look - romnet is very bad - most reasons are the user interface but there are many more:
the search tool is awful (and it's in some horrible font meaning that there's hardly any space for the results on a small screen)
the search tool has no status, so i type 'mario' in and press enter... how do i know if it's searching? i don't - and guess what - it isn't! i have to move my hand across to my mouse and click 'SEARCH' in some kind of awful font. i really didn't think that user interface design was a problem for anyone. most of the open source community seem to design nice, uniform windows, but this piece of shite breaks all those rules.
server based popup windows on all conditions - "if you don't have a firewall, ignore this message!"
so, i've got my search results and guess what - all of the speeds are 'unknown' - maybe it would be useful if there was setting in the program to change that so i don't end up downloading mortal kombat of an 8 year old on a 14.4k modem in russia.
ok - i'm downloading my rom and it's not fast enough... what shall i do? i know - i'll cancel. SURPRISE! it doesn't work.
other things i don't like: giving the ip addresses instead of a user based system and the fact that it shows the full directory of where these roms are in the search AND the download. there's no rom data either, napster at least gives the bitrate etc... for a rom utility, it could give the name of the game and also test it's validity - but does it? NOPE. it's just a file sharing program that only produces search results if they end in the appropriate suffix.
saying that it looks cool in the story was just plain hype.
i'm just being honest here - if someone really thinks that it's usable and friendly - let me know. i want to hear your views.
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and the main theme tune was stollen from 'lazy jones', a c64 game, as mentioned by ntk
d to the i to the e please
mod this up
i'll map to your nads if you don't watch out.
smarty man survivor is good
i did computing and art at a-level (high school) and i have a scout's badge of computer turning on.
so suck my balls.
1) change it to an 'alpha' version.
2) credit me in the credits.
that is all :)
the search tool is awful (and it's in some horrible font meaning that there's hardly any space for the results on a small screen)
the search tool has no status, so i type 'mario' in and press enter... how do i know if it's searching? i don't - and guess what - it isn't! i have to move my hand across to my mouse and click 'SEARCH' in some kind of awful font. i really didn't think that user interface design was a problem for anyone. most of the open source community seem to design nice, uniform windows, but this piece of shite breaks all those rules.
server based popup windows on all conditions - "if you don't have a firewall, ignore this message!"
so, i've got my search results and guess what - all of the speeds are 'unknown' - maybe it would be useful if there was setting in the program to change that so i don't end up downloading mortal kombat of an 8 year old on a 14.4k modem in russia.
ok - i'm downloading my rom and it's not fast enough... what shall i do? i know - i'll cancel. SURPRISE! it doesn't work.
other things i don't like: giving the ip addresses instead of a user based system and the fact that it shows the full directory of where these roms are in the search AND the download. there's no rom data either, napster at least gives the bitrate etc... for a rom utility, it could give the name of the game and also test it's validity - but does it? NOPE. it's just a file sharing program that only produces search results if they end in the appropriate suffix.
saying that it looks cool in the story was just plain hype.
i'm just being honest here - if someone really thinks that it's usable and friendly - let me know. i want to hear your views.
ps - i did it with linux