Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2004-03-12 Thread Toad
On Thu, Mar 11, 2004 at 12:11:25PM -0800, Christopher Brian Jack wrote: > > > > > There _has_ to be a question when installing asking the > > > user if he/she pays for bandwidth (esp outgoing) and set the configuration in > > > Freenet accordingly - bad press resulting from Joe Doe installing Fre

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2004-03-12 Thread Christopher Brian Jack
> > There _has_ to be a question when installing asking the > > user if he/she pays for bandwidth (esp outgoing) and set the configuration in > > Freenet accordingly - bad press resulting from Joe Doe installing Freenet and > > getting $1000 bills (think NZ, OZ) isn't good. > Hmm. Good idea. How

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2004-03-11 Thread Toad
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 03:18:10PM +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > So, this email is an invitation to anyone that has constructive > > criticism or suggestion's for how Freenet's "first impression" can be > > enhanced. Topics include installation,

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-11-01 Thread Nick Tarleton
On Saturday 01 November 2003 05:13 pm, Paul wrote: > On Sat, Nov 1, 2003 at 14:10:43 +0800, Toad wrote: > >On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 10:31:58PM -0800, Paul wrote: > >> I see the installation of Freenet and the configuration of Freenet to > >> be an area that needs serious attention. > >> > >> Firs

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-11-01 Thread Paul
On Sat, Nov 1, 2003 at 14:10:43 +0800, Toad wrote: On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 10:31:58PM -0800, Paul wrote: I see the installation of Freenet and the configuration of Freenet to be an area that needs serious attention. First, I use Freenet on a Mac, but Mac OS X is not shown anymore as a compatibl

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-11-01 Thread Toad
On Sat, Nov 01, 2003 at 11:35:53AM -0500, Nick Tarleton wrote: > On Friday 31 October 2003 12:54 pm, Doug Bostrom wrote: > > The splitfile interface provides a useful measure of progress or at least > > continued activity. How about something to give users a little feedback > > while other key type

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-11-01 Thread Nick Tarleton
On Friday 31 October 2003 12:54 pm, Doug Bostrom wrote: > The splitfile interface provides a useful measure of progress or at least > continued activity. How about something to give users a little feedback > while other key types are being retrieved? > > Browsers generally provide some kind of indi

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-11-01 Thread Toad
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 10:31:58PM -0800, Paul wrote: > I see the installation of Freenet and the configuration of Freenet to > be an area that needs serious attention. > > First, I use Freenet on a Mac, but Mac OS X is not shown anymore as a > compatible OS on the Freenet web site download page

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Vitenka
"[EMAIL PROTECTED],UUleYfXnBfLThNmkB8dACg" part might be the bit with which they are having trouble. freenet:xxx URLs won't change that, but they will introduce a world of pain. Freenet URLs are much more likely to be given to people in hyperlink form, in which case the actual form of the URL i

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Toad
One thing people haven't suggested yet: Log file rotation with deletion of old logfiles and a maximum space usage setting. On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 12:37:27PM +, Ian Clarke wrote: > As the developers work hard to improve the core operation of Freenet, it > can be easy to forget about the more

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Troed Sångberg
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:03:33 +, Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just how are you trying to get people to visit such links? Verbally? If Thanks for calling Freenet advocates "idiots" - but the reaction is more pity from my side than anything else. "http://localhost:"; is what peopl

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Ian Clarke
Troed Sångberg wrote: You asked what is needed for general acceptance of Freenet, I replied. And I disagreed. I've advocated Freenet for a long time along my peers (I'm a professional Software Engineer, specialising in crypto/security issues) - and trying to get people to visit links to http://l

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Troed Sångberg
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:57:49 +, Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: freenet:// handled by Opera, Firebird etc. If Freenet isn't installed, a redirection to http://freenet.sf.net where the download links are more prominently displayed. We have debated the whole freenet:xxx thing before and

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Doug Bostrom
On Friday 31 October 2003 07:37, Ian Clarke wrote: > So, this email is an invitation to anyone that has constructive > criticism or suggestion's for how Freenet's "first impression" can be > enhanced. Topics include installation, FProxy, even the website's layout. > > Ian. The splitfile interfac

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Ian Clarke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: freenet:// handled by Opera, Firebird etc. If Freenet isn't installed, a redirection to http://freenet.sf.net where the download links are more prominently displayed. We have debated the whole freenet:xxx thing before and there are serious problems with it - not least of

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread troed
Quoting Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So, this email is an invitation to anyone that has constructive > criticism or suggestion's for how Freenet's "first impression" can be > enhanced. Topics include installation, FProxy, even the website's layout. freenet:// handled by Opera, Firebird et