Comments on: Xtorrent public beta 1 reviewed http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/ Torrent News, Torrent Sites and the latest Scoops Sun, 22 Nov 2009 14:02:34 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.3 hourly 1 By: Xtorrent 1.0 Review | TorrentFreak http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-73214 Xtorrent 1.0 Review | TorrentFreak Mon, 26 Mar 2007 14:01:01 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-73214 [...] the new BitTorrent client for Mac OS X, just rolled out of the beta phase. In September, we reviewed the first public beta, which initially looked like a promising application. However, issues like [...] [...] the new BitTorrent client for Mac OS X, just rolled out of the beta phase. In September, we reviewed the first public beta, which initially looked like a promising application. However, issues like [...]

]]> By: Xtorrent Public Beta 3 Adds RSS Support | TorrentFreak http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-47814 Xtorrent Public Beta 3 Adds RSS Support | TorrentFreak Sat, 10 Feb 2007 17:36:53 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-47814 [...] We first wrote about Xtorrent in September of last year while it was still in private beta, then went on to review the first public beta. [...] [...] We first wrote about Xtorrent in September of last year while it was still in private beta, then went on to review the first public beta. [...]

]]> By: Transmission 0.7 Beta - Redefining BitTorrent on the Mac « Quantum Thinking http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-19565 Transmission 0.7 Beta - Redefining BitTorrent on the Mac « Quantum Thinking Sun, 05 Nov 2006 05:24:57 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-19565 [...] Watch Folder A feature I was very excited about when I reviewed Xtorrent last month was Autodownload, an option, if activated would automatically copy .torrent files on the desktop to Xtorrent’s support folder and start downloading them. This makes torrenting as easy as downloading files via HTTP, as all the popular Mac browsers save files to the desktop by default. Transmission now has this ability too! [...] [...] Watch Folder A feature I was very excited about when I reviewed Xtorrent last month was Autodownload, an option, if activated would automatically copy .torrent files on the desktop to Xtorrent’s support folder and start downloading them. This makes torrenting as easy as downloading files via HTTP, as all the popular Mac browsers save files to the desktop by default. Transmission now has this ability too! [...]

]]> By: Transmission 0.7 Beta - Redefining BitTorrent on the Mac at Torrentfreak http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-18464 Transmission 0.7 Beta - Redefining BitTorrent on the Mac at Torrentfreak Tue, 31 Oct 2006 19:26:03 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-18464 [...] Watch Folder A feature I was very excited about when I reviewed Xtorrent last month was Autodownload, an option, if activated would automatically copy .torrent files on the desktop to Xtorrent’s support folder and start downloading them. This makes torrenting as easy as downloading files via HTTP, as all the popular Mac browsers save files to the desktop by default. Transmission now has this ability too! [...] [...] Watch Folder A feature I was very excited about when I reviewed Xtorrent last month was Autodownload, an option, if activated would automatically copy .torrent files on the desktop to Xtorrent’s support folder and start downloading them. This makes torrenting as easy as downloading files via HTTP, as all the popular Mac browsers save files to the desktop by default. Transmission now has this ability too! [...]

]]> By: RiK http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-14470 RiK Sun, 08 Oct 2006 10:48:00 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-14470 Interface is nice but I'm not impressed with performance. I've tried downloading the same torrent file with Azureus and with XTorrent and I consistently get a far better download rate with Azureus than I do with Xtorrent. Shame really as it would be nice to get rid of the bloat that is Azureus. Interface is nice but I’m not impressed with performance.

I’ve tried downloading the same torrent file with Azureus and with XTorrent and I consistently get a far better download rate with Azureus than I do with Xtorrent. Shame really as it would be nice to get rid of the bloat that is Azureus.

]]> By: sarge http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-13211 sarge Mon, 25 Sep 2006 05:52:06 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-13211 why can't somebody do something innovative, like build a bridge between ed2k and bittorrent. i can rarely find what i'm looking for in bittorrent trackers, so i download from ed2k then upload it to a bittorrent tracker. i'd be willing to pay for something like that. why can’t somebody do something innovative, like build a bridge between ed2k and bittorrent. i can rarely find what i’m looking for in bittorrent trackers, so i download from ed2k then upload it to a bittorrent tracker. i’d be willing to pay for something like that.

