-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/16/2012 04:54 PM, Peter Kunzli wrote: > Hi, > > I have been using Freenet for a long time (thanks), but your > instructions and help are appalling. You say there is a problem, > but never offer a solution, just some string of geek jargon that is > meaningless to anyone who is not a programmer. I find it easier to > just uninstall (losing all pending downloads etc) then re-install. > I have not once found a solution to a problem I have had.
I agree that many messages are very poorly written, and I'm sorry. If you care to point out specific confusing messages we'd be happy to make them clearer and I will try to get them into a future release. > Examples are notices saying that my node is too old and if I don't > upgrade I will be "left in the dust" whatever that means. I cannot > update, the bloody programme is supposed to do it for me! There is > no "check for updates" button. It is worse than Google for telling > you things that you then cannot alter or find information on. You are correct - that alert does not have an update button! [1] It does not explain things nearly as well as it should. In Configuration > Auto-update do you have "Check for, and download new versions" set to "true"? If it's set to "false" Freenet will not attempt to download any updates, even when the version is too old like this. This is confusing, and it was only in talking with Matthew that it became apparent that's what this alert is intended to convey. > Please amend this and give clear instructions and help in plain > English. Thank you for pointing this out; I have added it to the list of things to improve. [2] However, the Freenet project is pretty low on developers these days. Our main developer Matthew is headed off to university soon, and though we have a few volunteers (including myself, and I'm also off to college in a few days) it isn't enough people to keep an active release cycle. If you have some time, would you consider volunteering for the Freenet project? Going over the interface for similarly confusing lines would be very helpful to direct our focus. Thanks, Steve Dougherty [1] https://github.com/freenet/fred-official/blob/build01410/src/freenet/node/useralerts/BuildOldAgeUserAlert.java [2] https://bugs.freenetproject.org/view.php?id=5438 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.11 (GNU/Linux) iQIcBAEBAgAGBQJQL8hfAAoJECLJP19KqmFuuuwP/3yASckQajs9rC4+3tJiRJqF CT3KLYhBymfPsvwSS/ZwBUz6bY1jBJdWhIQ79JRGmgIMk98hq97ZdLi7BTS1CWEQ eacoa5xUm+xQvokWc30ufjfN31wAtDpG5q8rRIYa1xjaexoFxzzWVFK65ERUKx1J VpStZ7DAykx/qMC9xtx6M3KEy3Le+yoGqds5OxtJlg1wVt6pL1O23PN6VpNYRyl3 rBN/FRgXS/qAWWlfGJvx78bN/ghhLAG+x961RjH8DGKWkFkHg8j8bIPRUGAmSx8a LD8/nmyr/xo9FXfmCVlhgq2wVrkQwVhON3fPWcIoSNRhoUtxEQ17p3iehYRFhaNc 2+F1NSDAHLxt+tA3dwc3o7wCbA759eXgFayLGs3Xcb6jbG4J/RokSvIqXdnd3enj BlleUac7QI3MI9RGlVnL22WnLsu4o0W37gIqpzeLrw76Vl6uf1iKfj9KEH3R00I8 F90hkZa1l+xYavu2o5Zlz0gzjdjQITCP2rMSTt7CJqcYPpjYxyMVcBDe/vjlfPwN AYJ25ULeemrbjCzIU6/ciBwIalKGQAkfVUswT6vFaHZHWajqmyL2gzDOYgLptpZz 0iAEr7J/2lMt+WB9HCMU3GsVGBWji7/I2AlloExWojxRcniRVvdkeUYZFKphBSHW zHgSY2ekyp7zzkT6Rt9c =YwLp -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ Support mailing list Support@freenetproject.org http://news.gmane.org/gmane.network.freenet.support Unsubscribe at http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/support Or mailto:support-requ...@freenetproject.org?subject=unsubscribe
