Transmission 0.8 released with selective file downloads, UI changes and much more

Yeah! Thats right. David Watanabe is no good...Sure he has created a good looking application..but for $30, he should have been far ahead of even Azureus in terms of features and what not...Instead, he goes and steals code, makes the interface a little fancy and charges the sky for it.

Hats off to the folks in Transmission development team...have been using it since yesterday, I can see a lot of improvements including the banning issue and selective downloading...And the interface is, especially selective downloading mechanism (individual file/folder choice) and prioritizing buttons, simply too good. Great work...My hearty congrats on a job well done :)

Does this new version allow you to block leechers from downloading from you? That's the only feature I've found to be missing from Transmission. Otherwise it's my favorite shiny thing in the whole world.

One funny thing to note about this release is the license. As of 0.8 all new code is licensed under GPL. The old code is still avalible under the more liberal MIT license.

This move was made to prevent "blatant attempts to profit significantly from our work", as one developer on the offical forum put it. For people familiar to the world of OS X it's clear whom they mean.

Looks like ol' Dave Watanabe will have to do some coding on his own from now on. He's been very unwilling to contribute anything att all to Transmission. Maybe it was his answer to a question on his blog that pissed the developers off. The question was - why doesn't he contribute back to Transmission sense he's the one making money on it? His answer was that he would gladly do some coding for Transmission - if they where to pay him. D'oh!

still happy with xtorrent.

Thank you! Finally a client besides fat Azureus that can selectivly download files from a torrent!

I will give it a try and maybe ditch Bits on Wheels.

It may just be me but v0.80 seems to allocate all the disk space needed for a torrent now, rather than allocating as it goes.
Can anyone else confirm?

It's been a working nightly beta like this for a while. Been using it for a few weeks.

Very good though.

The best bittorrent client for macs, and it's only going to get better. People should think about supporting open source software instead of the developers who rip it off and slap a nice GUI on it. Besides, I'd much rather have a customizable interface like Transmission has than a certain other client that does not allow for customization.

Hooray!

Great work guys. Best OS X torrent client just keeps getting better.
And good re the license change for some bits. Always disappointing to see other developers taking advantage of people who release open source code so i'm glad you guys are limiting the usage a bit more

Is Transmission as safe, in terms of blocking RIAA IP addresses, as Azureus?