Comments on: Mozilla Needs BitTorrent http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/ Robert Accettura's Personal Blog on Web Development and Tech Fri, 10 Feb 2012 05:07:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Robert Accettura’s Fun With Wordage » Blog Archive » BitTorrent http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-4323 Robert Accettura’s Fun With Wordage » Blog Archive » BitTorrent Wed, 06 Jul 2005 19:37:00 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-4323 [...] I said over a year ago Firefox should support BitTorrent. Opera now has support. No it wouldn’t support piracy, or any of the other silly comments people have given over the past year about why it shouldn’t be supported. Launching yet another app to download a file is silly. If Firefox dropped FTP support (because it too is just another protocol, and doesn’t relate to web browsing). There would be a boat load of complaints. It’s not a kitchen sink. It’s a usable protocol. What people do with it is up to them. There are many legitimate BitTorrent uses. Linux distro’s use it for example. So do some gaming sites (those giant demo’s). The protocol isn’t illegal by any means. Just some individuals misuse of the protocol. The web is used for illegal purposes all the time, it doesn’t mean Firefox encourages it. [...] [...] I said over a year ago Firefox should support BitTorrent. Opera now has support. No it wouldn’t support piracy, or any of the other silly comments people have given over the past year about why it shouldn’t be supported. Launching yet another app to download a file is silly. If Firefox dropped FTP support (because it too is just another protocol, and doesn’t relate to web browsing). There would be a boat load of complaints. It’s not a kitchen sink. It’s a usable protocol. What people do with it is up to them. There are many legitimate BitTorrent uses. Linux distro’s use it for example. So do some gaming sites (those giant demo’s). The protocol isn’t illegal by any means. Just some individuals misuse of the protocol. The web is used for illegal purposes all the time, it doesn’t mean Firefox encourages it. [...]

]]> By: James William Pye http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-2468 James William Pye Wed, 16 Feb 2005 03:25:42 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-2468 Vote for it. :mrgreen: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=236755 Vote for it. :mrgreen:

https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=236755

]]> By: Alexander Boström http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-2219 Alexander Boström Mon, 07 Feb 2005 00:03:19 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-2219 The main advantage of integrating BitTorrent into Mozilla/Firefox is that the browser itself and the plugins can then use that protocol to receive data without the user having to go through the save-to-desktop-and-click-icon procedure. This means that really large BT files can be embedded into a regular HTTP web page. That's mostly useful for multimedia, which Gecko doesn't really do at the moment. If it handled SMIL, then BT support would be what would actually make it possible for anyone to serve such sites. The main advantage of integrating BitTorrent into Mozilla/Firefox is that the browser itself and the plugins can then use that protocol to receive data without the user having to go through the save-to-desktop-and-click-icon procedure.

This means that really large BT files can be embedded into a regular HTTP web page. That’s mostly useful for multimedia, which Gecko doesn’t really do at the moment. If it handled SMIL, then BT support would be what would actually make it possible for anyone to serve such sites.

]]> By: jimbo http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-1718 jimbo Mon, 10 Jan 2005 18:41:22 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-1718 I was actually about to start work on this feature until I found this page by accident and discovered you were already working on it. I think BT support in the downloads window of FireFox will be the next killer feature and absolutely needs to be implemented. I was planning to do it as a plugin and base it off a stripped down version of the azureus java BT client(sp?) but having it be a native feature would be 10000x cooler. I was actually about to start work on this feature until I found this page by accident and discovered you were already working on it. I think BT support in the downloads window of FireFox will be the next killer feature and absolutely needs to be implemented. I was planning to do it as a plugin and base it off a stripped down version of the azureus java BT client(sp?) but having it be a native feature would be 10000x cooler.

]]> By: alex_m http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 alex_m Mon, 03 Jan 2005 14:02:56 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-1692 great idea man :lol::lol::lol: great idea man :lol: :lol::lol:

]]> By: Jed http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-896 Jed Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-896 While I agree, I think first Mozilla.org should host torrents for their own appliactions, and then see what happens. As for native bittorrent support in mozilla, why? Why not just use your favorite bittorent client for your particular os? While I agree, I think first Mozilla.org should host torrents for their own appliactions, and then see what happens.

As for native bittorrent support in mozilla, why?
Why not just use your favorite bittorent client for your particular os?

]]> By: dietrich http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-897 dietrich Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-897 i agree totally. to answer jed's question: support should be in mozilla because: - there are *no* favorite bittorent clients. it'll make bittorrent usage easier than any of the clunky clients out there. - another awesome, forward-looking feature in firefox i agree totally.

to answer jed’s question:

support should be in mozilla because:

- there are *no* favorite bittorent clients. it’ll make bittorrent usage easier than any of the clunky clients out there.

- another awesome, forward-looking feature in firefox

]]> By: bsander http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-898 bsander Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-898 The main reason I think this should _NOT_ be in mozilla but be an extension at best is that, as you said, BitTorrent uploads when it downloads. If an end user clicks a bittorrent link, it gets handled like a regular ftp of http download, I don't think they would be pleased when their entire upstream gets clottered. Especially not people who are still on 56k or less. As an extension, fine. In the default extension pack that comes with the Firefox installer, fine. But this needs to be an optional installation, and should require an additional step to make people understand what's happening. The main reason I think this should _NOT_ be in mozilla but be an extension at best is that, as you said, BitTorrent uploads when it downloads. If an end user clicks a bittorrent link, it gets handled like a regular ftp of http download, I don’t think they would be pleased when their entire upstream gets clottered. Especially not people who are still on 56k or less.
As an extension, fine. In the default extension pack that comes with the Firefox installer, fine. But this needs to be an optional installation, and should require an additional step to make people understand what’s happening.

]]> By: Gerv http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-899 Gerv Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-899 Absolutely. libtorrent (<a href="http://libtorrent.sf.net)">http://libtorrent.sf.net)</a> is MIT-licensed, and could be rolled into Mozilla. We'd need to hook it up to downloads of type application/x-torrent. The current BT apps _all_ have poor UI. This could be a tabbed-browsing/popup-blocking sized killer feature. Great for someone interested in hacking on the network layer :-) Gerv Absolutely.

libtorrent (http://libtorrent.sf.net) is MIT-licensed, and could be rolled into Mozilla. We’d need to hook it up to downloads of type application/x-torrent.

The current BT apps _all_ have poor UI. This could be a tabbed-browsing/popup-blocking sized killer feature.

Great for someone interested in hacking on the network layer :-)

Gerv

]]> By: Eric Hodel http://robert.accettura.com/blog/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/comment-page-1/#comment-900 Eric Hodel Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://robert.accettura.com/archives/2004/03/03/mozilla-needs-bittorrent/#comment-900 So when can we see your patches? So when can we see your patches?

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