There’s also an RSS subscription ability if you’re into that.įrom the perspective of a power user it’s the Plugins feature that stands out. Its value takes time and downloads to blossom. With greater use comes greater intelligence. Swarm Discoveries, Vuze’s recommendation engine based on previously downloaded content, also seems cool but is a tough nut to crack for a new user. The downloads were easy to initiate and you can spend a lot of time going through the content and filling your hard drive with the click of a button.

Here, Vuze wants users to download their pre-selected library of videos and podcasts whose categories ranged from Comedy to Games and Tech to Nature and Science. How about Vuze StudioHD Network? Hit! What a neat feature. Please check if your internet connection is working and click retry to continue.” All fixes failed. “Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. On the Games view immediately the screen went gray with an error message. Search brings you to a Yahoo powered search engine where a completed search for a favorite’s band best album, brought a list of hits but clicking on those links did absolutely nothing. There’s Search, Vuze StudioHD Network, Games, Swarm Discoveries, and Subscriptions. Content Discovery looked like a good place to start. So in the case of the book bundle it can easily be shown as individual books. You can expand this row to show all files as part of the torrent. In the 'Library' you can view each torrent (think of each one as a folder of files) as one row. 7 seconds later, it populated the My Torrents section. A Philip K Dick book bundle was the choice. It provided a choice of three options of free stuff to download. Getting Started was the aptly named first Vuze service feature that popped up. Wait a second – what’s that on the top of the screen? How are Chrome shortcuts imported into Vuze? Oh, it’s a Web Discover toolbar bloatware that was missed during setup. Declining this, the application installs fast and an iTunes looking Vuze client opens up in front of you. It’s understandable for a robust client to remain free by deals with other software companies but it’s still a nuisance. A few seconds in, however, the pleasantness fades quick as bloatware agreements reared their ugly heads.

At the top end, power users are treated to a host of plugin options that let you modify Vuze more than Paul Walker’s Toyota Supra.

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