Site improvements and a new office
Hi everyone,
It has been a while since Mininova has undergone some changes, but today we're releasing some new features, including:
- A layout update, the top advertisement banner is gone.
- An improved search field with the possibility to restrict your search to a specific category.
- The search results are also improved, including the highlighting of the results (example).
- New buttons on several pages (thanks to a technique described by Google developer Douglas Bowman).
- Instead of creating a torrent file and seeding your data, you can now use VIPeers for uploading. VIPeers is a free service that will create a torrent file, seed your content and send you back to the Mininova upload page, where you can fill in the details.
- "Remember me" checkbox on the login page, the possibility to remain logged in, even when you quit your browser and connect via another Internet network. Although this may be very useful, do not use this option on a public computer (in a library or so).
- New servers to keep up with the growing number of visitors. These servers will be installed in a few days.
- Some bug fixes.
- We moved to a new office location in downtown Utrecht, The Netherlands. We used to rent a small office space at Regus, but we had a very bad experience (note to startups: do NOT rent at Regus! They will try to nail you with the agreement). We are happy with our new office inside a classical building alongside the city canal. See our contact page for more information. We'll put up some more pictures on Picasa.