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Review - Vuze for Windows
4.3.0.2 (Nov 21, 2009)

2009.11.20 | Vuze 4.3.0.4

BUGFIX: UI | Prevent main window from popping up when adding a torrent and "Add Torrent Silently" set [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Ensure that the correct progress reports are passed to listeners [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed bug whereby the destruction of the torrent-open window was cancelling torrent download dialogs [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Fixed bug where scrollers on some mice would cause table to blank [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UIvz | Handle magnet links within internal browser [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: Plug | Improved the fallback lookup service by passing the all params [Parg]
BUGFIX: Plug | Verify that downloaded torrents are valid before passing to caller [Parg]

2009.11.19 | Vuze 4.3.0.2

FEATURE: Core | Support per-url config for http seeds and max_speed setting [Parg]
FEATURE: Plug | Start of a fallback magnet lookup service [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Clicking on dock icon always opens main window [TuxPaper]

CHANGE: Core | Parse hex-encoded magnet URIs too [The 8472]
CHANGE: Core | Immediate-close option for tracker socket connections [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Return IP address instead of DNS names for external seeds [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Support more non-conformant RSS feed dates [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Auto-speed bias towards min ping times rather than pure average [Parg]

BUGFIX: Core | Reverted socket handling to initial 1.6 fix status to fix with network binding/stall problems [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Added option to disable all IPv6 support and defaulted to 'disable' on OSX as some users experiencing crash when enabled [Parg]
BUGFIX: Plug | Don't cause all dht torrents to perform an 'announce' when 'pause-all' selected [Parg]
BUGFIX: Plug | Webplugin config section override was using the wrong variable prefix [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed name column sort [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Fixed opening .vuze files when client isn't running [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed table view not loading (showing gray area) sometimes [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (Windows) "Open Containing Folder" in default "folder association" app [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (*nix) Fixed name column blanking [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Fixed Password option hanging UI [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed sidebar font sizes (mostly for *nix) [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | (OSX) Opening .torrent file when "Add Silently" is enable should no longer activate the main window [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix losing cursor indication on Sashes (and other widgets) [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Sidebar now accepts dropping torrents [TuxPaper]

I'm especially pleased with "CHANGE: Core | Parse hex-encoded magnet URIs too [The 8472]" - that's a fast reaction on ThePirateBay HEX-encoded magnet URI situation.

P.S. Reviewing 4.3.0.4, obviously.
P.P.S. Check the discussion tab above - it might open your eyes.
Review - ATI Catalyst Drivers for Windows XP
9.7 (Jul 24, 2009)

Still big and ugly...But they work.

P.S. People, read the discussion section for ATI Catalyst Drivers on BetaNews ( http://fileforum.betanew...P/1058330408/1#talkback )! There's a tip for all of you x300-x1300 owners.
Review - Flac Ripper
3.8.0 (Jul 17, 2009)

Whoever writes these descriptions, that person doesn't even know English...
And yes, there are free (both free-as-in-free-speech and free-as-in-free-beer) tools that do the same thing (and more).
Review - Vuze for Windows
4.1.0.0 (Jan 26, 2009)

If you want classic interface, look into discussions section - http://fileforum.betanew...s/1071874289/1#talkback

Good bugfix and featurefix release.

2009.01.26 | Vuze 4.1.0.0

FEATURE: Core | New FP Ignore rule: Ignore 1st Priority after X hours of idle upload speed (default 24h) [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: Core | Support for loading torrents when the HTTP response is an error (like 404, 500) but the data is still a torrent [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: UIvz | Support multiple Content Networks [parg,tuxpaper]
FEATURE: UI | Experimental neuronal speed algorithm [Gudy]
FEATURE: UI | Added AS/ASN peer column [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Added properties view to buddies avatar widget [Parg]
FEATURE: UI | Control+I in library to open torrent info (torrent details) page [TuxPaper]
FEATURE: Plug | Share categories with friends as subscriptions [Parg]
FEATURE: Plug | Support table column removal [Parg]
FEATURE: Plug | Added getComputerName method [Parg]
FEATURE: Plug | Cache connected friend details for faster reconnect on startup [Parg]

