KeR Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Its missing a feature that is a must for me, when minimized to the Dock I like how Transmission shows Download and Upload speeds, uTorrent doesn't have that - for now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 All OS X Applications are visually superior to Windows Applications in my opinion, but thats because Apple have some pretty big rules on what you can and cant do with their System. They like everything to look the same/similar so that users wont get confused everytime they move to another application or install something new.I think is a great idea, but I also see the downside of it. The downside being Mac OS X Tiger, which was a mish-mash of brushed metal (ugly, in my opinion) and unified "plastic." Also, I think Firefox looks horrible on the Mac, and much better on Windows and Linux. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 All OS X Applications are visually superior to Windows Applications in my opinion, but thats because Apple have some pretty big rules on what you can and cant do with their System. They like everything to look the same/similar so that users wont get confused everytime they move to another application or install something new.I think is a great idea, but I also see the downside of it. I tend to agree, more or less, but it mostly comes down to the UI design being much better. It's that all-important element that sits between you and what's under the hood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Each torrent in the utorrent window only takes up 20px of vertical space compared to transmission's enormous 65px You can press CMD+T and use the minimal interface in Transmission if you want it to take up less space vertically. Looks quite nice. I'd show you what mine looks like, but I don't download torrents, never have, never will. :cool: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 You can press CMD+T and use the minimal interface in Transmission if you want it to take up less space vertically. Looks quite nice. I'd show you what mine looks like, but I don't download torrents, never have, never will. :cool: Then that just makes it useless because I can't see information about all the torrents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3m0nb0y Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yea! When uTorrent steps out of beta, I am going to use it and discard Tomato Torrent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Then that just makes it useless because I can't see information about all the torrents. Do you really need to see all the detail always? Counting down the minutes are we? :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 Do you really need to see all the detail always? Counting down the minutes are we? :) The best designed software shouldn't hinder functionality. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xero Posted December 3, 2008 Share Posted December 3, 2008 Its not losing any functionality, its hiding unnecessary information. Besides I use the inspector more than anything so I don't need to see it in list view. Transmission inspector is better than utorrents methods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 Its not losing any functionality, its hiding unnecessary information. Besides I use the inspector more than anything so I don't need to see it in list view. Transmission inspector is better than utorrents methods. Unnecessary information is highly subjective. I consider information such as ETA pretty damn important. Why would one want to use an extra inspector window, when the point is to use screen resolution effectively with minimal view in the first place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Then that just makes it useless because I can't see information about all the torrents. It doesn't hide any critical information, just the unnecessary information. And you can always enable the Inspector at any time to see all the information. I do wish uTorrent would have a similar "minimal view." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 It doesn't hide any critical information, just the unnecessary information. And you can always enable the Inspector at any time to see all the information. I do wish uTorrent would have a similar "minimal view." Post above yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quillz Posted December 3, 2008 Author Share Posted December 3, 2008 Unnecessary information is highly subjective. I consider information such as ETA pretty damn important.Why would one want to use an extra inspector window, when the point is to use screen resolution effectively with minimal view in the first place? Well then by all means use uTorrent. This is why we have choice. Some prefer maximum minimization, others want a bit more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 Well then by all means use uTorrent. This is why we have choice. Some prefer maximum minimization, others want a bit more. Far too bare and unstable at the moment for it to be really used seriously for anything other than testing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 Unnecessary information is highly subjective. I consider information such as ETA pretty damn important.Why would one want to use an extra inspector window, when the point is to use screen resolution effectively with minimal view in the first place? It shows ETA...you lost me somewhere there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
giga Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 It shows ETA...you lost me somewhere there Yeah, that's utorrent. We were talking about Transmission minimal view. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted December 3, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 3, 2008 Yeah, that's utorrent. We were talking about Transmission minimal view. ;) ahh well that would make sense :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted December 5, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 5, 2008 0.9.0.1 is out! http://mac.utorrent.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PyX Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Does ?Torrent estimate the time better than Transmission? I know the team of Transmission is working on new ways to calculate it, because right now it's bad to divide the file size remaining by the current speed... And why the hell do we say uTorrent when it's ?Torrent and thus should be mTorrent? It always scared me somehow! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jallenhayslett Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 And why the hell do we say uTorrent when it's ?Torrent and thus should be mTorrent? It always scared me somehow! Because it's easier for people to say yooTorrent since the sound "yoo" is a normal part of everyday English language, whereas myooTorrent is not as easy since "myoo" is not a normal part of everyday English language. That is, of course, barring those familiar with the Greek alphabet, or those who are or have been affiliated with the Greek system in school. Or it could just be that most people are dumb, lazy, and can't be bothered to pronounce it in any way other than how it looks like it should be pronounced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted December 10, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 10, 2008 http://mac.utorrent.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fix-this! Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 good for mac users, i love utorrent on windows. :woot: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sambrentnall Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I really really want this to work with RSS feeds! why wont they give it us when the windows verstion supports it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John S. Veteran Posted December 16, 2008 Veteran Share Posted December 16, 2008 I like it overall, my main aggravation is that it doesn't remember preferences for where you want files saved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LTD Posted December 16, 2008 Share Posted December 16, 2008 I've really gotten used to uTorrent, and it's now my preferred client (relative to Transmission.) It is efficient with space, seems to catch seeds faster, and makes better use of menus and preferences Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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