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Even though its not available yet
Published on January 2, 2006 By WebGizmos In Internet
By Ingrid Marson, ZDNet (UK)
Published on ZDNet News: January 2, 2006, 9:01 AM PT

Bloggers around the world have been talking about the latest Firefox extension, even though it isn't yet available.

AllPeers, a company based in the UK, has developed a peer-to-peer tool for the open source browser, which it claims is "the best thing to happen to Firefox...since Firefox."

"AllPeers is a free extension which combines the strength of Firefox and the efficiency of BitTorrent to transform your favorite browser into a media sharing powerhouse," states the company Web site.



The extension is will be available "soon", according to the company, which has posted screenshots http://www.allpeers.com/more_f.htm on its Web site showing the tool's interface.

Over the last few days, interest in the extension has been building, with over 50 blog postings talking about the AllPeers extension over the last day, according to blog search engine Technorati.

U.S. blogger B.D. was excited about the new extension, claiming that this extension could increase the number of people using Firefox, at the expense of its main rival, Microsoft's Internet Explorer.

"This is exciting news as it really moves Firefox into a realm that IE can only dream of at the moment," he said, in a blog posting on Thursday.

"By using a peer network of some sort, Firefox will exploit the publicity surrounding this functionality which has the potential to multiply the number of people exposed to the Firefox application tremendously. This could be huge," he said.

Other bloggers agreed that this could increase Firefox' market share. "It sounds like AllPears gives us yet another reason to use Firefox," said a blogger known as JonnyGuru on Thursday.

Some bloggers were more skeptical about the new extension. Mike Linksvayer said he was reluctant to write about software that was not yet available, as it "could be vaporware". Another blogger warned that being associated with peer-to-peer file sharing could damage the open source browser's reputation.

"I'm afraid the "peers" or "P2P" moniker will end up sullying Firefox's name to those out there not in the know," said the blogger, who describes himself as a golfing tech-geek.

It's not just English-speaking bloggers that are interested in the new Firefox extension. Blogs in a number of other languages, including Chinese, German, Italian, Russian and Spanish, have also mentioned the AllPeers extension.

Comments
on Jan 02, 2006
wow, what an amazing way to setup a network of friends and share photos, info etc....i can see myself putting my photographs in my shared media folder and letting my family and friends view them, wherever they are in the world...all from within my web browser .... this extension has alot of potential
on Jan 04, 2006
A boost for the pirating community, too. Yay.
on Jan 04, 2006
Im in Canada... I can internet stuff whatever... Swike! I love Bittorrent...
on Jan 04, 2006
A boost for the pirating community, too. Yay


while i agree this is an easy assumption to make, the legal applications that the huge majority of normal users will make of it are alot bigger...to be able to easily setup a p2p network with your family and friends and share photos, info etc is a huge step forward... i live in a remote place, and i love the idea that i could share photos of video of what i see underwater everyday with my family easily...it is easy to see the negative in an extension like this, but please try to see the positive too
on Jan 05, 2006
while i agree this is an easy assumption to make, the legal applications that the huge majority of normal users will make of it are alot bigger...to be able to easily setup a p2p network with your family and friends and share photos, info etc is a huge step forward... i live in a remote place, and i love the idea that i could share photos of video of what i see underwater everyday with my family easily...it is easy to see the negative in an extension like this, but please try to see the positive too


Hey now...I am offended at being called normal!!

Having this onboard will also help promote the use of Firefox, which if it isn't already well known, it should be. Extensions, being easily installed and uninstalled, are what also make the browser well worth using and supporting.