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by Wisp
2003-07-21 18:35
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: tab icons, like odc
Replies: 21
Views: 7290

Why can't opera work together with Arne.. arne could make the main code and opera could make the interface and additional features and fixes
by Wisp
2003-07-20 13:41
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [search] Filesize -> exact
Replies: 18
Views: 6241

hmm i can't understand what this option has to do with being backwords compatibel.[sic] Because it has to do with the protocol, Wisp. The $Search command is only set up in such a way that "less than" or "more than" searches are expected. Well let's say I'm searching for a file of 1000 bytes first D...
by Wisp
2003-07-15 19:27
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Keeping search words in search textfield
Replies: 2
Views: 1604

Re: Keeping search words in search textfield

i appears that it's fixed in the latest version
by Wisp
2003-07-15 12:35
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Finished uploads/downloads window
Replies: 6
Views: 2829

I'm somewhat tired I belive, I read the post before I wrote, I PROMISE! The guy wants a "status window", like IRC (can I compare dc to irc?).. and so do I, a status window would be GREAT! not a status window, but a log window ;) it would be great if it can log all sorts of things, example 21:00 (do...
by Wisp
2003-07-15 12:30
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: tab icons, like odc
Replies: 21
Views: 7290

Re: tab icons, like odc

agree, i submitted this also a while ago
by Wisp
2003-07-14 20:44
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [search] Filesize -> exact
Replies: 18
Views: 6241

hmm i can't understand what this option has to do with being backwords compatibel.. :?
by Wisp
2003-07-14 20:42
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Now that nmdc has a cap
Replies: 14
Views: 5526

Re: Now that nmdc has a cap

just download netlimiter (www.netlimiter.com) i also use it, before i knew the program, i allways turned off dc++ when my file was finished downloading because internet was extremely slow when i upload things now i can leave dc++ on while i surf the net because i have limited it limiting bandwidh is...
by Wisp
2003-07-14 15:21
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: About hashing
Replies: 10
Views: 4773

I don't like hashing.. if you wanna use that method, why not stick with edonkey? it's an excellent program but edonkey-links are very usefull, i would like them too, it would be great if the same file identification system would be implemented (can't be too hard?) anyway, i used edonkey for a while ...
by Wisp
2003-07-14 11:59
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: clocking your download speed before file transfers
Replies: 18
Views: 6550

jbyrd wrote:A feature that is not reliable and misleading won't be included in the main dc++ code. Your best chance is one of the modded ones. :)
the option "Maximum download speed to start new downloads" is also not 100% reliable, but it's still added in DC
by Wisp
2003-07-14 11:55
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: searching for alternatives problem
Replies: 2
Views: 1394

I don't have dc++ in front of me at the moment, but can't you just redefine some of the parameters and click on search, again? yep, that's what i do now, but there are 2 problems 1. when it starts searching for the file right away, dc tries to download all the matches, but since most people have no...
by Wisp
2003-07-14 11:50
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [interface] tabs
Replies: 6
Views: 2586

cyberal wrote:Totally agree, I think arne should take a look at QuickDC, it have what you are talking about... looks much better!
you're right, this is what i had in mind for the hub window

http://quickdc.sourceforge.net/screensh ... c004-2.png
by Wisp
2003-07-14 11:16
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [interface] tabs
Replies: 6
Views: 2586

[interface] tabs

I think that the DC interface would be much cleaner when there would be used some tabs, like the hub windows (public/favorites) could be merged to one and divided into 2 tabs the search window could make a new tab for every search query and so on wouldn't this be better? i'm sometimes drowning in th...
by Wisp
2003-07-14 11:14
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: searching for alternatives problem
Replies: 2
Views: 1394

searching for alternatives problem

(i couldn't think of a short topictitle for this thread) when i click on "search for alternatives" the search window will popup and it will begin searching right away, this is very annoying because in many cases i want to change some parameters of the search window, like checking the "only users wit...
by Wisp
2003-07-14 11:10
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [search] Filesize -> exact
Replies: 18
Views: 6241

[search] Filesize -> exact

When you search for a file, you can select "at least" and "at most" but can't there be an option "Exact" so i can better search for alternatives? Example, i want to download terminator.avi (so part 1) but when i search for alternatives i get a huge list of "terminator 2.avi" because it has a bigger ...
by Wisp
2003-07-14 10:59
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: clocking your download speed before file transfers
Replies: 18
Views: 6550

jbyrd wrote:One problem is that many times, depending on the upload and/or download connection types, the download could start fast and then drop off to almost nothing.

