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A bittorrent plugin for firefox with no UI. e.g. downloading a torrent has the exact same interaction as downloading a file over HTTP. Seeding == leaving it in

A bittorrent plugin for firefox with no UI. e.g. downloading a torrent has the exact same interaction as downloading a file over HTTP. Seeding == leaving it in your downloads list, advanced power user preferences are tucked in an about: page. Bittorrent for the masses.

ulvund 19y ago
Opera already has that as the default way of handling torrents
falsdf20293 19y ago
I had the almost exact same idea, I also wanted to automatically convert any website into a torrent. It would be P2P browsing and the end of slashdotting small websites. Spikes in hits would not bring anyone down. But then I got a job at a biotech startup.
- tel 19y ago
  Seems like a neat idea excepting that BitTorrent doesn't support changing content that well afaik.
- andreyf 19y ago
  Another solution to this idea is FreeNet, but it doesn't seem to be catching on as well as the creators had wished: http://freenetproject.org/ http://freenetproject.org/
  - jauco 19y ago
    I talked to some people who wrote code for it a while back, and it's actually a lot more important than us western-free-state-inhabitants might think. Over 50 % of the world has more or less of a dictatorship, and that estimate was not including russia. Dictatorships imply no free press, not even free face to face communication. No knowledge of how the government works. A continuous filter in the back of your head that judges whether you'll get into trouble for saying what you say. Freenet not only guarantees load balancing, but more importantly untracability of file storage and originator.
    - shiranaihito 19y ago
      Are you sure about that 50% ?
      - jauco 19y ago
        yep, it surprised me as well. Here is a picture of the world with an indication of freedom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Democracyindex2.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Democracyindex2.png This picture is a bit more pessimistic than the one I have in my book.
  - ess 19y ago
    Freenet is a project killed by attitude problems of the creators.

ulvund 19y ago

Opera already has that as the default way of handling torrents

falsdf20293 19y ago

I had the almost exact same idea, I also wanted to automatically convert any website into a torrent. It would be P2P browsing and the end of slashdotting small websites. Spikes in hits would not bring anyone down. But then I got a job at a biotech startup.

tel 19y ago
Seems like a neat idea excepting that BitTorrent doesn't support changing content that well afaik.
andreyf 19y ago
Another solution to this idea is FreeNet, but it doesn't seem to be catching on as well as the creators had wished: http://freenetproject.org/ http://freenetproject.org/
- jauco 19y ago
  I talked to some people who wrote code for it a while back, and it's actually a lot more important than us western-free-state-inhabitants might think. Over 50 % of the world has more or less of a dictatorship, and that estimate was not including russia. Dictatorships imply no free press, not even free face to face communication. No knowledge of how the government works. A continuous filter in the back of your head that judges whether you'll get into trouble for saying what you say. Freenet not only guarantees load balancing, but more importantly untracability of file storage and originator.
  - shiranaihito 19y ago
    Are you sure about that 50% ?
    - jauco 19y ago
      yep, it surprised me as well. Here is a picture of the world with an indication of freedom: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Democracyindex2.png http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Democracyindex2.png This picture is a bit more pessimistic than the one I have in my book.
- ess 19y ago
  Freenet is a project killed by attitude problems of the creators.