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Is AllPeers FireFox's P2P "Killer App"?

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the simple-is-key dept.

Vivek Jishtu writes "Tech Crunch predicts that the AllPeers Firefox extension will massively increase the attractiveness of that already popular browser, drawing more millions away from embattled Internet Explorer. AllPeers is a simple, persistent buddy list in the browser. Initially, interaction with those buddies will be limited to discovering and sharing files."

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  1. P2P by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Does this site come with free oral copulation?

  2. arf! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Persistent buddy list? HOLY SHIT THAT'S CRAZY. Slashdot wouldn't let me post this cause of the caps so now I'm adding this. GOOD JOB.

  3. Killer... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...dupe. Slashdot: Firefox's killer dupe

  4. Already second story? by E+IS+mC(Square) · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is already second story on this product (first here), while it has not yet gone live.

    Some great PR work!?

    1. Re:Already second story? by Skidge · · Score: 1, Offtopic

      Some great PR work!?

      Reminds me of Paul Graham's piece from early last year The Submarine.

  5. I think... by MaestroSartori · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    ...this is a dupe.

    But I didn't comment last time! :)

    So, with that in mind, I'd say no - Firefox doesn't really need a "Killer App", in my opinion. Shoehorning any P2P other than Bittorrent in there doesn't make much sense to me. The problems they're trying to solve are so very different, I'd be surprised if it wasn't just just too clunky compared to standalone P2P apps.

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  6. dupe by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    not only its dupe - i still can't download it ....
    i wonder how fast (or slow) it will be.It could be really usefull - but stability concerns me. I don't know if i am the only one but since firefox 1.5 i get crashes almost on a daily basis.I think it's probably due to large number of extensions i use or maybe because i compiled it myself.Anyway I compiled previous versions and they were rock stable so im not sure if thats the cause.And i wonder if it would be possible to implement something that would make using ff extensions in konqueror- probably not, but it would be sooo cool.I'd switch to konqueror if it wasnt for the extensions.

  7. In other news by boldtbanan · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    And in other news, the Phantom console is the greatest gaming console ever created and will cause Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo to bow down to it's awesomitude.

  8. Re:Nothing to see here by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    What has changed since the 28th when the story was last published?

    A check from AllPeers to OSTG?

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  9. Re:Quantumware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Don't you hate story titles that end with an interrogation?

  10. Re:Private filesharing by EmagGeek · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I saw a bittorrent-like system a while back that was for private sharing, with a really nice GUI and everything. I even downloaded it, but my machine crashed before I could install it, and now I can't remember what it was called. I know this post is useless, but maybe it'll get someone's attention... and they'll remember ... hope...

  11. Re:Quantumware by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Oh... my... gawd!

    My head asplodes!