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English editions

A little P2P history.
A lot of useful context.

Read the expanded collection of English articles. Historical products and news are labelled; current connection instructions live in the guide library.

eMule

Useful eMule features: links, servers, search and messaging

Understand eMule's eD2K links, server.met updates, Kad search, peer details, friends list and messaging features.

eMule

eMule tutorial, part two: search, speed and server lists

Use eMule search carefully, understand source availability and queues, check incoming ports and update your server list.

Technology

The Pirate Bay verdict: a historical archive article

English archive coverage of the original Swedish Pirate Bay verdict, the defence arguments and the planned appeal reported at the time.

Technology

Inkscape: a free vector graphics editor

An English introduction to Inkscape, vector graphics, SVG, node editing and the difference between vector and bitmap images.

eMule

Configuring a P2P client: part one

Understand discovery, direct transfers and the different network designs behind a P2P client before changing its settings.

eMule

Configuring a P2P client: part two

Learn what hashes, client credits and upload limits mean in eMule, with the misleading claims from the old guide corrected.

eMule

Configuring a P2P client: part three

Finish your eMule configuration with sensible connection limits, correct incoming ports and a maintained server list.

eMule

eMule's two networks: eD2K and Kad

Understand the two discovery networks in eMule, their connection indicators and what Low ID or firewalled status changes.

eMule

Using eMule's web interface

An English edition of the web-interface guide, with local access explained and the old remote-management assumptions corrected.

eMule

How file-sharing networks evolved

The history of eDonkey, Overnet and Kad, and why a client disappearing is different from a compatible network disappearing.

eMule

Alternative downloads and the file-hosting era

Historical coverage of RapidShare, MegaUpload and CryptLoad, with the distinction between hosted files and peer-to-peer transfers explained.

eMule

Finding downloads beyond a single P2P client

A historical look at file hosts, specialist search sites and blog searches, without presenting retired services as current recommendations.

eMule

The download debate: a view from the old web

An English edition of the archive's opinion article about P2P use, copyright organisations, Internet providers and the debate in Spain.

eMule

The torrent-site ranking of 2008

A historical English account of the torrent sites named in the original 2008 ranking, rather than a directory of current services.

Web & messaging

Creating and sharing tabs in iGoogle

A historical English walkthrough of how iGoogle organised gadgets into tabs and let users share a tab configuration.

eMule

P2P privacy claims in the old download debate

An English archive edition examining the original claims about PeerGuardian, BTGuard and privacy, with misleading anonymity assurances corrected.

Technology

Ututo: a community approach to free software

An English historical account of Ututo, its Argentine origins, live-CD approach and emphasis on people and collaboration.

Web & messaging

An institution's image on the Internet

How the original article connected online communication, a recognisable identity and the way an institution presents information.

Web & messaging

Websites and a company's public image

An English edition of the article about how design, programming, a domain name and hosting influence a visitor's first impression.

Web & messaging

Do people read web pages?

The archive's advice on visual scanning, concise paragraphs, descriptive headings and avoiding interruptions to the reader.

eMule

eDonkey2000 and the protocol behind eD2K

How the original article explained server discovery, peer transfers and the influence of eDonkey2000 on later compatible clients.

Web & messaging

Protecting privacy in instant messaging

The archive's practical concerns about unknown contacts, unexpected files and checking a message before trusting its contents.

Web & messaging

People on the other side of the screen

An English edition of the article about consideration, privacy and the role instant messaging can play in everyday relationships.

Web & messaging

What Messenger Plus! added to Windows Live Messenger

Historical English coverage of custom statuses, multiple accounts, tabbed chats, display-name formatting and conversation logs.

Web & messaging

More Messenger Plus! features from the archive

A historical guide to event history, automatic replies, skins, custom sounds and desktop contacts in Messenger Plus!.

Web & messaging

Open-source instant messaging and multiple protocols

How the original article explained the appeal of one open-source client for accounts spread across different messaging networks.

Web & messaging

Pidgin: one client for different messaging networks

An English archive introduction to Pidgin's name, origins, mascot and multi-protocol approach, with its old compatibility list clearly dated.

Web & messaging

Instantbird and the multi-protocol messenger idea

A historical English account of Instantbird's Mozilla-based interface, libpurple connections and approach to extensions.

Web & messaging

Windows Live Messenger 9.1 in the archive

The features attributed to Windows Live Messenger 9.1 by the original article, preserved as historical product coverage.

Web & messaging

How MSN Messenger worked: an archive walkthrough

The original beginner's steps for signing in, managing contacts and choosing a display name, clearly preserved as historical instructions.

Web & messaging

Instant communication and more

The archive's view of Windows Live Messenger, video calls, resource use and the appeal of sharing personal emoticons.

Web & messaging

Messaging across computers and mobile phones

A historical view of synchronisation, mobile messaging and the wish to continue the same conversation on different devices.

Web & messaging

A display name with style in Messenger Plus!

How the original article explained colours and formatting in a Messenger display name, including why some contacts saw strange symbols.

Web & messaging

Facebook and the glass-house metaphor

An English edition of the archive's commentary on status updates, old acquaintances and the public view people create of their lives.

Technology

MobileFiles Pro and Excel on the early iPhone

Historical coverage of Quickoffice's MobileFiles Pro, its document formats and the original promise of editing spreadsheets on an iPhone.

Web & messaging

Rethinking online advertising: an archive opinion

The original argument that web advertising needed to create value for users, rather than copy the interruptions of traditional media.

Technology

Why an old Windows Messenger installation was hard to remove

Historical coverage of the bundled Messenger component and the old sysoc.inf procedure, clearly separated from current Windows instructions.

Technology

ZapMessenger and the old Messenger removal problem

An English archive account of the portable utility once presented as a simpler way to remove old Messenger installations.

Web & messaging

Notes on a technological life: part one

An English edition of the archive's reflective essay about communication, changing habits and the way technology becomes part of ordinary life.

Technology

Video, music and mobile devices in the archive

Historical coverage of MediaPortal, mobile-video conversion and the different jobs performed by a media centre, converter and network service.

Technology

Nizmlab and the idea of curated online video

An English account of the archive's review of a video site that favoured human selection over a simple popularity ranking.

Technology

Samsung Sens X360: a notebook from its period

An English edition of the original Samsung Sens X360 review and its reported specifications, clearly marked as historical hardware coverage.

Technology

OLED displays: the archive's forecast for 2010

A historical English explanation of OLED and the expectations about display availability and durability described before 2010.