Or maybe just for less shitty coding, but the new 4.0 version of Vuze (formerly Azureus), is actually pretty damned decent. Primarily because, unlike the previous post-Azureus versions, it’s not slower than a turtle trying to move across a freeway while covered in superglue. The user-interface, while it still needs plenty of work, has received some pleasant changes as well.
One of my big gripes with this program, however, is that - as of a few versions ago - it added the ability, which is on by default, to search a variety of popular torrent sites. Meaning it finds blatantly illegal torrents on those sites. And, since it is supposedly a “free and legal service”, I could see a non-technical user very easily getting confused into thinking that illegal content is legal since, well, that’s what Vuze does. I just hope there’s a damned good legal argument to support that if and when someone does get into trouble for that reason. It’s a picture perfect case for the “innocent infringement” route, and I really don’t think people could reasonable be held responsible…at all…in those circumstances (traditional innocent infringement cases have been looking of lesser damages, AFAIK none have been concluded so far). That is, of course, operating on the idea that there is any legal grounds for any of these Internet copyright infringement cases, which any intelligent person knows there absolutely isn’t.
Update: While it certainly runs a lot faster, it also carries a much larger memory footprint…not exactly a great trade-off.
