Suggestion to redesign the Alternative Speed Limits

[aus-wanderer]

There was once a guy who posted as a Guest in 2011 I am very much agree to.

Here is his post:

index.php/topic,180.msg762.html#msg762

I very often forget to unleash qBittorrent when leaving my computer just to realize it a few hours later that I wasted a lot of bandwidth.

1. It would be helpful to see the tray icon clearly changing in color acording to the global or alternative speed limit mode.

2. Another (new) suggestion would be to implement a timer that can be activated to run in Alternate Speed mode for 1,2,3,5, 10, ... minutes. After the time runs out the Global Speed limit gets kicked in automatically including the color change of the tray icon. Often you just have to download something quick or work for a few minutes with the browser. That way I would not waste bandwidth in case I forget to unleash qBittorrent after my work. The scheduling is not helpful for this.

3. Lastly I find it a bit cumbersome to change the 4 speed limits directly from the main window. In my opinion it would be more intuitive and quicker as well, when ALL 4 speed limits pop up in an editable way similar to the preferences design instead of only one at a time. I know that I could do it from the preferences but this is 2 clicks away, because the last option section doesn't get remembered.

I hope you guys consider these suggestions in one way or another. My main goal is not to waste bandwidth by forgetting to unleash.

[Switeck]

Likewise, it would be nice to have a pause for "X" minutes...

[aus-wanderer]

I do not use the pause/resume all function anyway since it messes up the torrents statuses. Often I include various torrents of the same stuff but download only the most promising/best quality, etc. The other torrents (of the same stuff) I just pause in case it turns out my first option is a fake, crap quality or whatever. That way I avoid to search for that stuff again on various torrent sites.

Doesn't mean I am agains two timers (one for Alternative speed, one for Pause all) but for me the second would be useless.

[Switeck]

Both would be useful to me, considering closing and reopening qBitTorrent can take minutes with lots of torrents loaded into it.

[aus-wanderer]

Well, let's hope the idea doesn't get lost again for another 6 years...