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Title: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: neal62 on June 23, 2006, 06:40:28 AM
Please go  HERE  (http://help.opera.com/Windows/9.00/en/bittorrent.html) to read about it.  :)
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: Abraxas on June 23, 2006, 05:22:04 PM
Hi Neal ,
This topic caught my eye as I've just installed Opera 9 . I'm very impressed with the browser; took about 2 minutes to install and get online . I occasionally use Torrent files to download large files like Auto Patcher as I have 56kb DialUp and the pause / resume function is often not possible with download managers and some sites , whereas peer 2 peer sharing , if you can find some peers is very handy.
Can't believe how smooth Opera is. Very intuitive ... I like it !
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: New_Age on June 24, 2006, 05:23:43 AM
Abraxas,

Very happy you've chosen Opera. I'm a beta tester for Opera. I'm very happy to link up Betas as they come through and believe it or not Opera released Build 505 Opera 9.0.1 today. I have it in the UPDATES! Thread. Go by and check it out  :)

And yes, Indeed the Torrent feature is a nice throw in but aren't Torrents somewhat illegal? As I've done some searching and there is alot of sites that contain free downloads to Whole Band Albums such as Seether, Breaking Benjamin, Linkin Park, Etc.  :-\ And I think that this whole design to throw in Torrent downloading is not a good thing but what do you think?
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: Abraxas on June 24, 2006, 10:00:29 AM
Hi there New_Age . Thanks for the Info about Build 505 Opera 9.0.1 today , just saw it in "Updates" .
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I think that this whole design to throw in Torrent downloading is not a good thing but what do you think?
As far as Torrent files and Bit Torrent I really can't figure why they would include this feature.  I agree that a lot of Torrent files are of pirated origin and illegal so this seems like a very silly idea .
My first impressions of Opera 9 are that it looks and feels like a good Browser for kids, or novice users ; not too many Advanced features unless you go looking for them. Personally I download Auto-Patcher from NeoWin Forums every 4 months or so , they have a Torrent file feature which is handy as I'm on dial-up . It's a great backup of Win Updates and other useful progs .  I can download a 200 MB file over a couple of days .
I really can't think why Bit Torrent would be included as a "Widget" in Opera , kind of stupid really  ???
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: ..::ReVaN::.. on June 24, 2006, 11:05:37 AM
Not all torrents are illegal guys.... Infact alot of free programs(e.g. linux distro's) are distributed as torrents in order to cut down bandwidth costs(Abraxas gave a fine example of Auto Patcher)... How about if you wanted to share some files(like pictures from your birthday party) with your friends and you don't have a server to put those files on there, the best way then would be to make a torrent file and give it to your friends... I really think bittorrent is a great thing and a very good way to download/share files with your friends and due to the fact that more and more company's and individuals are deciding to put their files(programs,tutorials etc.) on the bittorrent network i wouldn't exactly call Opera's move to implement bittorrent support in their browser stupid quite the contrary i understand and support it ....

Just my 2 cents guys ;)

Cheers,

Mikey
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: RejZoR on June 24, 2006, 11:31:43 AM
It supports Bittorent, however not all trackers support Opera's BT client...
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: ..::ReVaN::.. on June 24, 2006, 11:37:34 AM
It supports Bittorent, however not all trackers support Opera's BT client...

That sux! But hopefully that will change in the future...
Have you tried using it Rejzor? Would you mind writting a little review ?

 
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: New_Age on June 24, 2006, 05:40:36 PM
Not all torrents are illegal guys.... Infact alot of free programs(e.g. linux distro's) are distributed as torrents in order to cut down bandwidth costs(Abraxas gave a fine example of Auto Patcher)... How about if you wanted to share some files(like pictures from your birthday party) with your friends and you don't have a server to put those files on there, the best way then would be to make a torrent file and give it to your friends... I really think bittorrent is a great thing and a very good way to download/share files with your friends and due to the fact that more and more company's and individuals are deciding to put their files(programs,tutorials etc.) on the bittorrent network i wouldn't exactly call Opera's move to implement bittorrent support in their browser stupid quite the contrary i understand and support it ....