The method is not truthful.
dc could measure the average rate, and offcourse it's not 100% reliable, but it's better than nothing
by Wisp
2003-07-14 10:58
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Finished uploads/downloads window
Replies: 6
Views: 2829

Re: Finished uploads/downloads window

hmm i could paint something in photoshop to show what i mean

(since nobody is replying :( )
by Wisp
2003-07-14 10:57
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Old future wanted back!!
Replies: 8
Views: 3514

I think it's a very usefull feature, so i would like it back just an example if you want to download a movie, and you have started to download 3 different versions of the file, you can't tell what the status of the files is so if 2 files are 3% downloaded, and the other is 89% downloaded, you don't ...
by Wisp
2003-07-14 10:42
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: clocking your download speed before file transfers
Replies: 18
Views: 6550

dc could download a test-file of 300kb, then checks the time it took and calculate the transfer speed

wouldn't this be an option?

I mostly download the filelist to check the speed, but sometimes the filelist is too small to see it transferring
by Wisp
2003-07-12 10:35
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Better way of automatically searching alternatives
Replies: 12
Views: 4754

Re: Better way of automatically searching alternatives

Oh, so that was the only change from the DC++ standard way? Okay. Well at this time the function nearly works because he tries to download all things at the same time, so when it will download one by one, it is a huge improvement (simple but effective) What you're looking for seems to be nearly ide...
by Wisp
2003-07-12 10:33
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Better way of automatically searching alternatives
Replies: 12
Views: 4754

In the way I suggested it tries to download the files one by one, in the order which mostly gives the fastest download Ugh. For the last time, there is no correlation between an uploader's ping and his upload speed! This method is totally blind. :roll: i said mostly when i search something and i do...
by Wisp
2003-07-12 10:18
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Finished uploads/downloads window
Replies: 6
Views: 2829

Finished uploads/downloads window

In my opinion it would be better if there was just one window not only displaying uploads and downloads, but also all sort of information like when a hub is connected/disconnected or when you change your nickname etc so just one general log-window, when you only want to see the downloads you can cli...
by Wisp
2003-07-01 15:25
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Better way of automatically searching alternatives
Replies: 12
Views: 4754

Re: Better way of automatically searching alternatives

GargoyleMT wrote:I don't see much of a change from the current system, other than that you want some sort of connect-timeout-rotate-sources option.
In the way I suggested it tries to download the files one by one, in the order which mostly gives the fastest download
by Wisp
2003-06-27 19:14
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Better way of automatically searching alternatives
Replies: 12
Views: 4754

This would put an enormous strain on the hub. This type of frequent searching for a hub with 1000 people would be an additional 66 searches per minute than normal. That is why the current method only searches for files that have "no users online". Ok make it 30 minutes or so, it was just an example...
by Wisp
2003-06-27 06:51
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Better way of automatically searching alternatives
Replies: 12
Views: 4754

Better way of automatically searching alternatives

There seem to be some problems with the current way of automatically searching for alternatives (also see this topic) So i thought out a better way to search for alternatives This is how it should work 1. Search the hub every 15 minutes or so for users with free slots who have queued files 2. Make a...
by Wisp
2003-06-26 12:48
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Encryption to protect files and users
Replies: 8
Views: 3826

Filelist isn't proof in my opinion - what if I'm fakesharing? Unless they get all files from me, they can't proove that I was really sharing them... that's right, i haven't said that the filelist function should be disabled, i think that there should be a protection for the users (to hide their ip)...
by Wisp
2003-06-26 12:32
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Encryption to protect files and users
Replies: 8
Views: 3826

Encryption to protect files and users

The last time there are a lot of newsitems regardig organisations like RIAA who are hunting down P2P users and suing them. Probably there will be a time when they start with DC++, and since it's easy to grab someone's filelist, DC++ will be an easy victim. So i was thinking of a way to make people m...
by Wisp
2003-06-10 07:47
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: upload speed limiter
Replies: 56
Views: 18712

GargoyleMT wrote:
Wisp wrote:well you can allways use www.netlimiter.com :)
Which, frankly, sucks compared to the code in DC++k or BCDC. Plus, if you search the forum, you'll see people who had to uninstall it to get DC++ working properly again.
that's fixed in the latest version
by Wisp
2003-06-09 17:49
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: simple solution to a minor problem..
Replies: 7
Views: 3253

Re: .

just download the filelist, then you'll get a good idea of the user's speed (and you don't have many unfinished files)
by Wisp
2003-06-09 14:47
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Statistics
Replies: 6
Views: 2891

TheParanoidOne wrote:Can you give us a screenshot with some actual data in the graphs? (Just for my curiosity - I like statistics :) )
i can't get the program to work so that's not possible :)
by Wisp
2003-06-09 14:45
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Favorite hubs, divide in catagories
Replies: 4
Views: 2149

TheParanoidOne wrote:Whether this is useful or not would depend on how many hubs you have in favourites, wouldn't it?

