Dust off that old Piolet client, as a new round of betas has hit the scene.
Much like WinMX’s disappearing/reappearing act, Piolet has gone a considerable amount of time without much public activity. Fortunately, Pablo Soto, the lead programmer of Piolet, has remained active with some limited distribution of his client. After a lengthy testing process, Piolet is now ready for the public.
Piolet is part of the Manolito P2P network, which is owned by Opisoft. The three clients that connect to this consortium are Blubster, Piolet and RockItNet. Initially, Blubster was the only client that existed, however internal problems in Optisoft at the time resulted in Pablo’s resignation.
After his departure, Pablo then went on to create Piolet. Over time, the internal problems at Optisoft were resolved and Piolet and Blubster were joined under the same flag. RockItNet was later started as a commercial venture, however little has changed on its homepage since it was released over a year ago.
At it height, the Manolito P2P network was widely regarded as a high quality P2P network. Futhermore, many believed that with its rapidly expanding population, it had a shot at toppling the FastTrack network. However, much like WinMX, its stagnation caused many to become disillusioned with the Manolito community and started looking for alternative networks.
Despite its stagnant population, the Manolito network still has enough internal strength to pull itself back together. With solid community backing and Pablo keeping his population well informed, the Manolito P2P network has the ingredients necessary to once again become a premiere P2P network.
Below is the most recent change log. Some of the most important changes include a encrypted protocol. Many users will be happy to know the “crash on startup followed by blue screen of death” bug has been fixed.
* Beta #3
o FIXED WMVCore.dll is missing.
o The installer is now Web-based; most users have most of the files in their system already.
* Beta #2
o FIXED Various interface problems.
o FIXED File-Exit leaves the application running in background.
o FIXED Start menu shortcut links to unwise.exe.
o FIXED diCrHash.dll is missing.
* Beta #1
o Prettier & more configurable interface, XP themes compatible.
o New internal player with superior sound quality and accessories (visualizations and equalizer) and now “Undockable”, take it out and use it while Piolet is minimized.
o Full protocol encryption.
o Intelligent multisource download handling for Ultra-fast downloads.
o Find user feature.
o Partially enabled – Transfer encryption with CryptoXY, proxy’ed encryption.
o Partially enabled – Standard TCP and firewalled connections support.
o Download containing folder, download a specific folder from a specific users.
o Quick Preview; listen to the beginning of a song BEFORE you download it.
o Built in CD burner; burn your own made Audio CDs with 1 click.
o Faster and better searches, wider search horizon.
o Full VBR MP3s support.
o Better weblink support, faster source retrieval and total integration with your internet browser.
o Local music finder; filter and find your own tunes instantly.
o Cool 3d animation in the “About Piolet” window (Most requested feature contest winner).
o No banners, no popups, no adware, no spyware.
Related Posts
- Piolet 1.8.3 Public Beta
- Blubster v2.50
- Slyck Interview with Pablo Soto of the Manolito P2P Network
- Piolet 1.05 Released
- Manolito P2P Network to Support All File Types
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