Software update: Tixati 2.88

Version 2.88 of Tixati has been released. Tixati is a comprehensive and efficient bittorrent client for Windows and Linux with support for dht, magnet links and rss feeds. The program provides extensive information about all aspects of the download and the incoming and outgoing network traffic. Downloads are available for Windows and Linux and the program does not show any ads. The changelog for this release looks like this:

Changes in version 2.88:

• Additional Transfer checks to detect inconsistent file structure after downloading metadata
• Fixed crash when Transfer metadata is reloaded from config file with incorrect file sizes or misaligned piece layout
• New optional Transfer columns to show known peer and seed counts
• Complete re-write of Channel user shared data and Channel Information message caching
• Much lower Channel memory usage for large shared data sets
• Smaller channels.dat config file, faster loading on program startup
• Re-wrote all routines for synchronization of Channel Information and user shared data
• Faster updating of Channel Information tab between v2.88 or newer clients
• Much faster and more reliable updating of Channel user shared data
• Slightly lower bandwidth usage for Channel connections
• Fixed minor display problems when browsing incomplete Channel user shared data, especially with incomplete images
• All Channels now default to 10-year shared data time to live
• When switching Channels in list view, now correctly preserves and restores text from outgoing chat message edit box in lower tab
• Fixed link parsing in Channel output text so that leading or trailing special chars won’t be included
• Fixed minor sorting problems in Channel forum tab
• Major re-write of some Windows and GTK control classes to fix problems with handle destroy sequencing in complex layouts
• Fixed crash when program is closed while an open Settings window has unflushed proxy settings
• Better maintenance routines for rate limiters for incoming connections and torrent hole-punching, should use less RAM
• When program is closing in GTK build, the message pump is now forcibly cleared, so that any open property windows disappear without delay
• Upon quitting program, app-lock is now released immediately before config save, so the wait dialog will reliably appear on quick re-launch
• Several improvements to CPU and memory state diagnostic profiling, far more accurate readings in the Channels and Netbase categories
• Updated IP location tables