Comments on: Wyzo: BitTorrent Focused Browser And Firefox Extension

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By: Wyzo - BitTorrent Browser based around Firefox « The Fun Bucket

Wyzo - BitTorrent Browser based around Firefox « The Fun Bucket — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 16:10:14 +0000

[...] 10 06 2007 In no way am I a supporter of torrents or pirated software, but I read this on another tech blog and thought it would be interesting to make a post on. Most people that are reading this blog [...]

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 15:57:38 +0000

Anyone know how they got the google search page running? If you sign up for adsense for search the resulting page looks nothing like the one on wyzo or firefox. Using adsense for search you get a results page that looks unlike the standard google results page with a url of (long X’s string is your client id):

http://www.google.com/custom?q.....XXXXXXXXXX

On wyzo or firefox it gives you the standard results page with a url of:

http://www.google.com/search?q.....lient=wyzo

Did wxzo become a google partner like firefox did?

By: smcnally

smcnally — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 12:54:23 +0000

@19 (Victor) - good question: what is it this maker of plug ins and an alternate browser (or ‘Application,’ good point, Ryan) looking to get out of the deal?

they driving revenue? driving traffic to their site? just ’scrathing and itch’ and hoping the market and b’plan with be there?

By: TechCrunch Japanese

TechCrunch Japanese — Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:38:13 +0000

Wyzo―BitTorrent向けブラウザーとFirefox用拡張機能…

Wyzoという新しい会社が製品を2つ出してきた。WyzoブラウザーはFirefoxのコアを基に作られており、Fire TorrentというBitTorrent用プラグインを内蔵している。新しいブラウザーは使いたくない….

By: Victor Franqui

Victor Franqui — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 23:18:41 +0000

You have to ask yourself what is the need and what is the company getting out of it? Adware? mmmm

By: MajorNetworkNews

MajorNetworkNews — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:03:56 +0000

So the question is, why did this junk get reviewed by TC ? Primarily connections in the background and not merit I suspect.

By: MajorNetworkNews

MajorNetworkNews — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 22:03:10 +0000

wow, great point on Opera, I forgot about that.

By: Chris

Chris — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 20:53:16 +0000

Opera has built in support for torrents since version 8.5, so this is very 2005 for me.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:54:42 +0000

I’m definitely not a supporter of torrents and warez, but people want simplicity, and this seems to bring it. In a way I agree with comment #10 though. ^_^

By: MajorNetworkNews

MajorNetworkNews — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:38:41 +0000

what is this boknow phone thing ? (see 12 above)

By: Markus

Markus — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:31:05 +0000

Aydin and his parent gets a visit from the MPAA in 3….. 2….. 1….

By: Aydin Mirzaee

Aydin Mirzaee — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:21:58 +0000

hmm… I actually do agree with the “mom” market for the simple reason that my parents have always been asking me how to download movies and I’ve always told them that its too complicated to teach them (ok, I guess that’s bad… oh well…). Now, I can use this to teach them. But, again, I don’t think this is just for the mom market. This is for just anyone who isn’t tech savvy. There are lots of people out there that fit this category, not because they’re lacking anything, just because they don’t want to be tech savvy…

Aydin.

By: AnonTroll

AnonTroll — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 17:05:49 +0000

A lot of people don’t use bittorrent, it’s too complicated for the average consumer, any mention of opening up ports on firewall and their eyes glazed over, so simplicity is critical for your average user.

By: Stephen

Stephen — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 16:07:05 +0000

Yeah, the “mom” market is ridiculous. No way. BitTorrent is a pain in the butt, and maybe this fixes that problem, but most of the content you can get via BitTorrent is recent Gen X crap, not something your mom would want. If it isn’t recent, the connection usually fails or is too slow because there may only be one seed. Then when you get it downloaded, you find that that company that the record and movie labels hire has vandalized it by randomly changing packets. Does the browser explain all this to “mom”?

To the extent that mom would use it, son would be the tech support guy. No thanks.

By: mario ruiz

mario ruiz — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 15:02:55 +0000

Let ask something stupid: This mean that we are allow to share music and other files with this new browser?

Mario Ruiz
http://www.oursheet.com

By: Dave

Dave — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:41:57 +0000

I made a financial browser! It’s called Cheapo Groovo!

By: Otis Gospodnetic

Otis Gospodnetic — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 14:18:37 +0000

Duncan:
Could you please elaborate on the “This is a package my mother would like.” scenario? (No, I’m not being sarcastic here, I am genuinely interested in this) What kind of media would your mom be interested in, and that exists on BitTorrent *and* is legal? And yes, MajorNetworkNews clearly has a point about IE vs. Firefox. Thanks.

By: MajorNetworkNews

MajorNetworkNews — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 12:48:03 +0000

Your mother also uses IE and has never heard of Firefox.

Strange logic, thinking the less savvy users have any more desire for a second browser.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:36:56 +0000

Oh, and to comment specifically on this product offering, I think it’s perfectly fine to offer a plug-less version of the technology behind it. However, to call the plug-less version a “browser” is a marketing faux paux. People like their browsers and generally aren’t interested in trying a new one. Market this browser as an “application” and people would be more inclined to give it a try. It’s fine that the core is actually a browser, that makes development of the delivery mechanism easier than rolling your own custom EXE probably, but you need to make the download less threatening by setting the user expectation that this isn’t trying to replace something they already use and love. If it so happens that users DO end up loving this more than FF out of the box or IE, so much the better. But you need to get them through the door first.

By: Ryan

Ryan — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 11:28:51 +0000

I don’t now, nor have I ever, used BitTorrent. I just don’t get it. What am I supposed to be downloading?

By: StAndrewsFund.com

StAndrewsFund.com — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 09:23:11 +0000

I think this is a very good idea especially for those who don’t want to have a standalone app cluttering their PCs. I think the auto download feature whereby the online torrent file is identifies by the add-on and the actual bit-torrent is downloaded is a good feature skipping a step in the usual torrent downloading process.

I will test the app for speed, but I still believe rapidshare or similar are better tools for legitimate file sharing!

By: Goob

Goob — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:41:21 +0000

I could see this working, as few of the people outside of my core group of friends know, let alone use, BitTorrent. There are still far more people out there who need to learn the beauty that is BitTorrent!

At least you’re downloading something perfectly legal