And the momentum for Transmission is great right now because of private trackers banning Azureus. Running Transmission feels great because of it being so unbloated. Please don't get my intentions wrong here. Transmission footprint feels like a feather compared to the Azureus footprint, but not having any kind of labeling/tagging/category functionality is a serious drawback that has made me to keep looking for other alternatives. I started using Transmission because it was the top recommended linux client in some private trackers. A month ago I was forced to abandon it because it didn't play nice with private trackers. But it allowed me to manage my downloads/seeds with great flexibility. To be frank, I was very happy using Azureus despite it being a resource hog. Having a couple of dozens of torrents running is not a rare case. People nowadays use 20MBit+ lines, not 56K modems. I agree that some kind of grouping/labeling should be *TOP* priority for next release. These may not come off as important features, but they contribute greatly to the overall usability (and "slickness") of the app. Transmission is so good (oh yes it is) because it's a fully capable client with a simply-but-deadly interface, so let's not forget that!Īvocado wrote:There are a few features the OSX version has which I miss in the Linux version.
I just happen to think these kinds of features are very important while the world of open source tends to favor bare functionality over having a nice GUI. I don't mean to suggest that Transmission devs should be burdened with such things, however. We all know this is one of those things keeping Linux and BitTorrent from complete mainstream dominance. Whereas 'Power Users' can make do with some text on a CLI, more casual computer users need a friendly and intuitive interface. Those who use other clients get lost and discouraged, running home crying to a more familiar p2p method. I've introduced many people to BitTorrent, and of those people, the ones who start with Transmission on a Mac seem to fair much better. The first two of these features I think are more important than some realize. Strange that this one is in the OSX version but not the GTK+. At a glance I can look at my file manager and see what is finished and ready to be watched/listened to/installed/shared. Keeping incomplete files separate is important, as you might accidentally work with them otherwise. The "Keep Incomplete files in _" optionĪllows you to specify a location to keep incomplete transfers.Gives a very apparent and intuitive indication of a transfer's status. Green for seeding, blue for downloading, gray for paused, orange for verifying. I make extensive use of this feature as I have many active transfers. This feature is fantastic for dealing with transfers with various private trackers. In the OSX version you can assign color-coded groups to transfers, making them easy to filter out and visualize.
I see some talk of this from searching the wiki. There are a few features the OSX version has which I miss in the Linux version.
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