]]> By: paul http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-13045 paul Sat, 23 Sep 2006 00:15:16 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-13045 I just started using Xtorrent and have to say this is by far the best torrent client out there! I am runng it on a mac powerbook G4 and it works flawlessly.The design is a perfect twin for the new i Tunes and looks great,and i was suprised at the amazingly fast download speeds,compared to other torrent engines. Well done to the developer, i will definetely be sticking with this one....as i have had no bugs or problems so far! "hope the program stays that way" Exellent rating from me! :) I just started using Xtorrent and have to say this is by far the best torrent client out there!
I am runng it on a mac powerbook G4 and it works flawlessly.The design is a perfect twin for the new i Tunes and looks great,and i was suprised at the amazingly fast download speeds,compared to other torrent engines.
Well done to the developer, i will definetely be sticking with this one….as i have had no bugs or problems so far!
“hope the program stays that way”

Exellent rating from me! :)

]]> By: Spamburglar http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12752 Spamburglar Wed, 20 Sep 2006 05:20:54 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12752 Wow once again dave has taken the idea of sharing and opensource and slapped a price tag on it. Should of expected as much from dave, the king of shotty overpriced alternatives to freeware. Keep up the good work dave, you've done it again! Oh, great article by the way. Real impartial... Wow once again dave has taken the idea of sharing and opensource and slapped a price tag on it. Should of expected as much from dave, the king of shotty overpriced alternatives to freeware. Keep up the good work dave, you’ve done it again!

Oh, great article by the way. Real impartial…

]]> By: Theflux00 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12733 Theflux00 Tue, 19 Sep 2006 23:38:48 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12733 What is this? A bittorrent program with a price? I don't think the idea of bittorrent was ever supposed to come at a price. Stick to Azureus. Free and satisfying enough for being so. What is this? A bittorrent program with a price? I don’t think the idea of bittorrent was ever supposed to come at a price. Stick to Azureus. Free and satisfying enough for being so.

]]> By: smitty http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12704 smitty Tue, 19 Sep 2006 13:57:53 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12704 i agree with ethel- this is clearly a biased an uninformed review. i'm unsubscribing from this feed. i agree with ethel- this is clearly a biased an uninformed review. i’m unsubscribing from this feed.

]]> By: jah http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12693 jah Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:50:44 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12693 @Smaran - the only reason autodownload is <i>in</i> XTorrent is because it uses the code base of Transmission which, guess what, has that feature. The SVN version of Transmission can reasonably be compared to the beta version of this app. I'm just curious as to why anybody would actually pay for a bittorrent client given the (arguablly equally good) free alternatives? @Smaran – the only reason autodownload is in XTorrent is because it uses the code base of Transmission which, guess what, has that feature. The SVN version of Transmission can reasonably be compared to the beta version of this app.

I’m just curious as to why anybody would actually pay for a bittorrent client given the (arguablly equally good) free alternatives?

]]> By: michael http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12692 michael Tue, 19 Sep 2006 12:00:46 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12692 I think the interface is great, especially how it lets you see the individual files in the torrent, but I cant seem to get it to download individual files from the torrent, it just downloads the whole torrent. I think that it should be combined with Acquisition as well. It is a nicely designed app, but there are more capable, and less ram intensive options out there for free, so I think you need to have it come with something more. Maybe it comes fully stocked with all the torrent sights already, and allows you to download a file from separate torrents (it checks to make sure it is the same file), and maybe a scheduling function that would automatically set the bit rate according to the time of day/night and slow it down when it detected you trying to browse the web or use Voip. If I could have the features of azureus with the interface of xtorrent and the cpu/ram usage of transmission, that would be something I would pay for. I think the interface is great, especially how it lets you see the individual files in the torrent, but I cant seem to get it to download individual files from the torrent, it just downloads the whole torrent.
I think that it should be combined with Acquisition as well. It is a nicely designed app, but there are more capable, and less ram intensive options out there for free, so I think you need to have it come with something more.
Maybe it comes fully stocked with all the torrent sights already, and allows you to download a file from separate torrents (it checks to make sure it is the same file), and maybe a scheduling function that would automatically set the bit rate according to the time of day/night and slow it down when it detected you trying to browse the web or use Voip.
If I could have the features of azureus with the interface of xtorrent and the cpu/ram usage of transmission, that would be something I would pay for.

