Shareaza is, for many P2P users, the best of all P2P file sharing clients being its download speed the most remarkable feature. The program supports Gnutella, BitTorrent, eDonkey2000, Gnutella2, FTP and HTTP protocols to gain access to all files found in those networks. Its search utility is quite powerful providing a very thorough search, by offering a multitude of specific search options for each of the downloadable file types (audio, video, applications, images, etc.), thus, allowing you to find almost any file, it also supports to simultaneously download from multiple users to accelerate the process, and what is highly important, Shareaza does not include any spyware or advertisements. This colorful application offers a lot of features in return for very little, a download of just six and a half megabytes. Its interface is very clear, functional and informative, showing a multitude of information from files, with a very accurate use of colors enabling the easy understanding of all that data, helping you choose the best option to download.

So, in this article I'm going to tell you about how Shareaza in its latest version (2.4.0.4) interacts with Microsoft's latest operative system, Windows 7.

Installation & First Run
Though the setup process was somewhat long and implied a lot of steps, it was easy to understand and resulted in no incompatibilities or troubles of any kind. Read the rest of this entry »

Shareaza is a peer to peer (P2P) file sharing utility that incorporates all the basic utilities with added features and functionalities. It satisfies all my file sharing needs on peer to peer networks. I can now very easily and quickly download or share files. Shareaza supports multiple networks and I can easily share files on the EDonkey, Gnutella and Gnutella2 networks. It gives me a multiple utility interface with a variety of other added features like a media player, library manager etc.

Configurable and visually appealing user interface
The overall outlook and feel of Shareaza is very appealing and user friendly. All the important tools are represented by toolbar buttons for ease of use. With just a single click I can reach every important tool and directory. All the ongoing activities are displayed on the homepage and thus help me to monitor the progress of all my uploading and downloading files. There are also many skins that I can choose from to enhance the visual appeal. The settings tab allows me to control each and every aspect from my application tool settings to my internet connection settings.

Comprehensive library architecture to help organize files
It has an extremely well structured library feature which I can use to easily organize my files in the various folders. I have different folders to separate my collections from all downloaded files and also a separate folder for my torrent downloads. There is also a library organizer that enables me to separate files like images, videos, music, applications and books into different folders based on my preferences. There is also a ghost files folder that keeps all the files that I have deleted from my library and can thus recover accidentally deleted files. Read the rest of this entry »