Lion7718
09-29-2003, 06:58 AM
Source: Slyck (http://www.slyck.com/news.php?story=248)
September 28, 2003
Thomas Mennecke
First, the good news. Since last we spoke with Kevin Hearn, President of FrontCode Technologies, the estimated release date of late October isn't completely off the table. In fact, initial testing is scheduled to begin soon.
"I think I had mentioned late October in our last correspondence as a rough estimate of when the next beta release would be. At the moment, I'd say it's 50/50 as to whether we'll make that estimate. We're nearing the end of actual development and will be beginning preliminary testing in the next few weeks, and it's hard to say what problems could arise, especially with a 100% new code base."
With the RIAA lurking in the P2P world, much attention has been focused on user anonymity and privacy. Some clients, such as Blubster, FileTopia and Morpheus, have already incorporated some form of protection, albeit questionable. WinMX, seemingly unscathed by the RIAA, at least for now, gave us a brief glimpse into future improvements.
"As for new features, I can't get into specifics just yet, but we have been sharply focused on improving user privacy, and also improving the usefulness of the Hot List. Generally, there isn't any part of the program that hasn't been improved in some aspect or another."
For some, improvements to WinMX would require little more than an aesthetic makeover. However, WinMX's ugly duckling appearance has distinguished itself from other P2P clients. Unconcerned with physical appearances, WinMX has more than proved itself as a valuable resource. In order to please both sides of this debate, FrontCode has found an acceptable median:
"The basic GUI will look and feel the same as the v3 series by default, BUT,
we will also be including a few different GUIs that the user can select on-the-fly. The v1.81, v2.6, v3ish and a new v4.0 GUI will probably all be included in the final release."
It’s beginning to feel much like the times prior to the highly anticipated release of version 3.0. Considering the last release was in October, perhaps history will repeat itself. We'll keep our fingers crossed.
September 28, 2003
Thomas Mennecke
First, the good news. Since last we spoke with Kevin Hearn, President of FrontCode Technologies, the estimated release date of late October isn't completely off the table. In fact, initial testing is scheduled to begin soon.
"I think I had mentioned late October in our last correspondence as a rough estimate of when the next beta release would be. At the moment, I'd say it's 50/50 as to whether we'll make that estimate. We're nearing the end of actual development and will be beginning preliminary testing in the next few weeks, and it's hard to say what problems could arise, especially with a 100% new code base."
With the RIAA lurking in the P2P world, much attention has been focused on user anonymity and privacy. Some clients, such as Blubster, FileTopia and Morpheus, have already incorporated some form of protection, albeit questionable. WinMX, seemingly unscathed by the RIAA, at least for now, gave us a brief glimpse into future improvements.
"As for new features, I can't get into specifics just yet, but we have been sharply focused on improving user privacy, and also improving the usefulness of the Hot List. Generally, there isn't any part of the program that hasn't been improved in some aspect or another."
For some, improvements to WinMX would require little more than an aesthetic makeover. However, WinMX's ugly duckling appearance has distinguished itself from other P2P clients. Unconcerned with physical appearances, WinMX has more than proved itself as a valuable resource. In order to please both sides of this debate, FrontCode has found an acceptable median:
"The basic GUI will look and feel the same as the v3 series by default, BUT,
we will also be including a few different GUIs that the user can select on-the-fly. The v1.81, v2.6, v3ish and a new v4.0 GUI will probably all be included in the final release."
It’s beginning to feel much like the times prior to the highly anticipated release of version 3.0. Considering the last release was in October, perhaps history will repeat itself. We'll keep our fingers crossed.