Monday, January 31, 2005

Sure- it's not exactly the most user-friendly of programs, and it can be slow, but once you figure it out, it is awesome because it's got everything, and for some reason, I've never seen it named in any articles about the RIAA crackdowns. Maybe most of the stuff on it is too indie for them to care.

Basically, if you just use the regular search function to find files, you have to wait in line for the file to download. There's a column for "place in queue" or something like that that tells you how many people are ahead of you. So if you download it, it won't download until everyone else in line ahead of you downloads it. That's why it's slow. If you take music from people on your userlist though, then you don't have to wait in line and you can download it right away.

The program is free, but you can also pay 5 bucks for a month to bypass the line for faster downloads.