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Ten Most Used BitTorrent Sites Compared

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the they-have-legitimate-purposes-as-well dept.

An anonymous reader writes that "This study was just released that compares the ten most popular BitTorrent sites. A great read if you are torn between what site to use, it has benchmark graphs and anaylsis. I was rather suprised with the findings." I hadn't heard of several of the top sites they rate. But why is it that so many torrent sites are so ugly?

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  1. Thanks by ricky-road-flats · · Score: 5, Funny
    But why is it that so many torrent sites are so ugly?
    ... good question, but you ask it then point us to a page with acres of exposed lime green background...
  2. The original BT.com by tygerstripes · · Score: 5, Insightful
    The editor basically slags it off for a number of (valid) reasons, and finishes by saying "I personally expected better from the "creator"."

    Fair enough, but why the quotation marks? Is that meant to be a dig at Brah's "supposed" claim to have created it? Be fair, the guy created something that revolutionised the internet as a medium for media. I don't think he deserves that kind of attitude for not doing as great a job at implementing the service as he did with the software.

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  3. Re:Which of these by thatbox · · Score: 5, Informative
    There's always Legaltorrents.com, started by Simon Carless!

    please note that all of the current torrents are made available under a Creative Commons license with the full permission of the rights holder.
  4. Re:From the quote at the bottom of /. as I read th by Jesapoo · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You can write very beautiful code and yet have an interface as ugly as sin... likewise, you can have horrible spaghetti code lying behind a very pretty GUI.

    Besides, isn't it good design to keep the interface of your program slightly ugly, whilst maintaining a logical and flowing design, as to avoid distracting the user from what they're trying to do? Flowers and curves and ponies are all well and good, but they don't necessarily make for an easy to use interface.