How many do you have?
about 30, but when i have catagories it will be much more
by Wisp
2003-06-09 13:12
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Favorite hubs, divide in catagories
Replies: 4
Views: 2149

Favorite hubs, divide in catagories

Isn't it a good idea to make catagories in the favorite hub window, similar to the FlashFXP site manager http://www.flashfxp.com/images/scr/f-site1x1.png In that way, you could also make it possible to connect to multiple hubs the same time, by clicking on an item with subitems (like in the screensh...
by Wisp
2003-06-09 08:34
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Download next hublist..
Replies: 7
Views: 3256

did you see what i just said? The whole point in multiple lists is to split the bandwidth load between hosts! If every DC++ client is modified to dld every list, just think how much bigger the bandwidth loads on the lists would then be! ..the eventual outcome would be that most of them would shut d...
by Wisp
2003-06-09 08:28
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Statistics
Replies: 6
Views: 2891

Statistics

Well although i hate the Emule client, it has a nice feature to see all kind of statistics of all sort of things, (screenshot) Can a feature like this be implementen in DC++ ?
by Wisp
2003-06-09 07:58
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: upload speed limiter
Replies: 56
Views: 18712

well you can allways use www.netlimiter.com :)
by Wisp
2003-06-09 07:53
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Download next hublist..
Replies: 7
Views: 3256

Hrm, while on that matter, it might be pretty cool to get the lists from them all and merge them together removing any obvious duplicates. (Same address or exact same description provided the description is long enough to actually be likely to be unique.) yep, and optional filter all the bad hubs o...
by Wisp
2003-05-29 07:40
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: dc++ better than kazaa except for one feature (u guessed it)
Replies: 3
Views: 2206

Multisource downloading sucks, it will be very hard to find free slots when every download is taking 3-10 slots
by Wisp
2003-05-28 16:21
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Get auto free slot from ppl uploading from you and vice vers
Replies: 7
Views: 2849

Well if you want to download something from someone who is downloading from you, you can allways ask, and if he denies, you can close his download
by Wisp
2003-05-14 10:36
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [ 652713 ] group together same files in search
Replies: 23
Views: 7352

maybe you could group files by filesize+crc

than you would be sure they're the same
by Wisp
2003-05-02 13:16
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: Autoslot
Replies: 12
Views: 4876

I just made a quick sketch.. hope you like it ;)

Image
by Wisp
2003-04-28 17:26
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: moglo and dc++
Replies: 2
Views: 1550

Re: moglo and dc++

ravanelli wrote:Moglo and Dc++ are really exellent both
Felicitation
But for the same files they give two numbers of Kb different
It will be nice if they could give the same
Thanks
yep, moglo counts one kb as 1000 bytes.. dc++ as 1024 bytes

so moglo has to change it ;)
by Wisp
2003-04-28 10:21
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: bitrate
Replies: 14
Views: 4772

Maybe a little offtopic but I think hubowners/bots should automatically send a warning message to users who share 'audiocatalyst' because it produces crappy mp3's. Many people don't know this, but it's very annoying if you downloaded an 192kbit album of 70mb and find out it's al encoded with xing.....
by Wisp
2003-04-28 10:18
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: mp3 bitrate
Replies: 64
Views: 21517

agreed =]
by Wisp
2003-04-28 09:41
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [bug report] unhandled exception
Replies: 5
Views: 2171

leadenboy wrote:this thread is a good argument for allowing post-editing :wink:
Image
by Wisp
2003-04-28 08:27
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [bug report] unhandled exception
Replies: 5
Views: 2171

Re: [bug report] unhandled exception

And with 'searching' i mean searching in the file list, not in a hub :)
by Wisp
2003-04-28 08:26
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [bug report] unhandled exception
Replies: 5
Views: 2171

Re: [bug report] unhandled exception

eh version 0.242 offcourse ;)
by Wisp
2003-04-28 08:20
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: [bug report] unhandled exception
Replies: 5
Views: 2171

[bug report] unhandled exception

(version 2.42)

I get an unhandled exception when i exit a file list while it's still searching.

:)
by Wisp
2003-04-28 08:18
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: bitrate
Replies: 14
Views: 4772

Maybe a little offtopic but I think hubowners/bots should automatically send a warning message to users who share 'audiocatalyst' because it produces crappy mp3's. Many people don't know this, but it's very annoying if you downloaded an 192kbit album of 70mb and find out it's al encoded with xing..
by Wisp
2003-04-28 08:15
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: bitrate
Replies: 14
Views: 4772

one of the best features of directconnect is specialized hubs. however, hubs that specialize both on the content (eg style of music) and the form (eg bitrate and encoding) of files will likely end up with a very small pool of users to draw on because of this double specialization. (not to mention t...
by Wisp
2003-04-28 08:13
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: bitrate
Replies: 14
Views: 4772

I suggest to join some high quality mp3 hub as the best option.
An mp3 encoded with Xing is crappy no matter the bitrate. (read this last line again )
But the amount of mp3's will be very low, i wouldn't find the mp3's i want in such a hub.
by Wisp
2003-04-28 08:11
Forum: Feature Discussion (Archived)
Topic: mp3 bitrate
Replies: 64
Views: 21517

sorry about last post, i can't edit on this forum what i wanted to ask was; what is the problem with meta data? the only disadvantage i can think of is that DC++ will take a little longer when building the file list. But this could be prevented by first building the file list without meta data, and ...