Feature: Smart RSS episode filtering - avoids downloading the same ep twice.
- Feature: ESC minimizes
- Change: Rearranged settings dialog
- Change: Default to priorizing rarest pieces
- Change: Switch default theme
- Change: Skip hidden/system files when creating torrent.
- Change: Right align some columns.
- Change: Remove spaces from urls in RSS feeds
- Change: DHT binds UDP socket to net.bind_ip
- Change: Smarter block hashing, tries to avoid re-reading from the file if possible.
- Change: Tracker connections obey max_halfopen/max_connections
- Change: Switching folder in the Add window tries to detect if you point at an already downloaded folder.
- Change: Added support for " in XML parser
- Change: Optimized disk-io
- Change: coalesce_writes defaults to true
- Change: &Exit to E&xit
- Change: Show up/down arrows in listview headers
- Change: Rearranged some stuff in the settings dialog
- Change: Add FAQ to the help menu
- Change: Use UTF-8 instead of utf-8 in created torrents.
- Change: Min autodetected piecesize is now 64k.
- Change: Remember last active RSS page.
- Change: Don't increase counters while paused.
- Change: Auto detect if RSS feed uses latin1 or utf8.
- Change: Sort by scrape peers instead of connected peers
- Change: Relevance rounds up instead of down.
- Change: Rename langpack to utorrent.lng.
- Change: If langpack is in the exedir, it gets installed to APPDATA.
- Change: Remember if torrents have errored when you restart
- Change: Optimizations to piecepicker algorithm
- Change: Fast/Slow pieces
- Change: Simplified encryption settings
- Change: Support langpack.zip with translations.
- Change: Don't download first/last piece of a file first. Can be re-enabled.
- Change: Added a black down image to the spyglass icon
- Change: Protect webui with a password
- Change: Include beta build # in http requests.
- Change: Show <Search Here> in the search box.
- Change: Open partfile in read only mode if read/write fails.
- Change: Read cache uses less CPU
- Change: Support paths >260 chars.
- Change: Icons in RSS Releases (thanks TVTAD)
- Change: RSS Not filtering matches full release name
- Change: RSS Reader supports more date formats
- Change: Adjusted some lazy bitfield parameters
- Change: Renamed to RSS Downloader
- Change: Allow deleting multiple history lines at the same time
- Change: Improvements to RSS parser
- Change: Pause button toggles
- Change: net.low_cpu defaults to false.
- Change: Reworked network code for faster speeds.
- Change: Add torrent dialog defaults to whatever folder entered in settings
- Change: Added some qualities to rss reader
- Change: Changed date format
- Fix: Work better when large fonts are used.
- Fix: Prevent windows from going above pixel 0.
- Fix: Ratio on generals tab wasn't computed exactly like the main list.
- Fix: Crash bug with columns
- Fix: Better support for adjusted computer clock.
- Fix: Don't behave incorrectly if 0-byte files are deleted by the user.
- Fix: If the torrent storage path hasn't been created, create it.
- Fix: Fix a crash related to language packs.
- Fix: Superseeding works better
- Fix: RSS feeds are utf8-decoded
- Fix: Deleting from RSS history forgot about sorting
- Fix: Disallow some more characters from filenames
- Fix: Crash when deleting multiple items from RSS history
- Fix: RSS parser parsed month bad for some timestamps.
- Fix: Fixed crash in torrent creator
- Fix: Ipfilter memory leak
- Fix: Support mixes of name and name.utf8
- Fix: Sorting reverse by name didn't work
- Fix: Improved autoload so it waits a bit if the file hasn't fully been written to disk yet.
- Fix: Stop ALL torrents when scheduler is active.
- Fix: When moving a complete download, use the name entered in the add dialog instead of the default.

:)
 
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bionic

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--- 2006-03-08: Version 1.5 (build 437)
- Change: Lower # of pieces started at the same time
- Fix: Fix issue when compact allocation getting enabled even though it's off
- Fix: Tab icons now transparent

:)
 
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bionic

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µTorrent is not associated with any anti-P2P organization
Official Statement.
http://www.utorrent.com/#notice

Recently, µTorrent has been the subject of numerous articles as a result of the contract between µTorrent's sole creator and developer, Ludvig Strigeus ("ludde"), and PeerFactor.

