Am Montag, 14. Februar 2005 07:45 schrieb Jonathan Ernst:
> Well, there is no need for a patch. The "problem" here is appdb users
> behaviour ;-). If Winzip is listed on the frontpage it's because people
> voted for it. Just vote for another couple of Gold apps you like, it'll
> remove Winzip from
Le vendredi 11 fÃvrier 2005 Ã 16:26 -0500, Tom a Ãcrit :
> Holly Bostick wrote:
> > Placing applications such as those in a position of prominence not
> > only gives users useful information and reassures them, but also
> > reveals that you have done something *hard* to both the knowledgeable
>
Hi,
On Fri, Feb 11, 2005 at 10:11:53AM -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Holly Bostick wrote:
> >---
> >Welcome
> >
> >This is the Wine Application Database. From here you get info on
> >application compatibility with Wine. For developers, you can get
> >information o
Holly Bostick wrote:
Well, all of it is blowing your own horn... which is fine, you should
do more of it.
But, in this case, apps like WinZip or Mozilla, both of which
specifically are more likely to be run in native versions by new users
than via Wine-- WinZip we've already been through, and o
(3rd of 3)
Chris Morgan wrote:
Then vote for what you really want or need... I want to see 100 games
working but if I had to pick one
it would be HL2. And if you give me 20 or 30 votes there *diluted* votes
from the get-go!
I agree. Maybe 5 votes per-user is a good number so each one counts but
(2nd of 3)
Tom wrote:
Chris Morgan wrote:
Having a single vote per-person makes the assumption that the person
has a single application that they want working. Often users have a
handful of them. I'd prefer multiple votes per-person.
Then vote for what you really want or need... I want to see 10
How you guys managed to hit "Reply to all" and somehow not include the
list, I don't know, but I'll forward :-) ... (1st of 3 such)
Chris Morgan wrote:
- Voting for app version ( not app family).
- only one vote per person per version.
- more total votes, say 10-20 instead of 3.
I would like to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Holly Bostick wrote:
Leaving aside the fact that there is no real reason to even run WinZip
under Wine (given that zip is provided by default with every
distribution, so *.zip files are already handled, WinZip doesn't
handle *.rar files or *.ace files, iirc, and in any c
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You are probably correct here. Certainly voting for an application
version makes more sense to me. However voting for any app makes no
"real" difference to the developers at this time.
The voting system is an indication of how popular (important?) a
program is. I do thi
Holly Bostick wrote:
Jonathan Ernst wrote:
[snip]
Le lundi 07 février 2005 à 01:16 +0100, Holly Bostick a écrit :
I had to go through 4 links just to get to the main application page.
First, the sidebar link from the main site to the appdb front page. This
[FIXED] I sent a patch to replace "Appli
Holly Bostick wrote:
Naturally I am. I wouldn't be a very good and responsible member of
the FOSS community if I wasn't (and it's important to me to be a good
and responsible member of the FOSS community). I haven't started the
text yet, though (a bit short on time), and I have a technical probl
Jonathan Ernst wrote:
Thanks again for your message.
Jonathan, thank YOU for your support and encouragement. And also thanks
to you and everyone helping to make a place for "the middleman" to
provide useful input, and a mechanism by which it can be heard; since
the appdb wasn't really functional
Hi again ;-),
[...]
>
> -
> As an Application database member you enjoy some exclusive benefits like:
>
> * Ability to Vote on Favorite Applications
> -
>
>
> I am logged in, thus a member, thu
> A Wine FAQ at the forefront of the appdb, or even linked to each
> application's overview page might be nice, too, for more general issues
> like the above comment-- an explanation of basic procedures such as
> exporting/importing registry entries, what common errors mean, like the
> "Warning: Th
Thanks again for your message.
Le lundi 07 fÃvrier 2005 Ã 01:16 +0100, Holly Bostick a Ãcrit :
> I had to go through 4 links just to get to the main application page.
> First, the sidebar link from the main site to the appdb front page. This
[FIXED] I sent a patch to replace "Applications" with
On Mon, 2005-02-07 at 01:16 +0100, Holly Bostick wrote:
> I had forgotten the precise URL directly to the appdb, so I had to
> start from the main site, which brings me to my first useability
> complaint: too long a trail to get to the app I'm looking for.
>
First of all, thank you for writing th
Holly Bostick wrote:
I had to go through 4 links just to get to the main application page.
First, the sidebar link from the main site to the appdb front page. This
front page is useless to me (and imo, fairly useless overall), since the
majority of the "Gold" and "Silver' apps so prominently liste
Le lundi 07 fÃvrier 2005 Ã 01:16 +0100, Holly Bostick a Ãcrit :
> 1.2) The "Description" area is well-placed and sized, but the
> information contained therein is generally pointless and should be a
> "Summary" instead. Most of the descriptions I read told me what the
> application is and does
If I may interrupt and split off the various theoretical discussions
about recoding the appdb, I'd like to report my experiences actually
using the appdb as it is today. I wanted to use the appdb in order to
(attempt to) solve some installation problems with several applications
(two games, two app
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