CHANGE: Core | Pulled out Vuze related operations into ContentNetwork [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Go to CDP when torrent unauthorised if possible [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Added date field an modified case of response HTTP headers to improve behaviour of SSDP clients [Parg]
CHANGE: Core | Limit # of stalled 'seeding' torrents to prevent cases where all completed torrents could start up [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: Core | Give stalled torrents a seeding rank handicap based on how long they've been stalled for [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | (Memory) Images that are unused after 60 seconds are now disposed of [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | Fixed regression of Auto Open Tabs not opening seeding torrents (Config option now split) [TuxPaper]
CHANGE: UI | Bring back classic-share menu for non-basic mode users [Parg]

BUGFIX: Core | Setting files as do-not-download was deleting files [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | IPv6 compact tracker support [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Fix possible deadlock in generic connection handling [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Disable if-modified logic when editting RSS search templates to allow retrieval of results [Parg]
BUGFIX: Core | Clear down TLS stuff to reduce memory usage when plugins unloaded [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed rare case where table rows would display blank [TuxPaper]
BUGFIX: UI | Fixed 'close all details' in classic UI [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Prevent constuction of mytorrents context menu from flipping download stats [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix cursor transition in table cell [Parg]
BUGFIX: UI | Fix incorrect handling of weak references for UI views that resulted in them never being released [Parg]
BUGFIX: Plug | Various fixes to correctly release unloaded plugin resources [Parg]
Review - cURL for Windows
7.19.2 (Jan 5, 2009)

You're forgetting that cURL is not only a commandline application, but also a powerful libcurl library that is perfect for making web content accessible for your application.
I've used both libsoup and libcurl and i find libcurl to be significantly less buggy.
Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?
7.19.2 (Nov 19, 2009 - 3:03 PM)

I believe, GPU acceleration is going to help the performance. Besides, if it requires more power than a CPU can give, it's not web.

They guy said something about ensuring that all devices get full-sized keyboard. I don't know for sure, but he also said something about supporting all standard devices (which probably means that it would be possible to plug USB keyboard, i hope).

But the time will tell.
Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?
7.19.2 (Nov 19, 2009 - 2:53 PM)

The guy explicitly said that if you're a lawyer and working with documents 8 hours/day, ChromeOS is not for you.
Comment - Live report: Will Google Chrome OS change Linux?
7.19.2 (Nov 19, 2009 - 2:50 PM)

"Most of the system is in a writable partition, and that's scary" - that comment was made about common OSes (they are working from writable partition, and that's scary). ChromeOS kernel resides on read-only partition.
Comment - Microsoft may not kill IE6 until at least 2014
7.19.2 (Aug 11, 2009 - 12:07 PM)

You can't kill IE6, but you can stop making web sites compatible with IE6. Microsoft has NOTHING to do with that. Even if they ARE, they aren't bound by anything (at least i don't remember seeing that written anywhere) to keep supporting IE6 on ALL their sites (except for the essential ones, such as windowsupdate).
Once IE6 (that is, web sites in IE6) stops working for users, users will upgrade.
Comment - Mozilla: We'll keep pushing for Ogg Theora in HTML 5
7.19.2 (Jul 24, 2009 - 4:20 PM)

Theora actually sux. The developers said so. To be precise, they said that it's hard to improve Theora's quality while maintaining the bitstream compatibility. It would have been easier to work with it if they had the ability to hack freely.
Theora encoder is getting better. But it is nowhere near x264. And with Theora specs being somewhat inferior to H.264, i wouldn't predict that it will tie up with any of the mainstream (x264, MainConcept, Intel IPP) H.264 encoders in 2 years. Well, unless they get a substantial boost in development resources (people). One year ago one of the FFmpeg developers commented that "Theora's quality is comparable to MPEG2". Of course, we've seen 2 Theora releases since then, so now i would say it's closer to XviD...

P.S. I would really like to see real objective codec comparisons (such as the ones from MSU) with x264, Theora, XviD, Snow, Dirac, MPEG2 participating. That would show exactly who stands where and you won't need me commenting on these things with rumors, weasel-words, speculations, estimations and personal opinions.

P.P.S. Nevertheless, i do support Theora as a standard Web video codec. It's better to stick to the principles now. You can improve implementation (in time) and specs (in much more time). But if you stuck with H.264 - you're stuck for a decade or two...And you'll have to pay. All of us will have to pay.