While PeerFactor has been involved in anti-P2P activities in the past, there is a large amount of misinformation being spread about µTorrent, PeerFactor and the nature of the agreement.

No change has been made to µTorrent as a result of the contract, and no changes will be made in the future. µTorrent contains no anti-P2P component, IP logging or other monitoring as falsely reported by some websites, and is not affiliated with the RIAA or MPAA.
PeerFactor is no longer associated with RetSpan, and furthermore, Ludvig is in no way affiliated with RetSpan. Ludvig does not "work for RetSpan", nor does he work for PeerFactor.
PeerFactor is a new company, started by former PeerFactor employees who did not like the anti-P2P idea. They broke off to form a new pro-P2P company called PeerFactor SARL. This is the company that Ludvig is dealing with, NOT the anti-P2P PeerFactor.
The PeerFactor software that Ludvig is associated with is not anti-P2P software, unlike the PeerFactor program run by RetSpan in 2004, now discontinued. The head of PeerFactor states that "we do not distribute any fake file over P2P, but only useful content" (source).
The PeerFactor agreement does not give PeerFactor access to µTorrent's source code. The only work done by Ludvig for PeerFactor consisted of the development of a single DLL which provides an implementation of BitTorrent for the PeerFactor software. Ludvig is not involved in the development of any other part of PeerFactor.
PeerFactor's software is going to be used to create a legal downloading service for webmasters to distribute large content more easily, as specified in the contract, nothing else.
Ludvig remains the only person with access to µTorrent's source code. µTorrent remains closed-source to prevent clones and modifications such as DHT hacks, not to conceal anti-P2P code. µTorrent will not become open-source as a result of the controversy over the agreement.

Please refrain from spreading misinformation about µTorrent. Should you have further concerns about the integrity of the program, please raise them in the µTorrent community forums.
Click to expand...
:)
 
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LTR12101B

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Bitcomet is banned (so I hear) from most private trackers.

UTorrent has a DHT implementation, which apparently does honour the "private" flag, though I believe it may be banned from some private trackers.
 
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bionic

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v1.5.1 beta build 465

Been a few releases

--- 2006-06-20: Version 1.5.1 (build 465)
- Change: Don't use router.bittorrent.com
- Change: Added option not to connect to port 25 or 110

--- 2006-06-16: Version 1.5.1 (build 464) (Sorry for the late beta.. been busy playing Oblivion)
- Change: Redesigned settings dialog (I still need icons for the categories)
- Change: Better uPnP support with certain routers
- Change: Auto Shutdown Windows available from a menu

--- 2006-06-09: Version 1.5.1 (build 463)
- Change: peer.lazy_bitfield enabled by default.
- Feature: Added option to allow multiple connections from same IP.
- Feature: Added option to bypass the Nanotorrent search redirect.
- Fix: Shift+Click now works properly in scheduler.

--- 2006-05-30: Version 1.5.1 (build 462)
- Change: More dialogs are non-modal
- Change: Changed connections for the 384k speed
- Change: New UPnP code (works on all OSes)
- Change: Graphic progress bars enabled by default
- Change: Increased length of editbox for new labels
- Feature: Removing torrent will remove partfile
- Feature: Added "Completed On" column
- Fix: Don't allow blank filenames for single-file torrents (uses default name instead)
- Fix: Bug in add dialog diskspace computation when selecting an item from the list
- Fix: Couldn't use Unicode characters with search box

--- 2006-05-08: Version 1.5.1 (build 460)
- Fix: Speed in title option had the wrong multiplier

--- 2006-05-06: Version 1.5.1 (build 459)
- Fix: Fixed a bunch of crash bugs.
- Fix: Fixed Win95 problems.
- Fix: RSS Favorites list bug
- Change: Show a warning dialog when auto shutting down
- Change: Remember the last speed tab view mode
- Fix: Never create torrents with more than 64k pieces.
- Change: Swapped UL/DL in download bar
- Fix: ESC doesn't minimize when editing a torrent label
- Change: Speed in title bar is shown a little differently
- Change: Edit button in RSS feeds window


