Welcome to our official feedback forum. Do you have an idea? Do you recognize a good idea when you see one? We want to hear from you!
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3 votes
Hire a new chief coder
With this tough economy, you could get a programmer with a much higher skill level for only a little bit more than what toad is paid.
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0 votes
upload problems
after uploading a file the upload page do not respond
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1 votes
put a changelog on the download page
When my node updates itself, I'm curious to know what's new, but there doesn't seem to be a list of changes anywhere. There should be a link to a short list of new features and major bugs fixed next to the download links.
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5 votes
password to start and open freenet
there should be a password to start or access freenet and maybe a combinations of keys(like keyloggers programs have) in order to access freenet is started so users that share the computer whit room mates/family/wife can leave freenet running 24/7 and dont have to worry about who can access freen... more
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1 votes
AJAX, EyeOS
you could use ajax or even something like eyeOS for interface :)
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50 votes
Create a secure Freemail programm to read and write them without any other programms needed!
There must be a way to read and write freemails easy secure and encrypted!
It is to hard to get Freemail running and i need something like Thunderbird for it.
In Thunderbird Mails are not encrypted and mixed with normal Mails !
And i can clearlly see which account and name is used!Make it ... more
Status: plannedA proper webmail interface for Freemail is planned.
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15 votes
Explain the graphs in the advanced statistics page.
I heard about freenet from the buzz it created in the CS community. Back in the old version, there was a graph that showed the specialization of the freenet key store. I found the simplicity of the idea absolutely fascinating.
I understand the routing algorithm has been fundamentally changed sin... more
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113 votes
Make FMS/Freetalk part of the Freenet project
A working messaging system (FMS/Freetalk) could be included in the core Freenet project and some fraction of time could be dedicated to it.
Currently the lack of a working, trusted, bundled messaging system contrasts with good usability of core Freenet. This is an issue for end users and harms ... more
Status: startedGenerally agree. Freetalk is being implemented by p0s, I am reviewing his commits, he has recently posted a spec and this is being negotiated with FMS folks. Freetalk will be an important part of 0.8. WoT (the backend web of trust system) will be loadable from the plugins page soon, and hopefully Freetalk will be official and bundled shortly after Christmas.
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92 votes
freenet linux
I would like to see a linux distribution, prolly based on debian or ubuntu, that has freenet and other aspects of cryptography deeply integrated into the system from first install. I feel it is very important to get as many people on freenet as possible, but it is a complicated concept to grasp ... more
How would making a livecd or other form of distribution make Freenet a less complicated concept? It would be useful to have an easily deployable node however, using a USB stick or swap space... But this is out of scope for the project proper, maybe some volunteer will build it. And *you will still need to complete the wizard in any case* to specify your security settings, and you might need to specify which drives to use etc.
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12 votes
add a freenet search-engine plugin for browsers
Many browsers (IE, FF, Opera, Konqueror,.. ) have a search bar which automatically searches with a specified plugin (standard Google, Yahoo or Bing). It should be easy to create a similar plugin to support the freenet search protocol.
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39 votes
Official plugin should be described
at http://127.0.0.1:8888/plugins/ you can load official plugins. But there's no easy place where to see a (short) description for them. Please take care of user interface (and easy of use) a bit more.
The first-time user will abandon the software if it is not easy to manage.Status: plannedPlanned feature:
https://bugs.freenetproject.org/view.php?id=2566 -
187 votes
Implement reinsert on demand
Provide a "reinsert on demand" feature, similar to FreemulET implementation, but as a standard feature.
This would improve sharing of large files, and would make sharing of rarely requested files more reliable.
There are doubts whether on-demand reinsert poses some anonymity risks, bu... more
Status: under reviewWe are working on improving data retrieval, and have made some progress. Further improvements are planned. There are several backend features (e.g. whole file checksums) that would help insert-on-demand filesharing apps, which we will probably implement in 0.9. Also see "write a killer file-sharing app".
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17 votes
don't simple delete suggestions here
If there are suggestions you don't like (or simply find useless) don't just delete them, comment your reasoning and explain why you think so!
I'm really disappointed not finding my suggestion anymore :(
(And in the longer term, implement this voting into freenet so this may not happen at first ;)
Which suggestion? There are differences of opinion on the project, generally I'm more open minded than Ian, who is more practically focussed. ;)
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66 votes
Create a Mac installer
Mac users expect to download a DMG file image containing an application that they can then drag to their Applications folder. Freenet should be distributed in this way for Mac users.
The main problem with this is that a DMG or more likely a PKG cannot be produced except on a Mac, and would have to be reconstructed on every new stable build. Given very few of the devs have Mac's, this is not an immediately solvable problem...
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194 votes
Add a 'pause' feature
It would be cool if it was possible to 'pause' a freenet node. I mean, stop all network traffic, warn peers that we are on pause, but keep the node alive.
That would allow short downtimes for online gaming without the hassle of having to restart the node and wait for it becoming usable again.
Status: plannedThis is a good idea, somewhat technically challenging but we have several possibilities for implementing it.
Also, on Mac and Windows, we now have a system tray icon, which allows the user to conveniently start or stop Freenet.
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289 votes
one GUI for all
For new (non-technical) users it may be very difficult to understand what they really need, how to do it and how to use it.
The entry point of an application plus its visible style, the user interface aso. are playing the biggest role for acceptance nowadays.
Therefore there may be the need of ... more
Status: startedWe are working on improving the web interface, and integrating more functionality into it - particularly Freetalk, but also an easy blogging tool. The WoT backend should become a semi-official plugin loadable from the plugins page and auto-updated this week; Artefact2's blogging tool is working fairly well although doesn't have comment support yet.
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42 votes
freenet wiki
include some kind of alternative to wikipedia for freenet that should be a very good tool against censorship
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9 votes
Collusion prevention mechanism based on IP address ranges
A very simple but powerful mechanism to prevent colluding sybil nodes from obtaining too many connections with a target node could look like as follows:
Each node seeks for a certain IP address-based diversity in his direct neighbors. That is: the more prefix bits are shared between two nodes'... more
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18 votes
add an option to limit monthly bandwidth
All the residential ISPs in my area have monthly bandwidth limits now, and I can't be sure how much freenet will use if I leave it running 24/7, even if I'm not actually using it.. So it would be great it I could set a 20 Gb limit and just leave it running.
When the monthly limit gets closer the ... moreStatus: plannedAgreed, we need to support monthly bandwidth limits with different limits at different times of day. Although you can of course calculate what it will use, on the basis that the input bandwidth will usually be lower than the output bandwidth, and Freenet will usually use up the output limit.
