[chriscjcj]

Now how about Carracho?

[tambourine_man]

I just remember I visited VersionTracker everyday looking for software. What a different world.

[lampiaio]

Oh my, I used to do that too! There was always something interesting being released, even if just some point release for the odd application.

[tambourine_man]

The though alone that software didn’t update itself and required the user to manually check a third party aggregator is crazy these days.

[amatecha]

or KDX! :)

[lampiaio]

KDX's UI really was something else.

I remember first learning about torrents from a KDX server that had a folder with instructions on "how to download Matrix Reloaded at full speed". Downloaded some suspicious "BitTorrent" (I remember thinking the name was appropriate for what it promised) client along with a funny ".torrent" file"... and couldn't believe my eyes when I saw the transfer speed use the entirety of my 256kbps connection.

[JTyQZSnP3cQGa8B]

I remember that. I don’t remember how the two were related but the UI was very customized and futuristic. I loved that too.

[amatecha]

KDX was the followup to Hotline, made by the same guy IIRC, he made a new company "Haxial". and yeah it was quite nice!

[aorth]

Came here to ask the same thing. I started on Hotline and ended up on Carracho in the late 1990s. That orange icon!!! I used to tie up our house's phone line trying to chat with people and download things.

[morphle]

Those are my thoughts too.