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2 Versions. Lite and Full


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I suggest there be 2 versions of utorrent. Lite and Full. It makes perfect sense. The lite version would be similar to the current version and would allow users to simply use the torrent client easily and effortlessly without configuration or previous knowledge about bittorrent. This is key for people new to bittorrent aka newbs, and to people who dont want an advanced client like azureus but a simple run and go client.

The Full client would stay on course with the development currently going on, and would include a bunch more features such as the ones available in Azureus. It would basicly be Azureus but easier on the hardware and without the horrible java protocol that always freezes my XP.

What do you think?

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I love utorrent so far. I love Azureuz more than any other client, but I hate its cpu sucking, evil freezingness that is caused by the java protocol it uses. I can't even use it anymore becuase it completely freezes my PC.

Besides, its annoying to keep updating java runtime environment.

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well go back and download 1.1.4 or don't update when 1.1.7 comes out, and you'll be all set

dude, you got it all wrong. I wouldn't be using the lite version I suggested. Other people that would want it like newbs or people that dont want anymore complexity would use it. See: http://forum.utorrent.com/viewtopic.php?t=1083

I suggested this to satisfy people that dont want a lot of features so that they wouldn't suppress the development of a truley superb client.

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But the whole idea and goal of developing this torrent client is making a "lite" torrent client. There are already other sufficient clients. The choice between full and lite is the choice between mostly any other client and µTorrent.

Indeed. The u (well µ) in uTorrent stands for micro as in 10^-6 as in really tiny. Having a 'full' version seems a bit superfluous seeing that uTorrent is meant to be the lite version always. :)

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I suggest there be 2 versions of utorrent. Lite and Full. It makes perfect sense. The lite version would be similar to the current version and would allow users to simply use the torrent client easily and effortlessly without configuration or previous knowledge about bittorrent. This is key for people new to bittorrent aka newbs, and to people who dont want an advanced client like azureus but a simple run and go client.

The Full client would stay on course with the development currently going on, and would include a bunch more features such as the ones available in Azureus. It would basicly be Azureus but easier on the hardware and without the horrible java protocol that always freezes my XP.

What do you think?

the whole point of this client is to not be bloated piece of crap like azureus. if you want 50 million features then go back to ur azureus and stay away from making stupid suggestions on here

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The Full client would stay on course with the development currently going on, and would include a bunch more features such as the ones available in Azureus. It would basicly be Azureus but easier on the hardware and without the horrible java protocol that always freezes my XP.

What do you think?

Have you ever thought that you just dont know how to operate your hardwar and install windows and java correctly? ;) If you want a true BT noob deal get opera it is built in :0

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The Full client would stay on course with the development currently going on, and would include a bunch more features such as the ones available in Azureus. It would basicly be Azureus but easier on the hardware and without the horrible java protocol that always freezes my XP.

What do you think?

Have you ever thought that you just dont know how to operate your hardwar and install windows and java correctly? ;) If you want a true BT noob deal get opera it is built in :0

Dude! I bet I know how to operate my PC much better than you. Dont make stupid asumptions like that. Who do you think you are. Jeez, I kinda took that personally. My java and windows runs perfectly but no matter how much I try to fix Azureus after a while it just freezes the whole PC. If you go to Azureus.sf.net at the top they have my problem. 100% CPU usage. But I still can't fix it no matter what they say.

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oooo look another *cough*gay *cough* thread full of insults......

comon guys get some frikkin mods for this board already..PLS dont let chaosblade be on tho.... his mouth would cause more probs than anything.

LOL

Agreed.

no offence chaos but u do seem to make alot of unescessary posts saying the exact same thing that someone else just said.

anyway, i think we should all just let this topic die out now.

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Then i guess i should go delete half my posts that helped in threads here, Hmm. Being helpful = bad ? Maybe.

I believe you both need to calm down a bit and respect other peoples opinions and wishs, Regardless of what you may think of them.

ur takin it all wrong.... and easily offneded.... its not what ya say its how ya say it ;P

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@Johnnybrx: Maybe you should read Alex H's interview with ludde/vurlix... You'd realize... well forget it, I'll just quote:

interview"]Ludde: I'm somewhat obsessed by making tiny and resource friendly programs, and when Serge brought up the idea I thought sounded really interesting. I didn't plan to make a full featured client at that point, I just wanted to learn about the protocol and it seemed like a fun and challenging task to make a resource friendly BitTorrent client.

Chances are, the devs aren't interested in creating a large, overly-bloated application.

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Then i guess i should go delete half my posts that helped in threads here, Hmm. Being helpful = bad ? Maybe.

I believe you both need to calm down a bit and respect other peoples opinions and wishs, Regardless of what you may think of them.

ur takin it all wrong.... and easily offneded.... its not what ya say its how ya say it ;P

Agreed. u take everything the wrong way chaos. i never said you werent helpful.

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There is a smaller client by someone else. If you really want "LITE" then try the Arctic client. The arctic source code is also available, so you can customize the client to have the features you want. So those people who had posted in other threads that they wanted a client that would stop the torrent as soon as it was finished downloading can now do that. Or even make a look-alike user interface to whatever client they happen to like that is also small and has a tiny footprint.

Arctic bittorrent client (source available at site)

http://www.int64.org/arctic.html

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I swear, if I see another thread where some newbie goes "I NEEDS MAH FEEt-juurs!" in some way, I'm going to hurl :(

I'm a regular at some other forums which are alot more violent than these forums, and

for all intents and purposes, they've got a "shotdown suggestions thread" which prevents

people from posting the same idea twice. (since all threads which are similar get locked!)

perhaps the µtorrent forums need to implement this aswell.

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Arctic bittorrent client (source available at site)

http://www.int64.org/arctic.html

Thankyou for linking that. If you're not happy with µT, switch to Arctic. It's definitely 'liter' than µT, even if the executable is better.

well go back and download 1.1.4 or don't update when 1.1.7 comes out, and you'll be all set

That is also an excellent idea.

I'm not for a 'lite' version as long as the completed install of µT including custom icons is well below 1MB, CPU usage typically below 1%, and RAM less than 10MB. Even if it did go over that, I'd still probably stick with µT. :)

Dude! I bet I know how to operate my PC much better than you. Dont make stupid asumptions like that.

Heh, as far as that goes, anyone else realise the contradiction here? :|

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