Vuze
With the release of Vuze, Azureus is jumping onto the legal torrent
bandwagon. This application features the classic and extensive Azureus torrent
client and adds to it an online platform from which you can download and submit
legal audio and video content.
Vuze’s interface is a complete shake-up to what Azureus users are used
to. The BitTorrent developer has decided to focus on online multimedia content
and introduce user participation. The first thing the user sees is a
"Find, Download, Play" screen to introduce you to Vuze. You can
browse files by using the left side menu, divided in time, main channels and tags.
The menu at the top also links to hot and new content. Vuze takes the web 2.0
road and you'll see that most of the files have tags. You can write out a
comment and leave a rating. The program also makes it a no brainer to send a
video by email and link to content directly from your blog or website.
Additionally, there are social bookmarking links for each file.
Downloading torrents is as simple as using the search bar, which the
gives you options to search the Vuze site and results from the major bittorent
sites such as Btjunkie. You can also easily add more sites to that list if you
wish.
We won’t expand on the qualities of the Azureus client, for which you
can read a review here. Vuze tries to innovate by adding social tools to the program and
providing legal content in the Vuze HD Network. There are numerous channels to
choose from, yet we were disappointed with the content in general. On some
channels there's very little to watch and on others you don't necessarily find
what you were hoping for. Much of the content feels cheap and throwaway, even
if it is in glorious HD.
On the downside Vuze does nothing to atone for Azureus's principal
drawback: the overuse of your RAM and DSL connection. Yes, Vuze is still a
resource and bandwidth hog, and there's nothing you can do about it.
The whole interface is really simple, though the program is so heavy you
will get some slow down, and the amount of legal content is still limited, Vuze
is a promising application for sharing and enjoying legal content.
If you're already hooked on the original Azureus bittorrent client, take
a leap into the future with Vuze.
Recent changes
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Moved some
device detection code out of core
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Removed
IView, AbstractIView, SWTManager and other deprecated plugin APIs
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Button for
"Do Not Transcode"
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Sidebar icon
for devices that supply one
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Switched all
views using IView to UISWTVIew
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Moved all non
UI table refreshing code out of SWT thread (should result in faster UI)
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Removed
various left over and unused code (saved a measly 200k)
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