Azureus 3.1 implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many invaluable features for both beginners and advanced users:
- Multiple torrent downloads
- Upload and download speed limiting, both globally and per torrent
- Advanced seeding rules
- Adjustable disk cache
- Only uses one port for all the torrents
- UPnP sets the forward on your router
- Can use a proxy, for both tracker and peer communications
- Fast resume
- Can set a default download dir and move completed files
- Can import torrents automatically from a set dir
- Highly customizable interface
- IRC plugin included for quick help
- Embedded tracker, host your own torrents, automate your shares (periodic scanning of a dir)...
- Distributed Hash Table: host on it a completely decentralised torrent and/or benefit from it when the tracker is offline.
Changelog:
(Azureus (Vuze) version 3.1.1.0)
- FEATURE: Core | Added Auto Starting rule to seed large swarms first; useful when many overseeded torrents are in the queue or the upload capacity is far above average [The 8472]
- FEATURE: UIv3 | Friend Chat (double click on friend icon to chat) [Gudy]
- FEATURE: UIv3 | Friends Online Status
- FEATURE: UIv3 | Ability to share content from your computer by dragging it to a Friend [Gudy]
- CHANGE: Core | Built-in plugins can now be disabled - it didn't work properly in earlier versions [amc1]
- CHANGE: UI | Create Vivaldi views for each DHT in use [Groundy]
- CHANGE: UI | Added support for rotation in Vivaldi view [Groundy]
- CHANGE: UI | Peers view hostname column now sorts host names by the most significant part first [The 8472]
- CHANGE: UIv3 | Finished fixes for the new styled dialog which are now default in Vuze/Vuze Advanced [knguyen]
- CHANGE: UIv3 | Added friend icon next to activity entry [TuxPaper]
- CHANGE: UIv3 | New plugin bar look (removed arrows, added selectable list all plugin bar views) [TuxPaper]
- BUGFIX: Core | Fixed bug which stopped downloads being stored in the chosen directory [amc1]
- BUGFIX: Core | Fixed bug which prevented torrent files from being moved properly [amc1]
- BUGFIX: Core | Reopening torrents does not delete files when setting some of the already existing files to DND anymore [The 8472]
- BUGFIX: Core | Fixed bug which prevented UPnP mappings from being successful when a SOCKS proxy was used [amc1]
- BUGFIX: UI | Fixed bug where delete icon on toolbar was not present on OSX [TuxPaper]
- BUGFIX: UI | Blank cells are now properly put at the bottom when sorting a table column [amc1]
- BUGFIX: UIv3 | Fixed bottom of list views not repainting properly [TuxPaper]
- BUGFIX: UIv3 | Remove type headers when switching to date sorting [TuxPaper]
