BearShare 2.5.0 beta 8
A preview of the next major version release is available now.

BS250b8.exe

Responses to the beta are welcome at the Bearshare Forum

http://www.bearshare.net/forum/forum...?s=&forumid=50

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BearShare 2.5.0 Beta 8
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- Removed StatPing, StatPong message support from the core

- Removed support for 0.4 handshaking

- Timestamped alternate locations in download mesh.

- File size limit field is now always visible on Search page.

- improvements to download logic

BearShare 2.5 beta 10 with swarming downloads is now available at: BearShare Announcements

BearShare 2.5 beta 12 with swarming downloads is now available at: BearShare Announcements

- Enhanced swarming block size computation to accelerate the transfer of the end of the file.

- And other stuff

Maybe you should just have an announcement page for when a new version is out you can tell it on the announcement page instaed of creating new threads?

Shareaza also includes the new G2 protocol. Incredibly fast swarming downloads and the ability to control both uploads and downloads better. Try it out and I think you'll like it!!