Flash FoxTorrent?

Posted August 1, 2007
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Using actionscript, it’s quite possible to develop an Adobe Flash-based UI for FoxTorrent. We’d be the only BitTorrent client with a Flash UI. We could make it look quite slick, and still be useful (i.e. not annoying to use). It would also remove any memory leaks.

Whadd’ya think?  Should we do it?

Tom.

14 comments so far

  1. OpenUser on August 2, 2007

    Flash is not open source. So if that doesn’t bother you…

  2. anonymous on August 2, 2007

    That would be awesome! I was always hoping it would have a better interface(no offense)!

  3. bigbang on August 3, 2007

    Yes. Do it. Flash streaming with bittorrent. Wow!

  4. yoyo on August 4, 2007

    i wasn’t totally into it at first, but that could be some sick shiz.. . .

    DO IT!

  5. rabidsnail on August 5, 2007

    As long as it worked in Gnash, I wouldn’t have a problem with it.

  6. Gavin on August 10, 2007

    If it stops memory leaks then Yes!

  7. TomVal on August 10, 2007

    Well, flash is not accessible for blind people, so I prefer current interface

  8. mordi on August 19, 2007

    Why not AIR (apollo) for a desktop aplication??

  9. Devastator on August 21, 2007

    Although Flash isn’t open-source, you might be able to do it on the Flex framework which is open-source – Mozilla Public License.

  10. tomjacobs on August 21, 2007

    Thanks guys for the feedback on this one… we decided to go ahead with it, and it’s looking fantastic so far.. we’ll give you a sneak peek soon..

  11. tomjacobs on August 21, 2007

    And yes, it is quite possible to bring it into a standalone desktop app with apollo.. sounds good..

  12. Byron on August 27, 2007

    why not stay with the mozilla platform and develop a full on xul UI eventually leading to a stand alone application powered by xulrunner?

  13. Alex on September 17, 2007

    Yes!!

  14. Shesh on October 18, 2007

    Yes.. you should go with AIR. its very promising.


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