Download BitComet 1.08

Yesterday version 1.08 of BitComet was released. This BitTorrent client has support for dht, downloading torrents without a tracker and being able to preview a part of a movie that is still downloading. It is also possible to create and seed a torrent yourself. In addition, IP addresses can be banned and you can chat with other BitComet users. Below you can find everything that has changed in version 1.08 since the previous entry in the Meuktracker:

Changes in version 1.08:

• GUI Improved: add filter by file type to file list in BT task properties dialog
• GUI Improved: display torrent create software and create date display BT task properties dialog
• GUI Improved: support to add mirror URL manually in HTTP task properties dialog
• GUI Improved: move the option of “power off or standby after download finish” from option dialog to Tools menu
• GUI Improved: remove toolkit VistaTcpPatch.exe, merged into main program
• GUI Improved: open torrent file directly if existed in torrent archive when open BC link
• GUI Improved: show task archive and torrent collection immediately after program startup, without pending load
• GUI Improved: improve the item number info in status bar when filter the torrent archive and torrent collection
• GUI Improved: append new torrent to the bottom of torrent archive or torrent collection list
• GUI Improved: remove old torrent from the top of torrent collection list, when the torrent number reaches the max number
• GUI Improved: new download status icon in torrent archive list, to indicate the task download finished
• GUI Improved: add “open save folder” command to the context menu of torrent archive list, available after task download finished
• GUI Improved: add “Unhide all” command to the context menu of torrent collection list
• GUI Improved: hit Del to delete selected items in torrent archive list, or block selected items in torrent collection list
• GUI Bugfix: when the item in torrent archive or torrent collection has no snapshot, click the empty snapshot icon area will open invalid webpage
• Core Improve: improve connection algorithm for Long-Time seeding
• Core Improve: improve file boundary data dave for BT task
• Core Improve: ignore thumbs.db when makiing torrent file
• Core Bugfix: download failed from certain video website
• Core Bugfix: user name and password info filled in HTTP task don’t take effect if reference page not filled

Changes in version 1.07:

• GUI Improved: add tags to task by context menu (support multi-selection)
• GUI Improved: filter tasks by tag from favorites list
• GUI Improved: new option in task setting panel of option dialog: add tag to new task by download file type
• GUI Improved: display task tags and public date for BT task in summary pane
• GUI Improved: display task tags for HTTP task in summary pane
• GUI Improved: add “Apply” button to option dialog
• GUI Improved: new option in Web Interface setting panel of option dialog: display prompt window for web interface operation
• GUI Improved: show prompt window when open a torrent file that already existed in torrent archive list
• GUI Improved: when modify the save path of an existed BT/HTTP task, show a prompt to choose whether to move downloaded files to new save path
• GUI Improved: when modify BT/HTTP task save path, show the path auto-complete drop list
• GUI Improved: when the width of file list in BT task properties dialog is not enough for file name, try to display the head and tail part of the filename, with the middle part as ellipsis
• GUI Improved: when switch task lists, task tags or torrent share list from favorites list, remember the scroll bar position and task selections before switch
• GUI Improved: add context menu to BitComet passport and DHT area in main status bar
• GUI Improved: when click comment or snapshot icon in task list, display them below task list, instead of open a browser window
• GUI Improved: add support for 10 new languages
• GUI Bugfix: program crash when display task delete confirm dialog under Win98/2K
• Core Improved: Web Interface support create new task from BC link
• Core Improved: When create a task that already existed, Web Interface will displays an webpage link to the existed task
• Core Improved: eMule plugin can download file boundary data for BT task, where one piece containing multi files
• Core Improved: create bak file when save task list to downloads.xml
• Core Bugfix: error data received in file boundary piece makes task download can’t finish

Changes in version 1.06:

• GUI Improved: rearrange main menu, “tools” changes to “software”, “options” changes to “tools”
• GUI Improved: add submenu to select default save directory in tools menu
• GUI Improved: improve directory setting panel in option dialog. double click to set default save directory
• GUI Improved: new Web Interface setting panel in option dialog
• GUI Improved: add MD5 verify pane to HTTP/FTP task properties dialog
• GUI Improved: downloaded files can be moved to candidate directory from context menu or task list
• GUI Improved: add downloaded size and uploaded size columns in task list (hidden by default)
• GUI Improved: remove Flv player from install package
• GUI Improved: improve Long-Time seeding display in peer list
• GUI Bugfix: fix some translation errors.
• Core Improved: new Web Interface modular, to remote BitComet from web browser (disabled by default)
• Core Improved: improve Long-Time Seeding module
• Core Improved: increase first-time loading speed of torrent share list
• Core Improved: limit download rate for HTTP task automatically when download speeding larger than disk writing speed, to avoid wasting too many memory for disk cache
• Core Improved: update eMule plugin to v0.49b
• Core Bugfix: UI may response slowly when downloading BT task in high speed
• Core Bugfix: program crash after install IE8 beta