Download Phex 2.8.6

Various networks and applications have been developed over time for exchanging files, such as the Gnutella network on which a number of different applications are active. Phex uses this network and is written in Java, so it runs on systems with Windows, Mac OS X, Linux or Solaris, among others. The program has support for multi-source downloads, Ultrapeers, Bitzi metadata lookup and MAGMA. If you are curious about the appearance, you can click this page view some screenshots of the program in action. Version 2.8.6 has recently been made available with the following announcement:

This release primarily contains bug fixes with minor improvements, including:

• Multiple ban host options
• Mac OS X search tree expansion fix
• Chat security vulnerability fix
• Multiple user interface fixes

Version 2.8.6:

• GUI: Multiple ban host options are now available through the popup menu.
• GUI: A double click in the search button bar or in the free space around the search list will create a new search.
• FIXED: Invalid entry in favorites host file causes Phex to crash during startup. (Bug: 1463084)
• FIXED: On Mac OS X the search tree failed to expand when single clicking on its expansion handle. (Bug: 1404131)
• FIXED: Failed to store display settings of search list and filter panel.
• FIXED: Fixed possible chat security vulnerability by limiting chat frames to 30 and only allow one chat connection per IP.
• FIXED: The filter rule descriptions text was cut and displayed artefacts in case it contained $ or \ characters.
• FIXED: Sorting for creation date or last download date was wrong in download table. (Bug: 1476145)

Version 2.8.4:

• GUI: Redesigned search screen offers an improved quick filter panel, complex user defineable and default filter rules, multiple new search and display options.
• GUI: Ability to build complex search filter rules, with an easy to use rule wizard and an interactive description text.
• GUI: Changes to the quick filter are automatically applied without pressing an additional button.
• GUI: Default adult and scam file filters.
• GUI: Reworked search control panel to easily handle multiple searches and support of the ‘WhatsNew’ search feature.
• GUI: Offered a tabbed search bar besides the search list. Both can now be optionally turned on or off using the ‘View’ menu.
• GUI: Added option to the View menu to hide/show the new search filter panel.
• GUI: Added option to the View menu hide/show the status bar.
• GUI: Added twinkling fox to the download pane (Thanks to Veronica).
• GUI: Updated JGoodies looks library to 2.0.1
• GUI: Updated JGoodies forms library to 1.0.6
• GUI: Removed Chat button from search toolbar.
• CORE: Support of WhatsNew search protocol.
• CORE: Improved handling of browse host searches with better error control.
• CORE: The candidate URN’s are additionaly parsed to find and verify a download URN.
• CORE: Improved browse host status display, to differentiate between connecting, fetching, finished and error.
• CORE: Updated Apache commons http client library to 3.0
• CORE: Subscribing to a magma list has been facilitated.
• FIXED: When a download file was executed and a different file with the same name already exists, the different existing file was executed instead. Thanks to ArneBab
• FIXED: HEAD request uploads stayed at the initializing status after unexpected disconnect.
• FIXED: When banning a host it was not immediatly removed form existing search results. (Bug: 1288779)
• FIXED: Phex used to fail on startup when a fixed exported IP is set.
• FIXED: Prefix parts of MAGMA and RSS connection requests are not displayed anymore in ‘New download’ dialog.
• FIXED: NPE during Phex shutdown.
• FIXED: GWebCache status code outside of 2xx not interpreted correctly. Thanks to Complication for the fix
• FIXED: The Ok button was not the default button in the option dialog. (Bug:1399824)

Version 2.8.2:

• CORE: Improved rare parts first strategy to honor streamable files.
• CORE: Adjusted the aggressiveness of network connection attempts to respect the overall available connection slots.
• I8N: Improved german translation, by ArneBab.
• FIXED: Some (medium rated) download sources were not stored between Phex sessions. (Bug:1354721)
• FIXED: Setting port above 66000 can crash Phex. (Bug: 1299207)
• FIXED: Tolerance settings for download part rating was not used. (Bug: 1354997)

[break]Phex 2.8.6 is available in the following flavors:
Mac OS X
Windows 98/ME/2000/XP
All other Systems (Linux/Unix etc.)