Ideas for next version

[NutWrench]

A way to trim useless download servers would be nice. I've got a file I'm trying to download and there are supposedly 33 servers that mirror it.

Problem is, about half those servers show a speed of 0 Kbps. If most of those servers are firewalled and a push takes 60 seconds, you're talking about a whole half-hour to go through a list that is 50% deadweight.

[NutWrench]

A way to delete and/or IP-block a particular server from the mirror list would be nice, too. There are some servers that always claim to be free and have huge amounts of bandwidth, but they never deliver when Gnotella connects to them. I always wonder if these IPs are just companies collecting information

also one feature i would like see improved is the ability to see the names of the files your downloading,for example if im downloading 5 metallica songs but forgot which ones i just grabbed i cant tell by looking in download section all i will see is

metallic....
metallic....
metallic....
i think you get the idea,need better info on files you grabb.
just an idea..

[NutWrench]

You can make the columns wider by aiming the mouse at the little crack between the "file" and "status" headings on the download page. When you see the mouse pointer turn into a double-arrow thingy, you can left-click and drag the seperator left or right to resize the column.

One other thing I'd like to see re: downloading from a list of sites. Sometimes when you're trying to add mirror sites, you come across the same file, but the filename has been altered so much that Gnotella won't add it to the list of servers. However, you are CERTAIN this is the same file (i.e. one file is 'The_Matrix.mp3' the other is 'Movie score_the matrix.mp3') and both files are the exact same size. I would like to see a 'Force Add' option added to the right-click menu to add the newly discovered mirrors(s) to the original download.

A statistics report for downloads would be nice, too. For example, if a download was mirrored at several sites, Gnotella could keep a temporary list of the number of requests GNotella made to an IP vs the number of times content was actually delivered. This would make it much easier to identify suspicious IPs and to to trim away useless IPs. I would organize the headings by "IP address -- bandwidth reported -- #requests made -- #acknowledgements -- #times content delivered"

--Nut