
Piece 1, piece 2, piece 3 and so on until the torrent completes. Sequential downloading means to download all the torrent pieces in logical order. This overcomes the problem of ending one file and beginning another on the same BitTorrent “piece.” The feature was added to support finding sources from http/ftp/ed2k services on multi-file torrents. So what are these padding files? For every file in a multi-file torrent, BitComet includes a padding file by default. The web version of uTorrent supports Linux OS. When it comes to security, uTorrent is less secure than BitTorrent. uTorrent is more popular with 68.6% of market coverage, and BitTorrent is less popular than it with its 6.6% of the market. The software size of uTorrent is just 1 MB and of BitTorrent is 3 MB. Moreover, the client supports magnet links, as well as HTTP and FTP downloads. Once the download is completed, you can immediately begin to use this service.īitComet is a free file-sharing torrent client that’s loaded with an array of useful features. A program will then determine whether to provide you with a 32- or 64-bit version (depending upon your operating system).

Overall, we think BitComet is worth trying and could become a major torrent app in the future.How do I download BitComet? You will simply need to click on the “Download Now” option. While the app held its own against better-known competitors in terms of speed and handling multiple torrents, we found the ubiquitous advertisements to be annoying compared to the competition's ad-free environs. Among the usual features, BitComet offers chat capabilities, the ability to bookmark your favorite sites, a toolbar for Internet Explorer 7, and a context menu for Firefox 2. The pane on the right rounds out the layout, with a torrent search feature and advertising.

The top of the app has big buttons with familiar icons, the center window shows the files being downloaded, and the bottom pane has tracker and peer info.

There's a familiar tree of features on the left, including links to torrent-aggregating Web sites and several promotional offers. Taking a slightly different approach to solving the multimedia lover's dilemma of how best to download torrents is BitComet, which uses an interface heavily cribbed from Windows Explorer-with a dose or two from the basic BitTorrent template-to create something instantly recognizable to the user.
