uTorrent Opens Up Apps, Starts Developer Challenge

by pyronicide on 7/13/2010, 12:55 AM with 15 comments
  • by thwarted on 7/13/2010, 4:56 AM

    "apps" are the new "extensions" which were the new "plugins" which replaced "skins" which supplanted "themes". Or something like that.

    How long before have to have this conversation:

    "Our product needs to support user customization. We need apps!" "We have an extension framework." "But that's not apps!"

    From http://www.utorrent.com/labs/griffin

    The Griffin project introduces a web-based extensions framework for µTorrent to allow for easy extensibility by 3rd party developers through a simple API ... What we came up with is a web-based extensions framework where "Apps" which consist only of HTML and Javascript can be added to the client and displayed using an embedded browser window.

  • by Groxx on 7/13/2010, 2:35 AM

    Must everything become a platform?

  • by adbge on 7/13/2010, 2:21 AM

    I can see it now:

    Would you like to install WeatherBug uTorrent edition along with this program?

  • by martythemaniak on 7/13/2010, 5:24 AM

    What's an example of a useful thing you can write?

  • by toodlestech on 7/13/2010, 2:29 AM

    From what I understand this is an API that "talks" with uTorrent, and they are throwing the word 'Apps' out there to be trendy?