--- 2006-04-30: Version 1.5.1 (build 456)
- Feature: Added button to reset disk stats
- Change: Change so it always shows 3 digits in sizes.
- Change: Enlarged dl bar a little
- Feature: add proxy authorization for http proxys
- Change: Show decimal in download bar
- Feature: Added option to open download bar when doubleclicking a torrent

--- 2006-04-29: Version 1.5.1 (build 454)
- Fix: Resize some labels to make more space
- Fix: Wrap comments field
- Fix: Setting upload/download limit uses the currently active limit
- Fix: Beta 453 would sometimes not delete files properly
- Feature: Added bandwidth priority and tracker status column

--- 2006-04-28: Version 1.5.1 (build 453)
- Feature: Make shift + delete key remove torrent + data
- Feature: Add a way to set the upload/download cap through system tray
- Feature: Add an option to reset bans
- Feature: Add a way to make µt startup in bosskey mode
- Feature: Add a move to top/down button or key
- Feature: Add remaining HD space in the BC-style dialog
- Feature: Better graph controls
- Feature: Disk statistics
- Feature: Proxy for peer connections
- Feature: Show a warning if no disk space when moving a complete torrent
- Feature: Added a way to delete the internal peerlist
- Feature: Remember waste/hashfails across sessions
- Feature: Allow torrents in list to be renamed
- Feature: Shutdown/hibernate when downloads complete
- Feature: Delete torrents to trash
- Feature: Show speed limits in status bar
- Feature: Set default action for delete button (right click on it and hold shift)
- Feature: RSS update interval
- Feature: Show a warning in the add dialog if the torrent doesn't fit on the drive
- Feature: New disk cache settings
- Feature: Draggable download bars separate from the main window
- Feature: Open containing folder selects the item
- Feature: Open the folder if you click on the tray popup when a download is finished
- Feature: Show speed in title bar
- Feature: Enable scheduler from tray
- Feature: Change label from the torrent properties dialog
- Feature: Torrent create dialog remembers the previous settings
- Feature: Ability to filter files in torrent creator
- Feature: Setup outgoing port to bind to
- Feature: Pause in tetris
- Feature: Added graphical progress bar in main list
- Change: Don't switch between green/yellow icon too often
- Change: Don't delete torrents from list if the torrentfile wasn't found
- Change: Tweaked piece selection algorithm a little
- Change: Trim spaces from tracker url in create torrent dialog
- Change: Separate the tracker from the webui + webui settings
- Change: num_wsa_events to control how many WSA EVENTS to allocate
- Change: Don't resolve peer ips by default
- Change: Never request more than 50 chunks from a bitcomet peer
- Change: Modified algorihtm for giving extra upload slots
- Change: Show better error message when adding a torrent through URL and it can't be loaded
- Fix: The label entry box in the BC-style dialog is too short
- Fix: Make the after crash re-check not re-check torrents that already finished in that session
- Fix: Don't hang when deleting a torrent
- Fix: Don't crash if popup menu is active while the active torrent is deselected
- Fix: Generals tab should flicker less
- Fix: Fixed a few crash bugs

:)
 
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bionic

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Version 1.6 Release Candidate 1 (build 467)

