New feature: personal bookmarks, remote downloading

Hi there,

A quick update about a new and cool feature we just implemented: personal bookmarks! From now on, logged-in users can bookmark their favorite torrents.

After clicking the “Add to bookmarks” button, a torrent will be added to the list of bookmarked torrents available at “My bookmarks“. Bookmarking is convenient if you want to save a torrent so you can quickly find it back.

Another useful (and more powerful) scenario is remote downloading.

How does it work? In most BitTorrent clients (for example: uTorrent) you are able to poll an RSS feed. Go to the “My bookmarks” page we just described, and copy your “personal feed” URL. In uTorrent, click the “RSS Downloader” button and add the feed URL from your clipboard.

Now, go to “Favorites”, add a new filter (the name doesn’t matter) and enter “*” as “Filter” and choose a download folder at “Save in”. You’re done, click “Close” to make

Now, if you’re at work and see the latest album of your favorite featured artist, just hit the “Add to bookmarks” button. The torrent is added to your bookmarks and personal feed, and within a few minutes your BitTorrent client at home will refresh the feed and notice the new torrent. Your client will then start downloading the torrent in the background, so when you come home you can listen to the album right away. No need for WebUI’s, port forwarding, and exposing local computers in your home network.

Do you like this feature? Or would you like to see any changes? Please let us know in the comments. We might not answer all comments, but we surely read them!

Thanks!