Questions:
Does Gnuttella Network Log client's files into a Database for easy searching and append the appropiate ID/IP Tag? (suggestion); If so this I think is a bad idea for a couple of reasons. 1.) It leads me/us to believe if we retrieve successful searches, that whom ever the files are located are connected when most of the time they are not.'unavailable'.

Question: This is really sort of a Security concern. Personally I don't like the display of my IP. Perfect info/doorway for hackers. could you make an option to enable/disable IP show?

Suggestion: Two suggestion here. One, have a Filter option to filter out certain file types, e.g. (html,txt etc.)when searching and display too.

BIG SUGGESTION: This will probably get a lot of applause from everyone. There needs to be a feature to enable/disable or filter out files found if the host/s are not currently connected. This is in reference to the DATABASE question above. Another words, If the files that I am searching for is not currently available for current download from an active user, then these files shouldn't even be returned in a serach query. Although its great to know that there are some sort of results, Having a bunch of returned querys with dead servers is meaningless and a waste of time if the host is not currently connected.

SUGGESTION: I think the Gnutella Netowrk really needs to have its main focus on "LIVE" connected users and not dead ones.

Last but not least: CHAT , You got to have some sort of chat room/s. Just like Napster would be great!

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