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I downloaded a few clients today, and here's what I thought:
BearShare=
In terms of looks, it sucked next to limewire. Big BearSharers are always bragging about their QoS, it was nice, but the simple LimeWire 4-Star style is better. What I really like about it is the QHD ID thing, and also you can see how many query hits you have on a file. It's nice to know who you're downloading from or uploading to. The "Statistics" page had a little too much info on it for me, others might want that. What really got me is that it automatically shares your entire hard drive.
Gnucleus=
A lot of people like Gnucleus, so I tried it out for size. It was very claustrophobic, with all the seprate windows for each single function. Through the mess of the windows, I found a couple of features I liked, like the minimize to tray. It's the only working one I've found. I still think it looks (Em. on looks, it really isn't) too complicated for me.
Phex=
I really like this one. It has the cross-platform look thing, similar to LimeWire, so it looks fine. As with BearShare, it can ID clients (But it doesn't ID ISP's) and lists the query hits. The search within results looked good, but I didn't use it. Like LimeWire, you can view incoming searches. It doesn't block freeloaders, which is a small deterent.
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Phex is the only one still on my computer.
I still like LimeWire overall, but I like some of the others features.
Suggestions:
1. Client ID (BearShare, Phex)
2. Minimum size (BearShare)
3. Minimum speed (Phex)(Phex uses a different scoring system, but it would work on LimeWire)
4. ISP ID (BearShare)
5. Minimize to tray (Gnucleus)
6. Query hit counts (Bearshare, Phex)
If any developers have replies, I would like to hear them, and if any BS, Phex, Gnucleus have replies, that would be good too.


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