Can u get rid of the partail file sharing.
Every time i try to download files (like movies) i always end up with partial files because xolox starts to download files from people that are not complete.
So make it so that only completed files in peoples share folders can be downloaded, cause i have about 3 gigis of incomplete files because of this.

or even better....
give the user the option of being able to select the current settings with the download of the partial files OFF...
so that it makes every user happy....
this little neat feature could be just a little checkbox on the main screen, instead of including it in the settings window... (but also make it available there...some users go directly there to configure the program..)


This feature would also give the program another nice addition to the userfriendlyness and the feeling that the user is part of the desicionmaking part

I disagree 100000%. Partial downloads is a unique way of disbursing the bandwidth necessary to download scarce files.

Think about it .. let's say there's one copy of a 50 meg file on the Gnutella network, and that guy is hosting on a 400k up connection.

As soon as one Xolox user has partially downloaded a meg of that file, another Xolox user can start downloading from source #1 (full) and source #2 (partial). This doubles the bandwidth of the second downloader and spreads the file to two (and momentarily three) people.

The third downloader can now hit up 3 places, two partials and one full, spreading the bandwidth bottlenecks to more and more people. And so on, and so on.

There's no doubt there is a risk to piecing together the partial downloads to make 1 final file, so indeed, don't eliminate the partial download functionality, just make the combination functionality really really robust.

I'd say 20% of the files I download from partial servers are corrupt. However, don't throw the baby out with the bathwater.

If you can contact the person u r downloading or uploading to or fro would probally be of some help also!!!

Partial file sharing is a great idea and Xolox did an excelent job the first time around. I think it will be much improved in the future. Here is a good thread over at the_gdf on partial file sharing standards:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/the_gdf/message/6807

I think if done properly they can really improve the gnutella network.