--- 2006-06-26: Version 1.6 Release Candidate 1 (build 467)
- Feature: Ability to filter files in torrent creator
- Feature: Add a move to top/down button or key
- Feature: Add a way to make µt startup in bosskey mode
- Feature: Add a way to set the upload/download cap through system tray
- Feature: Add an option to reset bans
- Feature: Add remaining HD space in the BC-style dialog
- Feature: Added "Completed On" column
- Feature: Added a way to delete the internal peerlist
- Feature: Added bandwidth priority and tracker status column
- Feature: Added button to reset disk stats
- Feature: Added graphical progress bar in main list
- Feature: Added option to allow multiple connections from same IP.
- Feature: Added option to bypass the Nanotorrent search redirect.
- Feature: Added option to open download bar when doubleclicking a torrent
- Feature: Allow torrents in list to be renamed
- Feature: Better graph controls
- Feature: Change label from the torrent properties dialog
- Feature: Delete torrents to trash
- Feature: Disk statistics
- Feature: Draggable download bars separate from the main window
- Feature: Enable scheduler from tray
- Feature: Make shift + delete key remove torrent + data
- Feature: New disk cache settings
- Feature: Open containing folder selects the item
- Feature: Open the folder if you click on the tray popup when a download is finished
- Feature: Pause in tetris
- Feature: Proxy for peer connections
- Feature: RSS update interval
- Feature: Remember waste/hashfails across sessions
- Feature: Removing torrent will remove partfile
- Feature: Set default action for delete button (right click on it and hold shift)
- Feature: Setup outgoing port to bind to
- Feature: Show a warning if no disk space when moving a complete torrent
- Feature: Show a warning in the add dialog if the torrent doesn't fit on the drive
- Feature: Show speed in title bar
- Feature: Show speed limits in status bar
- Feature: Shutdown/hibernate when downloads complete
- Feature: Standby when torrents complete
- Feature: Torrent create dialog remembers the previous settings
- Feature: add proxy authorization for http proxys
- Change: 'min interval' was misspelled.
- Change: Added buttons to select all / deselect in the add dialog
- Change: Added option not to connect to port 25 or 110
- Change: Auto Shutdown Windows available from a menu
- Change: Better uPnP support with certain routers
- Change: Change so it always shows 3 digits in sizes.
- Change: Changed connections for the 384k speed
- Change: Delay firewall opening a little to help problem where utorrent starts faster than the firewall.
- Change: Don't delete torrents from list if the torrentfile wasn't found
- Change: Don't resolve peer ips by default
- Change: Don't switch between green/yellow icon too often
- Change: Don't use router.bittorrent.com
- Change: Edit button in RSS feeds window
- Change: Enlarged dl bar a little
- Change: Fixed problem with piece counts sometimes getting wrong.
- Change: Fixed various language strings to be more consistent
- Change: Graphic progress bars enabled by default
- Change: If the file cannot be opened, delay a little while and try again.
- Change: Increased length of editbox for new labels
- Change: Modified algorihtm for giving extra upload slots
- Change: More dialogs are non-modal
- Change: Never request more than 50 chunks from a bitcomet peer
- Change: New UPnP code (works on all OSes)
- Change: Redesigned settings dialog (I still need icons for the categories)
- Change: Remember the last speed tab view mode
- Change: Resolve IPs is on by default, but only if the Peers tab is active.
- Change: Separate the tracker from the webui + webui settings
- Change: Show a message in the logger if the autoload is set to the same as the storage folder.
- Change: Show a warning dialog when auto shutting down
- Change: Show better error message when adding a torrent through URL and it can't be loaded
- Change: Show decimal in download bar
- Change: Speed in title bar is shown a little differently
- Change: Swapped UL/DL in download bar
- Change: Trim spaces from tracker url in create torrent dialog
- Change: Tweaked piece selection algorithm a little
- Change: num_wsa_events to control how many WSA EVENTS to allocate
- Change: peer.lazy_bitfield enabled by default.
- Fix: Auto shutdown on Win98 wasn't working
- Fix: Beta 453 would sometimes not delete files properly
- Fix: Bug in add dialog diskspace computation when selecting an item from the list
- Fix: Couldn't use Unicode characters with search box
- Fix: Don't allow blank filenames for single-file torrents (uses default name instead)
- Fix: Don't crash if popup menu is active while the active torrent is deselected
- Fix: Don't hang when deleting a torrent
- Fix: ESC doesn't minimize when editing a torrent label
- Fix: Fixed Win95 problems.
- Fix: Fixed a bunch of crash bugs.
- Fix: Fixed a few crash bugs
- Fix: Generals tab should flicker less
- Fix: Make the after crash re-check not re-check torrents that already finished in that session
- Fix: Never create torrents with more than 64k pieces.
- Fix: RSS Favorites list bug
- Fix: Resize some labels to make more space
- Fix: Setting upload/download limit uses the currently active limit
- Fix: Shift+Click now works properly in scheduler.
- Fix: Superseeding should work better
- Fix: The label entry box in the BC-style dialog is too short
- Fix: Wrap comments field

