Download µTorrent 1.7 beta build 1625

Yesterday a new beta release of µTorrent version 1.7 was released, this time with build number 1625. µTorrent is a BitTorrent client with a low memory and processor load, while the size of the program itself is also minimal. While µTorrent is still one of the most popular BitTorrent clients, the program’s reputation took a big dent when its developer, Ludvig Strigeus, announced in December that he had sold his creation to Bram Cohen, the developer of the BitTorrent. protocol. Bram Cohen is working with the MPAA to keep illegal content off his website. Below are all the changes that have been made to the program since the previous entry in the junk tracker:

Changes in version 1.7 (build 1625)

• Change: The treeview in the addtorrent dialog now should have the same border style as the old listview
• Change: The treeview horizontal scrollbar size in the addtorrent dialog is tweaked a bit to more closely match old listview
• Change: A couple more strings I18N’d
• Change: More comprehensive support of unicode pathnames
• Change: Revamped installation backend including better handling of failure cases and checking of NT permissions for determining where to install
• Change: Don’t block while waiting to delete from disk
• Fix: Reversed sorting on many listviews
• Fix: Update torrent size after context menu action in addtorrent dialog
• Fix: Memory leaks of directory names and item images in addtorrent dialog treeview
• Fix: Have mousewheel work on controls in modal dialogs even when they don’t have focus (ie treeview in addtorrent dialog)
• Fix: A few misc memory leaks
• Fix: Get rid of duplicate default button in install dialog
• “Yes” should always be the default now
• Fix: The requests column in the peers tab is now sorted by active requests then pending requests, instead of just active requests
• Fix: More tab order fixes to RSS dialog
• Fix: Crash with older versions of RSS history

Changes in version 1.7 (build 1549)

• Change: Don’t force an immediate recheck when download path changes, check on next start
• Change: Faster/Narrower SHA1
• Fix: More (weird) memory leaks
• Fix: outgoing connection management

Changes in version 1.7 (build 1514)

• Fix: Enable use_rangeblock toggle

Changes in version 1.7 (build 1509)

• Feature: Detection of several more clients including Shareaza alpha/beta
• Change: Improve local autodetection
• Change: RSS item will only be added to history once
• Change: RSS downloader will follow user preference to automatically start downloads
• Change: Installation dialog text fields width changed for translators and display purposes
• Change: Don’t change the selection when the bounds of the treeview is reached and up or down is pressed
• Change: The contents of the add torrent treeview header is now shown when dragging
• Change: The add torrent treeview header is now resized while dragging instead of just on mouse up
• Change: Display warning if user tries putting illegal characters in path for Add New Torrent
• Change: Move legend one square back in scheduler for translators
• Change: Rearrange controls in speed wizard for translators
• Change: Leave up and down speed blank in main window if rate is negligible
• Change: Tweak RSS feed parsing
• Change: Improved half-open connection management
• Change: Reconnect to peers immediately when switching seeding modes
• Change: Improved and configurable bad piece based banning
• Fix: Fix many memory leaks
• Fix: Smart episode filter will download first successful RSS entry if multiple candidates appear in a single feed update
• Fix: Pausing torrents in queue will show paused icon
• Fix: Various issues with torrents of same name from multiple RSS feeds
• Fix: Improved UPnP including compatablity with Hamachi
• Fix: Fix some refresh issues with Windows 98 and the tab control and search bar
• Fix: UPnP port is now upmapped on exit
• Fix: Bugs where the scrollbar didn’t appear in general tab when switching torrents
• Fix: Incorrect display of peer versions of uTorrent 1.5.1-1.6.1beta clients
• Fix: Some multi-selection issues with the add torrent dialog treeview with Vista
• Fix: Fix some tab order issues with the speed dialog
• Fix: Fix some tab order issues with the speed tab; remove tab input from graph and give tab input to reset button
• Fix: The header in the add torrent treeview now resizes properly on Windows 95/98

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