]]> By: Vic http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12686 Vic Tue, 19 Sep 2006 09:04:33 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12686 Azureus has auto-download. Azureus has auto-download.

]]> By: Smaran http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12681 Smaran Tue, 19 Sep 2006 07:21:48 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12681 Ethel, I'm sorry you don't like the article. The typo thing was a joke. The Autodownload feature is in fact unique on the Mac platform. There is no other native client that can boast of it. As people have pointed out, it might be in the nightly builds of Transmission, but since things can change "overnight" or by the next build, we don't tend to compare them to stable or beta releases. Ethel, I’m sorry you don’t like the article. The typo thing was a joke.

The Autodownload feature is in fact unique on the Mac platform. There is no other native client that can boast of it. As people have pointed out, it might be in the nightly builds of Transmission, but since things can change “overnight” or by the next build, we don’t tend to compare them to stable or beta releases.

]]> By: Ethel http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12678 Ethel Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:54:20 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12678 [quote comment="12676"]@anonymoose: That was in reference to _Mac_ clients. And sadly I've never heard of "Azaureus." :-)[/quote] OK, how about the fact that your 'review' is 1) clearly biased - he's apparently a friend 2) inaccurate - the Autodownload feature is not unique. Who told you that? Let me guess, your friend David. Why not address these issues instead of taking the piss out of someone's typo? I can't believe you're going to treat us to an "interview" with the developer as well...wow, a transcript of a chat with a friend of yours. And I guess if he tells you he isn't recycling Open Source stuff then sticking a GUI and a price tag on it, you'll "report" that as fact as well huh? Very, very poor article. [quote comment="12676"]@anonymoose: That was in reference to _Mac_ clients. And sadly I’ve never heard of “Azaureus.” :-)[/quote]

OK, how about the fact that your ‘review’ is

1) clearly biased – he’s apparently a friend
2) inaccurate – the Autodownload feature is not unique. Who told you that? Let me guess, your friend David.

Why not address these issues instead of taking the piss out of someone’s typo?

I can’t believe you’re going to treat us to an “interview” with the developer as well…wow, a transcript of a chat with a friend of yours. And I guess if he tells you he isn’t recycling Open Source stuff then sticking a GUI and a price tag on it, you’ll “report” that as fact as well huh?

Very, very poor article.

]]> By: Smaran http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12676 Smaran Tue, 19 Sep 2006 06:38:45 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12676 @anonymoose: That was in reference to _Mac_ clients. And sadly I've never heard of "Azaureus." :-) @anonymoose: That was in reference to _Mac_ clients. And sadly I’ve never heard of “Azaureus.” :-)

]]> By: luna http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12667 luna Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:15:21 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12667 Great apps, it looks simular to bitrocket but the live seach is awesomer. Great apps, it looks simular to bitrocket but the live seach is awesomer.

]]> By: Neil Roberts http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12666 Neil Roberts Tue, 19 Sep 2006 02:14:59 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12666 I've been searching for a long time for a program that will allow me to do something different, like have a nice plugin architecture, something like that. I tried this program this morning, and I hated it. It's main "feature" is string replacement! This review reads like the reviewer has little to no experience with any other torrent ever. I’ve been searching for a long time for a program that will allow me to do something different, like have a nice plugin architecture, something like that. I tried this program this morning, and I hated it. It’s main “feature” is string replacement! This review reads like the reviewer has little to no experience with any other torrent ever.

]]> By: theDoseâ„¢ http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12662 theDoseâ„¢ Tue, 19 Sep 2006 01:23:17 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12662 I looks nice, but I'll stick with Bits on Wheels until David combines it with aquisition... I looks nice, but I’ll stick with Bits on Wheels until David combines it with aquisition…

]]> By: anonymoose http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12659 anonymoose Tue, 19 Sep 2006 00:58:45 +0000 http://torrentfreak.com/xtorrent-public-beta-1-reviewed/#comment-12659 <blockquote>Another feature unique to Xtorrent is Autodownload.</blockquote> Are you insane? Azaureus and uTorrent can both do this and I assume that BitComet and the rest can as well, although I haven't used them.

Another feature unique to Xtorrent is Autodownload.

Are you insane? Azaureus and uTorrent can both do this and I assume that BitComet and the rest can as well, although I haven’t used them.

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