Minitasking, a visual Gnutella client, tries to show the network structure and the dynamics of the protocol itself. At Prix Ars Electronica the German group schoenerwissen has been awarded a Distinction in the category ‘Net Excellence’ for it strangely engaging use of common internet technology.
After connecting to the network, Minitasking represents other Gnutella servers it encounters as bubbles that vary in size and color depending on the amount of content they are hosting. When you enter a query for a file, the query is color-coded, and Minitasking then graphically “zaps” other serverss, visualizing how many matches that servenr has with another bubble that matches the color of the query.
its up for download at minitasking.com
