Transmission 1.0: Popular BitTorrent Client Gets A Leopard Makeover
Transmission, the popular cross-platform BitTorrent client has just announced version 1.0. Although it’s available for most Linux distributions as well, Transmission is perhaps best known as an OS X BitTorrent client and the new 1.0 release brings a number of OS X specific enhancements including a redesigned Leopard-like appearance, a new statistics window, a pieces bar and more.
On the GTK side the app has also received a visual makeover with a redesigned main window and new mini mode for those wanting to leave Transmission’s window open but cut down on desktop real estate it occupies.
Transmission 1.0 also features a number of smaller new features like a time remaining display for seeding torrents and the ability to sort torrents by “total activity” as well as some bug fixes for those using Transmission on Apple’s Leopard OS.
The one main thing Transmission still lacks is the ability to selectively download specific files within a torrent, but otherwise[Update: Transmission does in fact support selective downloads, which might be my most egregious oversight ever since the feature, as Craig points out below, is visible in my own screenshot. Oops.] Transmission is a great, lightweight BitTorrent client for both Linux and Mac OS X. Be sure to check out our earlier review for more on Transmission’s feature set.
Transmission is free and open source. You can grab the latest version from the new Transmission site (now www.transmissionbt.com) if your existing copy hasn’t yet prompted you to upgrade.
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