User:Isto Ylisirkka/Timeline of the FastTrack filesharing network

Work in Progress Isto Ylisirkka 19:50, 29 January 2006 (UTC)

Version history of KaZaA Media Desktop

 * September 9 2000 Version 1 Beta 1 (1st public Beta)
 * September 20 2000 Version 1 Beta 2 (2nd public Beta)
 * Februari 16 2001 Version 1 (Sock5 support).
 * Februari 28 2001 Version 1.1.x-Feb ("Traffic View" is improved. Easy metadata addition via drag-and-drop to correct folder. Networking backend enhancements.)
 * March 8 2001 Version 1.1.x-Mar - (Faster join to the network)
 * Version 1.2 May 2001
 * Instant Messaging
 * Integrated media player
 * Ad banners
 * Network backend performance improvements. Quicker search.
 * Automatic update download small patches, not the full installer.
 * Version 1.3.0 (July 2001)
 * View users shared files.
 * "Search for more sources" feature. Find additional sources to a download.
 * Advanced search with filesize limit. (smaller/larger than)
 * Limit thee number of concurrent uploads.
 * Network backend performance improvements for faster search.
 * Security and privacy features. (Filters?)
 * Version 1.3.1 1.3.2
 * Version 1.3.3
 * Spyware included for the first time in v1.3.3
 * Version 1.4 (December 2001)
 * New spyware added to the installer
 * Ability to disable file sharing (court-ordered feature)
 * Recommendation function
 * Tell-a-friend function
 * More file formats supported: b3d, asf, wma
 * KaZaA Shop tab
 * Ads removed from the Theatre (aka integrated media player)
 * Start view changed (aka homepage)
 * Improved adult content filtering
 * Windows XP performance improved
 * Bugfixes
 * Dragging colum headers won't crash Kazaa anymore
 * Installer detects old installation location and whether KaZaA is running.
 * Overshooting progress bar corrected
 * Advanced search, e.g category=Cat or language=Lang, are now working again
 * Other bugs resulting in crashes fixed
 * User Interface
 * Right click also selects (saves one left-click)
 * Search form field layout improved
 * Column widths sized better
 * Colums ordering is preserved
 * Backend
 * Network organization and connectivity improved
 * More privacy protection added


 * Version 1.5 (released 11-Feb-2002)
 * Incompatible with older versions. All Morpheus users kicked out from the FastTrack network.
 * Bonzi Buddy tab
 * Includes Cydoor spyware
 * Password is no longer required for network login


 * Version 1.5.1
 * Version 1.6 1.6.1
 * Version 1.7 1.7.1 1.7.2
 * Version 2.0 2.0.1 2.0.2
 * Version 2.1 2.1.1
 * Version 2.4 2.4.1 2.4.2 2.4.3
 * Version 2.5 2.5.1
 * Linux non-GUI client (kza) released

Downloads

 * Nov 2001 17 Million downloads of KaZaA
 * Feb 2002 KaZaA 37 Million downloads (from download.com)
 * Feb 2002 Morpheus 51 million downloads (from download.com)

Snapshots

 * February 2001 4203 users online, sharing 376,000 files (1684.5 GB) (snapshot)
 * 22-Jan-2002 416,123 users online, sharing 64725K files (367536???) (snapshot)
 * 31-Mar-2002 956,873 users online (snapshot)
 * 15-Apr-2002 1,638,437 users online, sharing 286,414,176 files (1,704,608GB)
 * April 2003 1,385,983 users online, sharing 244,825,430 (1,504,928 GB) (snapshot)
 * 01-Jul-2005 2,452,177 users online, sharing 573,875,828
 * 01-Jul-2005 2,362,841 users online, sharing 445,241,716 files (46,074,???)

Average

 * Slyck FastTrack statistics (Million users monthly average)
 * 2003
 * Jan: 3,92
 * Feb: 4,26
 * Mar: 4,30
 * Apr: 4,41
 * May: 4,02
 * Jun: 4,13
 * Jul: 3,70
 * Aug: 3,48
 * Sep: 3,44
 * Oct: 3,60
 * Nov: 3,70
 * Dec: 3,47
 * 2004
 * Jan: 3,17
 * Feb: 3,42
 * Mar 2,71
 * Apr: 3,15
 * May: 2,87
 * Jun: 2,67
 * Jul: 2,46
 * Aug: 2,55
 * Sep: 2,52
 * Oct: 2,38
 * Nov: 2,47
 * Dec: 2,61
 * 2005
 * Jan: 2,51
 * Feb: 2,44
 * Mar: 2,37
 * Apr: 2,74
 * May: 2,55
 * Jun: 2,38
 * Jul: 2,16
 * Aug: 2,26
 * Sep: 2,58
 * Oct: 2,74
 * Nov: 3,24
 * Dec: 2,15
 * 2006
 * Jan: 2,45


 * Other figures
 * June 2001 300,000 users
 * late 2003 3 million users (?)
 * April 2004 2.9 million users (daily average)
 * October 2004 2.48 million users (daily average)
 * October 2005 4.5 million users (bogus?)