:)
 
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bionic

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Version 1.6 Final (build 472)

--- 2006-07-01: Version 1.6 (build 472)
- Feature: Ability to filter files in torrent creator
- Feature: Add a move to top/down button or key
- Feature: Add a way to make µt startup in bosskey mode
- Feature: Add a way to set the upload/download cap through system tray
- Feature: Add an option to reset bans
- Feature: Add remaining HD space in the BC-style dialog
- Feature: Added "Completed On" column
- Feature: Added a way to delete the internal peerlist
- Feature: Added bandwidth priority and tracker status column
- Feature: Added graphical progress bar in main list
- Feature: Added option to allow multiple connections from same IP.
- Feature: Added option to bypass the Nanotorrent search redirect.
- Feature: Added option to open download bar when doubleclicking a torrent
- Feature: Allow torrents in list to be renamed
- Feature: Change label from the torrent properties dialog
- Feature: Delete torrents to trash
- Feature: Disk statistics
- Feature: Draggable download bars separate from the main window
- Feature: Enable scheduler from tray
- Feature: Make shift + delete key remove torrent + data
- Feature: New disk cache settings
- Feature: Open containing folder selects the item
- Feature: Open the folder if you click on the tray popup when a download is finished
- Feature: Pause in tetris
- Feature: Proxy for peer connections
- Feature: RSS update interval
- Feature: Remember waste/hashfails across sessions
- Feature: Removing torrent will remove partfile
- Feature: Set default action for delete button (right click on it and hold shift)
- Feature: Setup outgoing port to bind to
- Feature: Show a warning if no disk space when moving a complete torrent
- Feature: Show a warning in the add dialog if the torrent doesn't fit on the drive
- Feature: Show speed in title bar
- Feature: Show speed limits in status bar
- Feature: Shutdown/hibernate when downloads complete
- Feature: Standby when torrents complete
- Feature: Torrent create dialog remembers the previous settings

- Change: 'min interval' was misspelled.
- Change: Added buttons to select all / deselect in the add dialog
- Change: Added option not to connect to port 25 or 110
- Change: Auto Shutdown Windows available from a menu
- Change: Change so it always shows 3 digits in sizes.
- Change: Changed connections for the 384k speed
- Change: Delay firewall opening a little to help problem where utorrent starts faster than the firewall.
- Change: Don't delete torrents from list if the torrentfile wasn't found
- Change: Don't resolve peer ips by default
- Change: Don't switch between green/yellow icon too often
- Change: Don't use router.bittorrent.com
- Change: Edit button in RSS feeds window
- Change: Fixed various language strings to be more consistent
- Change: If the file cannot be opened, delay a little while and try again.
- Change: Increased length of editbox for new labels
- Change: Modified algorihtm for giving extra upload slots
- Change: More dialogs are non-modal
- Change: Never request more than 50 chunks from a bitcomet peer
- Change: New UPnP code (works on all OSes)
- Change: Redesigned settings dialog (I still need icons for the categories)
- Change: Remember the last speed tab view mode
- Change: Resolve IPs is on by default, but only if the Peers tab is active.
- Change: Separate the tracker from the webui + webui settings
- Change: Show a message in the logger if the autoload is set to the same as the storage folder.
- Change: Show a warning dialog when auto shutting down
- Change: Show better error message when adding a torrent through URL and it can't be loaded
- Change: Show decimal in download bar
- Change: Speed in title bar is shown a little differently
- Change: Swapped UL/DL in download bar
- Change: Trim spaces from tracker url in create torrent dialog
- Change: Tweaked piece selection algorithm a little
- Change: num_wsa_events to control how many WSA EVENTS to allocate
- Change: peer.lazy_bitfield enabled by default.
- Change: Changed the network status icons
- change: Moved the network status icon a bit