Just my 2 cents guys ;)

Cheers,

Mikey
If you did read my post I was meaning in Music. On the news there have been alot of reports of sites having Full Band Albums for download and it's free. My case on this is very high cause do you have any Idea how much money the record companys loose each year just because more and more people are using  and switching to these Programs LimeWire, Kazaa, Ares, Etc.? Heck even a friend of mine downloaded and burned a whole brand new release Album from a band which pretty much pissed me off.
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: drhayden1 on June 24, 2006, 06:26:15 PM
new_age-hi

love opera 9!!!use that and also netscape 8.1
got a question,hope i'm not messing up this topic(i noticed you were a beta tester for opera) and i thought you could help me with one simple thing.....i cannot get my favorites(bookmarks) from netscape to opera
i go to file-import and export-import netscape/firefox bookmarks-opens a box that say select newscape bookmarks to import-i go to netscape browser and i can't find bookmarks or favorites :o
what should i do or be looking for? ::)
any help would be appreciated ::)
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: New_Age on June 24, 2006, 09:07:16 PM
drhayden1,

I find this option hard to do myself. I'll tell ya what. Sit back and hang tight. I'll download Netscape and figure this out and I'll report back. I'll PM you  :)
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: New_Age on June 24, 2006, 10:22:24 PM
http://widgets.opera.com/widget/4397 There you can download this very useful Widget to search almost any Torrent you want.
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: drhayden1 on June 25, 2006, 02:40:01 AM
http://www.opera.com/support/search/supsearch.dml?index=427

i don't need anything for bit torrent,i just need to know how to import netscape bookmarks to opera :o

thanks new_age,this above link doesn't do anything for me for netscape,i.e. no problem, but i don't need it for i.e. ::)
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: drhayden1 on June 25, 2006, 02:55:11 AM
http://www.kaylon.com/power.html

will this work???it was on that link on the above post link in small print about 4 or 5 paragrahs down 8)
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: New_Age on June 25, 2006, 03:01:33 AM
It could work.
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: drhayden1 on June 25, 2006, 03:48:00 AM
IE

3.0...6.X
   

Netscape                  new_age..the list to the left..it doesn't say opera 9 and netscape 8.1 and it's only a

3.0...4.7, 7.X             trail version-any other way to import-why it something so easy so difficult!!??
   

Opera

2.0...8.X
   

NetCaptor

7.X
   

Mozilla

1.X                       You may try Powermarks for 30 days before having to decide if it is right for you
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: New_Age on June 25, 2006, 05:30:31 AM
drhayden1,

To me being a Opera beta tester did I ever say I was a professional? nope.

Heres what I do as a beta tester for Opera. I find little bugs to which based on my and others users opinions, take hold and check what needs fixing. I just report broken sites or... sites that don't display right. I also only report some sites that have downloading accept problems. Many reports have been Included for RAM and CPU usage as I have encountered.

Note: I was stating what I do as a tester.

So for your problem I can't help. I PM'd you stated that I can't help as I haven't messed with Netscape in a long time and I'm not formulary with the App. at all I’m afraid
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: drhayden1 on June 25, 2006, 11:40:54 AM
thanks for the help and all new_age 8)

i guess its one of those things we won't be able to figure out-i tryed and still no luck ???

probably really nothing technical to it, probably something small we are overlooking ::)

Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: New_Age on June 25, 2006, 07:39:18 PM
Yeah, but why choose netscape? Are you testing it? Netscape had too many crashes on me  :-\
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: drhayden1 on June 26, 2006, 03:27:34 AM
New_Age thanks for the reply again-no i'm not testing it like someone i know who is a beta tester for another browser :D ;D

sorry it took so long to get back to you,on call 24/7 ::)

netscape over the years i have used it has NEVER-NEVER crashed on me at all :o
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: New_Age on June 26, 2006, 03:54:48 AM
Funny though, there have been MANY! reports of crashes on the message boards and there have been fghting about updating the skins. I like the skins for Netscape though. Very sleek and clean...  :)
Title: Re: New Opera supports Bit Torrent?
Post by: drhayden1 on June 26, 2006, 03:56:50 AM
must be ONE of the lucky ones ;D

have a good one new_age and avast!world :D
out into the real world ???