XFactor 0.92

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XFactor is a file sharing program running on the Gnutella Network. It is open standard software running on an open protocol. XFactor allows you to share and download any file such as audio, video, images, documents, applications, etc. XFactor is simple, fast and easy on the eyes.

Version 0.92 may include unspecified updates, enhancements, or bug fixes.

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  XFactor

  The new version - loss of function and arrogance run amok

  by: Byron Bray on 02-Mar-2006 12:39:04 PM

  Pros: Convenient Gnutella client (but then so is Limewire and Limewire's free)

  Cons: As a paid user of the old version, I downloaded this version and tried it ... this is esentially a Gnutella client, now, and gets less than a fifth of the content that the old version did. FastTrack alone has over 6 times the content available on Gnutella.

  Then I started getting alert messages urging me to register and pay for it. I saw no reason to 'upgrade' to a version that gives me less than 1/5th the functionality of the old version and certainly no reason to pay a second time for it. I was happy to keep using my old version until a better one came out. So I tried to do so.

  Then my old version began alerting me, several times per hour, that there is a new version. This message interrupts anything else I am doing. To add insult to injury, now my old version has begun telling me, upon startup, that it has 'expired' and forcing me to quit the program.

  This sofware is incomplete and should not have been released until it was at least as functional as the old one. That, in itself, is bad enough.

  Even worse, this software is designed to behave in a coercive, disruptive manner, doing everything possible, up to and including forced quitting, to cram the new version down the throats of previous-version users. The user's choice to upgrade or not should be just that; a choice.

  I still buy software (or at least license it); I don't 'subscribe' to programs and I don't expect them to 'expire' and become unusable every time the developer feels like making me pay for a new version. Especially a version that is much less useful than the old version. Even Microsoft isn't this arrogant and coercive.

  I really liked X-Factor and the next version, when it is actually ready for public release, may well be a better one. But it's really a shame that it's being "marketed" in this way.

  As for me, I'm going back to Limewire Pro. It has all of the functionality of the "new, improved" XFactor and doesn't browbeat, coerce and manipulate its users in the way that XFactor's developers are apparently willing to do.

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  XFactor

  its sucks

  by: dirrtyindior on 10-Feb-2006 12:41:29 AM

  Pros: none

  Cons: pop up advertising, only connects to limewire

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  XFactor

  Dropped support for multiple networks, chat, advanced search and now it cost $5!

  by: vidiotloserx on 05-Apr-2006 11:52:53 PM

  Pros: Looks spiffy just like iTunes. Nice new icon. The old version NO LONGER WORKS so if you want to use Xfactor, this is your only choice.

  Cons: First, no more giFT daemon which removes the multi network functionality which was the reason I used it to begin with. Next, it no longer has advanced search capability to refine your search. Also gone is the built in media playback and the built in IRC chat. Though the chat was not crucial. Last, after stripping out features, it now cost $5 for less than what used to be free and nags you every half hour to register. The interface is largely pointless as well. It mimics iTunes in appearance but is severely lacking in functionality. The screen that provides feedback in iTunes does absolutely nothing in Xfactor. Xfactor is just LimeWire in iTunes' clothing. Get Acquisition or LimeWire instead of Xfactor. Acquisition is not free but it is more worth paying for.

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  XFactor

  Annoying sign-up screen

  by: mycroft99holmes on 16-Oct-2007 10:49:14 AM

  Cons: Very annoying screen opens and will not clear until you pay. Also difficult to delete kernel once it attaches to your system.

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  XFactor

  Not good

  by: divka on 30-Jun-2007 10:54:35 AM

  Pros: I cannot, never worked

  Cons: Nothing... it never worked

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