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IIO:

that shoud have been done 2 weeks ago but as it seems it was my fault that it didnt, it seems i never sent the text proposal to knez.^^

will do that later when i am on my mac.
 
 
the "hotline" category will be renamed to "downloads" because that word seems to magically attract people.


--- Quote ---Perhaps the main issue is the ability of finding the link itself?
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having active links for that kind of stuff is always cool and we will do that, but it does not solve the issue that newbies might not be able to use it the way it is intended.

those who do not know hotline and those who use windows to browse the net will most likely also not know how to add helper apps for alien protocols to their brower.

i did that in IE 5 mac times for various apps, but in a modern FF i do not even find where i could do that setting.

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regarding the reason why people do not visit the new system... i actually think that there are not so many people who are looking for rare multimedia apps or system extensions (which would not also be on garden/repository) for a 25 years old system.

and you can be sure that those who do will also understand how to operate some form of ftp client even if it is new to them, so that cant be the reason. if oyu can operate photoshop or nuendo you will also be able to cliick an icon, enter an adress, and drag a file.

extending the library and prodiving better sharing options is a project inside a very, very small filterbubble.

during the last 8 years about 250,000 people were downloading files, about 8 or 9 were uploading files, and the majority of downloads is the macos9 images.
nobody ever noticed that we did not not have NI plug-ins for TDM or that there are only 3 drivers in the "drivers" section.

but who really expected it to be different. :)

Jubadub:

--- Quote from: IIO on June 23, 2024, 12:06:14 AM ---[...] and you can be sure that those who do will also understand how to operate some form of ftp client even if it is new to them, so that cant be the reason.
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I wouldn't be so sure of that... A lot of very IT-casual people would freak out at the sight of anything as "complex" like FTP that their browser (likely) no longer supports... Yet such people will want to resurrect their old Mac, or their father's Mac, or grandfather's Mac... And/or seek other software.

IIO:
yeah, today everything is web based.

but it is much easier to download files from ftp/hotline/firstclass/whatever compared to the usual download forums, websites or sharehosters.

for example you can now download images and burn them directly under windows, you can continue broken downloads, and you can also upload without hassle, which is the prerequisite for new contributions.

that might sound ignorant but i think that if someone does not get hotline or FTP to work he will also not need quark express preflight extensions, a surround mixing enviroment or a collab SATA driver in alpha version.

btw. can you refind the forum post with the generic SATA driver attachment? have fun searching. :)

IIO:
multiple files were corrupted and had to be replaced, and nobody ever noticed it - that is the truth about people downloading 25 years old music software from us. :)

Architecture:
I am still looking for as many TDM Plugins I can find. I have the DAE Gold folder and "The Goods" but would like to see what else is out there. If needed I have quite a few files from the old forum I could post as well.

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