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Old 03-14-2006, 10:45 PM
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Possibly a bit of a controversial question Is it possible to restrict the downloading of a hack unless install has been clicked ? So many people quite obviously don't, even when you prompt them.
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Old 03-14-2006, 10:48 PM
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the attachment part of the ucp lists how many times it was downloaded, though when you update the counter is reset. It gives a closer idea of userbase although all statistics are only ever statistics...
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Some people might want to download the file just to have a look at the code, or test it, but not really install it on their forum (yet anyway).
If you force the Install it will give false results...altho it's false anyway because people dont come back to click.
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well of course it'S possible but we won'T set it up.

sometimes a mod is downloaded without beeing isntalled.
i did so several times, to test a mod and decide later not to install it because of that reason.

we won'T force the install click
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Old 03-14-2006, 10:58 PM
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sometimes a mod is downloaded without beeing isntalled.
i did so several times, to test a mod and decide later not to install it because of that reason.
How often does that happen ? and they can always click uninstall

It's just annoying when people blatently ignore such a simple request.
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Old 03-14-2006, 11:01 PM
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well of course it'S possible but we won'T set it up.

sometimes a mod is downloaded without beeing isntalled.
i did so several times, to test a mod and decide later not to install it because of that reason.

we won'T force the install click

A lot more people download, install, and then leave rather than download without installing. Also, it's less fair for those many people who install without clicking to do so, than it is for someone who downloads without installing having to simply click "uninstall".

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How often does that happen ? and they can always click uninstall

It's just annoying when people blatently ignore such a simple request.
Exactly.
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Old 03-14-2006, 11:15 PM
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How often does that happen ? and they can always click uninstall

It's just annoying when people blatently ignore such a simple request.
Aye but it's more annoying to click a button twice because I'm forced to. I've never installed a hack before downloading it and reading the source code, I'd say out of every 8 hacks I download I might install 1 or 2 of them.
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And with so many buggy hacks that need to be uninstalled, it seems pointless to force the install.
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Yup. I download quite a bit of hacks but have only installed a handful if anything. If I use a hack I'll click the "Install".

As for a reliable count, come to think of it, before I knew what it was meant for I think I may have clicked on it even when I didn't install it. My curiosity led me to think that it'll automatically install it for me.
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yep, so we won't force the install button, as it would annoy much more people...
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