Software update: Transmission 1.70

The developers of Transmission have released version 1.70 of their program of the same name. Transmission is a lightweight cross-platform open source Bittorrent client with a simple interface. The program was developed for use under Mac OS X, but the download page also includes versions for Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD. New in this release is the ability to use dht for public torrents. Adjustments have also been made that save bandwidth and processing power. Below are all the changes made in this release:

All Platforms

• Distributed hash table (DHT) support for public torrents
• Add option for moving and finding a torrent’s data on the disk
• JSON RPC messages can be ~85% shorter, saving bandwidth and CPU
• When available, use the system’s copy of libevent instead of building one
• Automatically pause torrents when verifying
• Fix small bugs and memory leaks

mac

• Holding down the option key on launch will pause all transfers

Web Client

• Big speed improvements, especially with large torrents
• Fix 1.61 bug that broke adding torrents via the web client
• Add the ability to upload multiple torrents at once
• Torrents added by URL were always paused, regardless of preferences
• Comments and announce addresses were cut off in the inspector
• The “data remaining” field wasn’t updated when the number reached 0
• Narrower design adjustments

GTK+

• Fix intltool build problem
• Make it clearer that the status bar’s ratio mode button is a button
• Torrent comment box did not scroll, so long comments were partially hidden

Qt

• Initial torrent list was sometimes incorrect
• Add-torrent-and-delete-source deleted the source even if there was an error
• Prefs dialog didn’t show or modify “Stop seeding torrents at ratio”