Snarfzilla Files

README


Snarfzilla version 0.0.2

This is a pre-alpha release. The main features that
work are the Download and Upload tabs. It works under
Windows 95/98/2k but you need to change path references.
I'm not ready to answer a deludge of Windows user questions,
so I'm aiming this release at Linux/FreeBSD people.

The HTML/Freenet browser is a little quirky. Don't
go too crazy with it just yet. Use the Download tab
if you want to save something.

You can go to the Browse Key tab and look at a sampling
of keys taken from Thalassocracy's key index. If you
double click on a selection, it will send it to the
Download tab to be queued. Move to the Download tab,
right click on the selection, then choose 'Force Download'.

In the next release you will be able to download snapshots
of the various known key indexes and then search your local
copies. The Browse Keys tab will be able to hide the 'ugly'
part of keys, giving Snarfzilla a more Napster-ish look and
feel, so:

SSK@aksdjfoqiwejfoiwejoiwqfijowij/hotchicks/britney/cheese.mp3

would show as:

/hotchicks/britney/cheese.mp3


WARNING: (Known issue)

  Don't try to download more than one key at a time. It
may work, but the columns won't report the correct information.
You can que as many as you like at a time however. Also,
with the Freenet server, downloading multiple keys simultaneously
hogs quite a nice-size chunk of RAM.

  Freenet isn't quite alpha qualtity software, so don't
expect better than that from Snarfzilla yet.


TODO:
 
* Allow songs queued to autostart download upon completion
  of finished download.

* Much work on HTML/Freenet Browser and help system

* Easy creation of "websites" with MSKs

* Multiple uploads

* Enable cancelling of downloads/uploads

* Module to verify existence of your keys and re-insert if necessary

* Better Fairtunes integration (no external browser needed)


KNOWN ISSUES:

* When you exit Snarfzilla, downloads and uploads in progress
  continue. You can killall download.py or upload.py or kill
  the freenet_server (Add section in Preference to make this an option
  and/or make dialog box to warn of transfers in progress on exit)

* The verbose checkbox does nothing, you get verbose results. (Download/Upload)

* Your .freenetrc comments get deleted. It is backed up however
  with comments intact in .freenetrcbak

* Zero size downloaded files don't get deleted (For debugging - don't fix yet)

* The htdocs/cache doesn't get deleted

* The Send Key to Key Index checkbox does nothing (Upload Tab)