Firefox to get BitTorrent integration

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:09 am

AllPeers is a simple, persistent buddy list in the browser. Initially, interaction with those buddies will be limited to discovering and sharing files - If you choose to, you can share any file on your network with one or more of your friends. They will be able to see what files you choose to share (even getting an RSS feed of new files you include), and with a single click download it to their own hard drive.

AllPeers will work even when the sharer is offline - AllPeers is a bittorent client, and will allow files to be pulled from multiple sources. When downloading, the file may be grabbed partially or fully from others you have shared it with (or who shared it with you).

http://www.techcrunch.com/2006/01/03/al ... iller-app/

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:12 am

yer saw this the other day on /. although i'm concerned about how much more of a resource pig FF will become with this sort of implementation.

Post by **mjrpes** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:13 am

When the RIAA gets hold of this, all I can say is "know your buddies well".

Post by **Eraser** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:25 am

+JuggerNaut+ wrote:yer saw this the other day on /. although i'm concerned about how much more of a resource pig FF will become with this sort of implementation.

Well it's an extension so if you don't want to use it, you can simply remove it. BitTorrent is not nescessarily a resource demanding system either. However, it has the potential of seriously choking a network connection when not configured properly.

Post by **+JuggerNaut+** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 8:37 am

Eraser wrote:
+JuggerNaut+ wrote:yer saw this the other day on /. although i'm concerned about how much more of a resource pig FF will become with this sort of implementation.
Well it's an extension so if you don't want to use it, you can simply remove it. BitTorrent is not nescessarily a resource demanding system either. However, it has the potential of seriously choking a network connection when not configured properly.

um, i understand that it's an extension, thanks.

Post by **Grudge** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 11:29 am

It's just an extension, it won't ship with the browser, hence it's not a "killer-app", since only nerds ever download extensions.

Post by **mik0rs** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:48 pm

Hah, I submitted a Firefox BitTorrent plug-in for my final project at uni and it got turned down. I did something less interesting instead.

Post by **Zimbo** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 3:57 pm

calm down guys it's just an extension

Post by **Lukin** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:05 pm

Pfff, Opera 9 will have integrated Torrent support.

Post by **plained** » Thu Jan 05, 2006 5:10 pm

this plug-in is an extension :icon19:

Post by **^misantropia^** » Fri Jan 06, 2006 12:52 am

As I've understood it, this plugin aims to make sharing small files between friends and family easier, not to implement a full-scale, heavy-duty bittorrent client. What would be the point? A plugin could never hope to compete with the likes of Azureus or utorrent[1].

[1] "mutorrent", if you want to be a Greek grammar nazi.