Firetorrent adds Opera-like torrent downloading to Firefox

If you're browsing with Firefox and looking for a dead-simple way to handle torrent files, FireTorrent might be just the thing for you.

The good: for less technical users, there's nothing to configure. Simply install the addon and when you click on a .torrent link the file is sent to Firefox's built-in download manager. You don't need to install a dedicated program (like Azureus, BitComet, uTorrent, etc.) to handle your torrents and speeds are good (nearly on par with uTorrent) and uploading is capped at 10kB/s.

The bad: for power users, there's nothing to configure. I don't like being a total leech, so I'd like to be able to tweak the upload speed. I'd also like to know whether or not I'm still seeding once the download completes, and right now I can't. My completed CrunchBang isos look as inactive as any completed Firefox downloads.

I also had a bit of trouble getting FireTorrent to work on a few machines. It would install without issue, but Firefox still didn't know what to do with a torrent when I clicked it.

FireTorrent is still in Alpha testing, so hopefull the bugs will get worked out as it nears a final release. It should be an excellent addon for users that want the simplest possible way to download torrent files.

Tags: fireaddons, firefox, torrent