a small yet handy suggestion

[mezigues]

it would be great if µtorrent showed the remaining free space on the hd you download to when you add a new torrent

this feature is in bitcomet and is really usefull!

[PAStheLoD]

+1 yes .. it's really useful!

[Ishidropi]

-1

Why in heavons name? If i want to see how much i have left i go to the explorer.

BT-clients should keep to downloading and not managing everything. Imho.

[1c3d0g]

-1.

Windows Key + E, right-click on Hard Disk, select Properties. Takes about 3~4 seconds. This is a lazy feature and not needed, IMHO. :|

[chaosblade]

I have to agree with Ishidropi here.

/me awaits people to suggest uTorrent support for CPU and memory usage

xD

[ievolver]

+1 ..Although it might be simple to look it up in explorer, it's quite an easy function to implement, and generally I think that "the more control, the better".

[Miffo]

Very nice suggestion, and small

[foxyshadis]

Let's not forget the utorrent defragmenter and virus scanner. xD

[chaosblade]

ievolver: and what happens when you add too many of these easy-to-implement-yet-pretty-much-useless features ? ;]

[Sumerah]

IT BECOMES THE ULTIMATE CLIENT!!!!11 (but only if it features a CD ripper)

[sixshot]

if you're gonna mention CD ripper, then I'm gonna tack on disc burning! But...

Before ya know it, someone's gonna want a font manager, temperature monitoring, CPU throttling, multi-protocol IM support, and support for DOS.

To comment on the idea, sorry but I'm votin' against it. Disk space usage ought to be a user problem, not uTorrent. If you're going to be downloading a lot of things, you're gonna have to figure out for yourself just how much space you have available to ensure that your download is completed. It is the user's responsibility for managing the amount of free space on the user's hard drive, not the software. And if you're downloading a lot without monitoring your system for free space, then it'll be your fault for not having ample room for uTorrent to download and save those files. Think of this as akin to protecting your computer from spyware and virus. The software isn't going to protect you from everything. The user has to be responsible for his/her own actions to prevent such intrusions.

[Firon]

/offtopic CD ripper = Exact Audio Copy (<3)

It's not like the size of a torrent is a mystery before you download it...

[criscr0ss]

ya dump this idea. My Computer in detail view will tell u that in a second. Or get a dock and hadd ur hardrive as an object dock.

[Agret]

Doesn't seem too hard to implement it like they have in bearshare:

http://img204.imageshack.us/my.php?image=utorrentexample3xx.png

[boo]

agret, no one said it was hard, but its useless,

plus its an active process(atleast when your downloading something), which means it takes cpu.

Passive functions is ok to add, but Active functions/processes, only waste cpu/memory,

which means that you should be careful to add useless stuff like this one.

[Demon-boy]

Whether it's easy to implement or not isn't the point, point is µTorrent is trying to use absolute minimum system resources so why fill it with unnecessary features?

Edit - damn Boo said it first, and better

[slayers]

I don't understand why people wan't this feature when uT creates a big empty file even before you start downloading anything. If there's not enough space you'll know right there (except in the form of an error message). Am I wrong?

[bleh]

*sighs* yet another user suggesting a feature which is useless, I think a sticky is needed.

[humrahi]

Dear all,

seems like a pretty beaten trail, but i'll add my two cents worth ayway...

the way i've got my hdd setup, its got three partititions which have about 2gb each to download on.. and i d/l a lot of *BIG* files... i have to decide on runtime which drive it goes too. Thats why it would be good to just have it there right in front of you.

I appreciate people's comments about keeping utorrent from having 'unnecessary' features, and they seem to be keeping to the true spirit of the program, but still... a *little* more ease shouldnt hurt

btw.. someone mentioned a window dock, any idea where i can get my hands on a desktop widget showing how much my HDD's have left in space ?

Thanks

[dAbReAkA]

i'd like it to show how much cpu, memory usage and how much speed does each process take (just like kerio PF)

i'd like a couple of games to be implemented so that i can have what to do till it's downloading

maybe a music player and a video player later so that i could listen to music while i play those games

and ofc it's nothing without a cd ripper !!!

[1c3d0g]

Humrahi: sure, check out http://www.coolmon.org/

[StoicJester]

@agret

looking at the picture you posted, it looks like the hd feature was probably the first of a lot of features bearshare didn't need.

[kewldude607]

Umm just turn on pre-allocate if you're worried?

[shkbobo]

ievolver: and what happens when you add too many of these easy-to-implement-yet-pretty-much-useless features ? ;]

Yea that's probably one of the features that will cost more than it produces. Manage your shit better! Hard drive space is something you should be aware of in the back of your mind, not something that you have to constantly stare at to make sure 50 gigs dont disappear into thin air.

Plus refreshing that hard drive space value takes a timer and added memory use.

-1

EDIT: DAMN 1c3d0g, that coolmon proggie looks hot! Definately need to get my hands on that.