the SASS Man
July 13th, 2002, 12:57 AM
Recalling back to WinMX 2.6, the transfers window had a feature which would switch focus onto whatever line of the screen that represented a file that was about to start, or had just started, transferring data. I remember that by version 2.6, this feature could be disabled. With the advent of Cable, and guys like me who organize libraries of hundreds of .MP3s, and who may download an entire CD by selecting dozens of possible hits for each song in order to get the best bandwidth, this became annoying, and I disabled it. If I wanted to see which files were moving, and which to delete, I had merely to scroll the window, and point and click.
Now, with multi-threaded downloading, and the "Resume/Find Sources" entry on the context menu, this "Feature" can make working with large screens of downloads, particulaly movies, for which there may be dozens of copies, of the same file, IMPOSSIBLE! When I try to encourage data movement by clicking on an entry and hitting "Retry/Find Sources", I am entreated to 5+ minutes of being bounced around the window, as one file after another is added to the lists, and it is impossible even to navigate to another part of the screen to work on yet another stalled download.
Worse! By directing me uncontrollably to another part of the screen, I have actually LOST valuble bandwdth! When, for example, I've clicked on a dead line with no hope of starting, in order to get rid of one of many hopeless threads, my screen was moved literally right under my mouse, and I clicked "Clear"--on the main line of an actively downloaing file!!! This absolutely will not do!
BUT IT GETS WORSE!!! Not only is WinMX's Auto-Moving annoying, but with the Multi-Threading featuers, it isn't even properly implemented! I am repeatedly moved to an area at the bottom of the screen where nothing is taking place! --AND, wen I try to scroll up the screen to see what files have started to respond, WinMX simply drags the window away from me! And it's WORSE whenever any files are set to AutoComplete, because I never know when it's going to start!
This fact is critical for what I am about to say:
In WinMX 3.x, THE AOTO-MOVE FEATURE CANNOT BE DISABLED!!!
This fact is devastaing.
I find myself in a situation where just working with the current WinMX impleentaion makes my head ache. And my mouse's lifespan has certainly been shortened by this...I have thrown it across the room several times! So, for the designers and engineers who work tirelessly on this project, I must beseach you....nay, I Beg of you....:
In the next incarnation of WinMX, until this feature can be fixed, and until there is an option in the preferences to disable it, the Auto-Move/Auto-Scroll feature of the Transfers Window must be removed from WinMX.
There....I've spoken my piece. I hope it gives the rest of you some peace.
Now, with multi-threaded downloading, and the "Resume/Find Sources" entry on the context menu, this "Feature" can make working with large screens of downloads, particulaly movies, for which there may be dozens of copies, of the same file, IMPOSSIBLE! When I try to encourage data movement by clicking on an entry and hitting "Retry/Find Sources", I am entreated to 5+ minutes of being bounced around the window, as one file after another is added to the lists, and it is impossible even to navigate to another part of the screen to work on yet another stalled download.
Worse! By directing me uncontrollably to another part of the screen, I have actually LOST valuble bandwdth! When, for example, I've clicked on a dead line with no hope of starting, in order to get rid of one of many hopeless threads, my screen was moved literally right under my mouse, and I clicked "Clear"--on the main line of an actively downloaing file!!! This absolutely will not do!
BUT IT GETS WORSE!!! Not only is WinMX's Auto-Moving annoying, but with the Multi-Threading featuers, it isn't even properly implemented! I am repeatedly moved to an area at the bottom of the screen where nothing is taking place! --AND, wen I try to scroll up the screen to see what files have started to respond, WinMX simply drags the window away from me! And it's WORSE whenever any files are set to AutoComplete, because I never know when it's going to start!
This fact is critical for what I am about to say:
In WinMX 3.x, THE AOTO-MOVE FEATURE CANNOT BE DISABLED!!!
This fact is devastaing.
I find myself in a situation where just working with the current WinMX impleentaion makes my head ache. And my mouse's lifespan has certainly been shortened by this...I have thrown it across the room several times! So, for the designers and engineers who work tirelessly on this project, I must beseach you....nay, I Beg of you....:
In the next incarnation of WinMX, until this feature can be fixed, and until there is an option in the preferences to disable it, the Auto-Move/Auto-Scroll feature of the Transfers Window must be removed from WinMX.
There....I've spoken my piece. I hope it gives the rest of you some peace.