ceejay
12th Apr 2000, 07:59 AM
whoa guyz, isn't it a nice dezign, isn't it looking very very coOL ? yes, but they forgot something usefull. this site is not DOWNLOAD-FRIENDLY. Why ? Here's my Story:
i just bought the game, i just started to play, and i just wanted some maps.
Okay, i found a massive load of maps, and a lot more. But at the point i was starting to download these maps, i encountered f* problems.
there are a lot of links for map-reviews etc.
there are a lot of different-sites providing different maps, or a different amount of maps.
thats not the bad thing.
the bad thing is, all those holding more then, say, 20 files for each category, have no doubt of how stressing it is, to click every link, and then klick anotherone for really downloading the file.
this means for a slow connection a hard job because you have to wait for every action
(klick waitforpageload klick waitfordownloadbegin close, start again for next file) .
oh lord, its good i have a T1.
so these pages are popping up faster /~unreal/ubb/html/wink.gif=.
BUT, do you really want to tell me, i have to do this f* procedure for every MAP i want to download ? these means for 60 files, 120 klicks and at least the time to wait for each page to be downloaded and so on.
i think u can get the point out of this.
not really sorry to say that, BUT THIS IS ****...
There is no REAL BIGPACK (or i'm too confused and stupid to finde some REAL), containing all those Maps in a Category, like Domination or Capture the Flah
I still found some Bigpacks, but they are only covering those maps vom a specific author, isn't it ? BUT I WANT THEM ALL.
I could use a downloadmanager like getright to process a whole website, letting the tool downloading every file linked in this page, BUT u have this tiny ASP-Download-Tool wich is makes it impossible for me to use getright.
and this is the really problem.
as far as i understand, this ASP-Code is producing this wonderfull Mirror-Site-Display, thats so wonderfully stressing me.
SOLUTION
i'm surely not in the position to enforce something, but i would give it a try.
a "Mirror-Manager" is not that bad, but you guyz could let this handled a better way.
why not giving me the possibility of just choosing a mirror, using a form, at the same page, the download-links are placed, so i have to do only 1 click, i.e. at the top for choosing my mirror ( using a radiob. or checkbox maybe?),
and afterthen only 1 for each file i want to download ?
i think you can think of many more USEFUL additions / changes ...
as a webdesigner and programmer i learned, that it is very important, that a user can find and get everything fast and in a easy way. i did find what i searched for very fast. i can access those downloads very fast.
but i can't download those files easily, its a stressing job.
maybe i'm wrong, and didn't find the "easy" way, because i'm a dumb and stupid user, but maybe u have to think over.
yours,
cee jay http://g-book.trashfactory.de
i just bought the game, i just started to play, and i just wanted some maps.
Okay, i found a massive load of maps, and a lot more. But at the point i was starting to download these maps, i encountered f* problems.
there are a lot of links for map-reviews etc.
there are a lot of different-sites providing different maps, or a different amount of maps.
thats not the bad thing.
the bad thing is, all those holding more then, say, 20 files for each category, have no doubt of how stressing it is, to click every link, and then klick anotherone for really downloading the file.
this means for a slow connection a hard job because you have to wait for every action
(klick waitforpageload klick waitfordownloadbegin close, start again for next file) .
oh lord, its good i have a T1.
so these pages are popping up faster /~unreal/ubb/html/wink.gif=.
BUT, do you really want to tell me, i have to do this f* procedure for every MAP i want to download ? these means for 60 files, 120 klicks and at least the time to wait for each page to be downloaded and so on.
i think u can get the point out of this.
not really sorry to say that, BUT THIS IS ****...
There is no REAL BIGPACK (or i'm too confused and stupid to finde some REAL), containing all those Maps in a Category, like Domination or Capture the Flah
I still found some Bigpacks, but they are only covering those maps vom a specific author, isn't it ? BUT I WANT THEM ALL.
I could use a downloadmanager like getright to process a whole website, letting the tool downloading every file linked in this page, BUT u have this tiny ASP-Download-Tool wich is makes it impossible for me to use getright.
and this is the really problem.
as far as i understand, this ASP-Code is producing this wonderfull Mirror-Site-Display, thats so wonderfully stressing me.
SOLUTION
i'm surely not in the position to enforce something, but i would give it a try.
a "Mirror-Manager" is not that bad, but you guyz could let this handled a better way.
why not giving me the possibility of just choosing a mirror, using a form, at the same page, the download-links are placed, so i have to do only 1 click, i.e. at the top for choosing my mirror ( using a radiob. or checkbox maybe?),
and afterthen only 1 for each file i want to download ?
i think you can think of many more USEFUL additions / changes ...
as a webdesigner and programmer i learned, that it is very important, that a user can find and get everything fast and in a easy way. i did find what i searched for very fast. i can access those downloads very fast.
but i can't download those files easily, its a stressing job.
maybe i'm wrong, and didn't find the "easy" way, because i'm a dumb and stupid user, but maybe u have to think over.
yours,
cee jay http://g-book.trashfactory.de