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Android - An addictive platform game
Authored by: BlakeyRat on Dec 30, '03 04:12:26PM

Uh. I speak frequently with a software developer friend, and he ensures me that macupdate.com is nothing more than a poorly-run rip-off of versiontracker.com. When he posted an update to one of his products saying that he updated the plist file so that versiontracker could more easily find the version number, macupdate.com sent him an email that read, basically, "oh, so *that's* how they do it!" (As if you'd expect to find the version number anywhere ELSE in an OS X application!)

In any case, don't support idiots like that.



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MacUpdate
Authored by: avanham on Dec 30, '03 04:42:11PM

As a software developer who uses MacUpdate among other sites, I can say I have had good luck with them. And really, who can complain about a service that lets you advertise for free?



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[OT] MU vs. VT
Authored by: sjk on Dec 30, '03 10:24:34PM

Both services have their strengths and weaknesses.

For example, I found out the hard way about an undocumented limit to the number of alerts you can set in VersionTracker before it becomes impossible to edit your alert list. That cripples how VT can be used as a dynamic software bookmark service. And the only "solution" is for the *entire* list to be cleared, erasing all alert history built up over a period of time. I'd think that problem could have been avoided with better database design/implementation/testing. I wonder if MacUpdate has a similar limitation with its watch list...

MU is significantly faster than VT for displaying the equivalent content. I'd like if MU displayed star ratings on the main summary listing like VT.

That is all.



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Android - An addictive platform game
Authored by: aranor on Dec 30, '03 09:49:58PM

BlakeyRat - I think you're being a little harsh. When you submit programs to these sites, you submit it with the version number. Normally, they have no reason to go hunting for the version number stored in the plist file. I think that MacUpdate just never had a reason to go looking for it.

Bear in mind that running a software site doesn't mean you know how to program applications (I don't know if Joel (the owner) programs or not) or, even if you do program, you don't necessarily know how the application bundle is put together. If you've never looked at it, how would you know where the version info is stored?



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Android - An addictive platform game
Authored by: asan102 on Dec 31, '03 12:16:06AM

Speaking of developers who don't know how to code for OS X, the person who makes this game obviously doesn't either. I'm a strong advocate of simplicity, and this developer seems to be stuck in OS 9, with all the software components OUTSIDE the application bundle. Fun game, but I wouldn't buy it unless it was updated to be more OS X friendly.



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Android - An addictive platform game
Authored by: bi66er on Jan 01, '04 02:16:21AM

Chill out, please. A person is not proven an idiot because they don't know something. Everyone knew nothing once and the rest is learnt, usually from other humans, always from experience. So MacUpdate just learnt something. So what? That'll just make them better won't it? Why is that a reason to withold support? What will are you afraid will happen if we do support them? And what support are you talking about anyway? Most people use it for free without becoming a member. Anyway, like I said, chill and have a better day tomorrow.



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Android - An addictive platform game
Authored by: rayntosca on Jan 02, '04 07:01:10PM

On the flip-side, VT has contained HTML code that is so crappy and non-standard that it doesn't render properly ion non-IE browsers (and AFAIK, has never returned one valid HTML page) and pointing this out produces responses (if the email isn't totally ignored) along the lines of "So what. It won't be fixed". Also, the site has become quite clunky if you're not a paid registered user, and AFAIK, there's still not a MacOS equivalent to the free PeeCee application that tracks the applications you have installed.



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