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OwlBoy · 01:05 AM

Azureus was just updated, and I have to say, it REALLY cleaned up the app, at least on the OS X side of things...

Dialogs are no longer crazy big, interface is more refined, no more silly icons in the menus...

And a bit more Snappy imo

It also have some new technology in it that is ment to make trackers more reliable, and download speeds better, and not so hard on your ISP.

It also has a "3D" swarm view just like Bits on Wheels now.

Azureus can autoupdate, or get it here: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/

Whats new: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/whatsnew2300.php
Changelog: http://azureus.sourceforge.net/chang...ersion=2.3.0.0

-Owl

Apfhex · May 3, 2005, 01:10 AM

Woah, I didn't notice the new Swarm view. Nifty.

Chuckit · May 3, 2005, 01:38 AM

There is no Mac OS X download, and the JAR doesn't work. Awesome.

OwlBoy · May 3, 2005, 02:18 AM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

There is no Mac OS X download, and the JAR doesn't work. Awesome.

Hmm you right, auto update worked great for me though... did you try that?

I assumed they would have it for download on the site too if autoupdate worked fine...

-Owl

Chuckit · May 3, 2005, 02:36 AM

Yeah, I just got the autoupdate route to work. Kind of roundabout, though, especially since they don't have the old Mac file on their Downloads page either. But where is the swarm view? It isn't in View, as I would expect.

rm199 · May 3, 2005, 05:21 AM

and it runs much faster under Java 5

Weyland-Yutani · May 3, 2005, 07:11 AM

Originally Posted by rm199

and it runs much faster under Java 5

Java 5 doesn't appear in the Software Update panel.. should I wait for it there or is it safe to d/l off the web & install?

Thinine · May 3, 2005, 08:09 AM

It's safe but it doesn't replace the 1.4.2 JVM.

Weyland-Yutani · May 3, 2005, 08:28 AM

I updated both Az and Java. All is well

Millennium · May 3, 2005, 10:46 AM

From the look of things, you don't actually need Java5 to run Azureus. They recommend it, but it's not needed. This is a Good Thing for those of us waiting for the Cisco update.

siMac · May 3, 2005, 02:04 PM

Since updating my Azureus won't download. I'm connected to 450 seeds and 160 peers and I'm getting exactly 0 kbps.

Any ideas anybody? I'd reinstall, but since there's no full OSX version available on the site I can't.

Chuckit · May 3, 2005, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by siMac

Since updating my Azureus won't download. I'm connected to 450 seeds and 160 peers and I'm getting exactly 0 kbps.

Any ideas anybody? I'd reinstall, but since there's no full OSX version available on the site I can't.

Here's the download link for version 2.2.0.2 for Mac. You can reinstall that.

theJoy00 · May 3, 2005, 03:40 PM

2.3.0.0 was killing my CPU so i went & installed Java 1.5 from Apple, went to the Java Pref. and set it so Apps and the web used Java 1.5 and such. started Azureus again, same thing, always taking between 55% - 70% of my CPU. chose to inspect process using activity monitor, went under "Open Files and Ports". it would seem that regardless of the Java Pref., it still uses Java 1.4.2. correct me if i am wrong because i am no programer and may be reading the info incorrectly. anyhow, went back to 2.2.0.2 and everything's right where it belongs.

Weyland-Yutani · May 3, 2005, 03:44 PM

Az 2.3 works 100% ok for me (OS 10.4.0 Java 5)

I'm downloading a torrent right now

Chuckit · May 3, 2005, 03:45 PM

So has anybody actually seen this rumored swarm view, and if so, would they be so kind as to explain where it's hidden?

Weyland-Yutani · May 3, 2005, 03:51 PM

Originally Posted by theJoy00

2.3.0.0 was killing my CPU so i went & installed Java 1.5 from Apple, went to the Java Pref. and set it so Apps and the web used Java 1.5 and such. started Azureus again, same thing, always taking between 55% - 70% of my CPU. chose to inspect process using activity monitor, went under "Open Files and Ports". it would seem that regardless of the Java Pref., it still uses Java 1.4.2. correct me if i am wrong because i am no programer and may be reading the info incorrectly. anyhow, went back to 2.2.0.2 and everything's right where it belongs.

Odd. I'm d/l at about 15k up / 15k down using the same softare setup as you, connected to 52 peers and 28 seeders

According to Activity Monitor Azureus is taking 17.5% of processor time. This is on an iBook 600

Weyland-Yutani · May 3, 2005, 03:55 PM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

So has anybody actually seen this rumored swarm view, and if so, would they be so kind as to explain where it's hidden?

The first thing I stumbled upon because I use the "details" view predominantly.

On a running torrent, right click and choose "show details" In that window choose the middle button (between clients and parts)

boom

swarm

Chuckit · May 4, 2005, 04:20 AM

Ah, found it. I was looking in the menubar (clearly not a True Mac App). Many thanks for the tip-off.

Millennium · May 4, 2005, 06:16 AM

Originally Posted by Chuckit

So has anybody actually seen this rumored swarm view, and if so, would they be so kind as to explain where it's hidden?

It's there, but I wouldn't call it "3D", as it's drawn using 2D graphics. Every machine is represented with a circle, which I believe is actually a pie chart representing how complete the download is for that machine. When pieces are transferred, a small animated box is sent along the connecting line from the sender to the receiver.

There is some attempt at drawing this in perspective, but it does not use 3D graphics. It's kind of nifty, but I fail to see the utility of this sort of view anyway, however it's drawn.