- Fix: Couldn't use Unicode characters with search box
- Fix: Don't allow blank filenames for single-file torrents (uses default name instead)
- Fix: Don't crash if popup menu is active while the active torrent is deselected
- Fix: Fixed Win95 problems.
- Fix: Fixed a bunch of crash bugs.
- Fix: Generals tab should flicker less
- Fix: Make the after crash re-check not re-check torrents that already finished in that session
- Fix: Never create torrents with more than 64k pieces.
- Fix: RSS Favorites list bug
- Fix: Resize some labels to make more space
- Fix: Setting upload/download limit uses the currently active limit
- Fix: Superseeding should work better
- Fix: The label entry box in the BC-style dialog is too short
- Fix: Wrap comments field

:)
 
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bionic

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Version 1.6 (build 474)

--- 2006-07-02: Version 1.6 (build 474)
- Fix: Autoload would not copy the torrent under some circumstances
- Fix: No mark was shown in the Label selection menu for the selected label
- Change: Always merge trackers if loading a torrent in silent mode

:)
 
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scarecrow

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If all you need is downloading from public trackers, then 1.6 is simply perfect.
If you are in some private, ratio based private trackers as well, then you'd better search for something else: uTorrent does a very bad job in autocueing torrents with few seeders/many seeders (factly, it never displays properly the seeders+leechers available on queed seeds).
I used it exclusively for almost a couple of months, and then went pack to the frog, which is the only client that can autoseed torrents properly. I just had to sacrifice some 45M of my RAM, but this is little investment compared to the danger of getting banned from my fav private trackers due to poor ratio!
 
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µTorrent and BitTorrent Join Forces

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This is Bram Cohen, the creator of the BitTorrent protocol, and Ludvig (Ludde) Strigeus, the writer of µTorrent.

Together, we are pleased to announce that BitTorrent, Inc. and µTorrent AB have decided to join forces. BitTorrent has acquired µTorrent as it recognized the merits of µTorrent's exceptionally well-written codebase and robust user community. Bringing together µTorrent's efficient implementation and compelling UI with BitTorrent's expertise in networking protocols will significantly benefit the community with what we envision will be the best BitTorrent client.

What does this mean for the µTorrent community? Not much, at least not at first. The intention is to maintain the website as it is, and keep the forums and community active. Moving forward behind the scenes, we will continue to develop µTorrent and will be using the codebase in other applications, especially ones where a fast, lightweight implementation is more suitable, such as embedded systems on TVs, cell phones, and other non-PC platforms.

The existent µTorrent and BitTorrent communities are immensely valuable to us, which is why we are announcing this here first to make sure you're all the first to know about the news. The plan is to continue to foster the health and growth of the community that has been critical to the success of µTorrent. Thank you in advance for your support.

Bram and Ludde

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Click to expand...
Code: 
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=17278
Code: 
http://www.slyck.com/story1357.html
:eek:
 
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LTR12101B

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Not sure this is a good thing at all.

Bittorrent (official) has agendas which so not play well with the open & free style of bittorrent as a content-neutral protocol.

Mind you, there was a period of considerable unease at uTorrent's dealings with peerfactor, and it settled, this will probably settle as well.... I guess there's always azureus open source, if uneasy about the direction that Bram is choosing to take the "official bitorrent", even if it becomes necessary to fork.
 
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bionic

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µTorrent and BitTorrent FAQ

Code: 
http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?id=17280
LTR12101B said:
Not sure this is a good thing at all.

Bittorrent (official) has agendas which so not play well with the open & free style of bittorrent as a content-neutral protocol.

Mind you, there was a period of considerable unease at uTorrent's dealings with peerfactor, and it settled, this will probably settle as well.... I guess there's always azureus open source, if uneasy about the direction that Bram is choosing to take the "official bitorrent", even if it becomes necessary to fork.
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Havent made my mind up as of yet.
Its evolution and that is often neither good nor bad and it usually hurts ;)
I guess we will see.

Reg azureus:
Code: 
http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20061204-8348.html
Code: 
http://www.slyck.com/story1354.html
I havent used azureus for a good while and havent tested the v3.
Many will have it as the same client with a search engine on top.
 
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