Automatic install when download?

[Luky]

Hey,

Im sure for most moders, its a pain to get your downloaders to click install, so why dont you make it when you download the attachment it marks as installed for you?

Thanks, Jay!

[UltimateOreo!]

Well, its really as easy as clicking a button. You can assume how many people are using it be looking at the downloads, but everytime someone downloads it, install it, but doesn't like it, I don't want to go back, find the thread and click Uninstall Modification. You can get an idea of how many people truly like your hack by the install, or you can just look at the downloads and get a rough idea.

[Luky]

But in the forum for mods there is an option to sort by installs but not sort by downloads

[Paul M]

Downloads is not very meaningful as it gets reset each time you update the file. People often download a file many times as well.

[hambil]

'callhome' to click the install button has been done, in fact it was done rather famously by Paul himself. They nearly hung him from a tree for it. It makes perfect sense to me, but... TPTB went crazy.

[Luky]

Originally Posted by Paul M

Downloads is not very meaningful as it gets reset each time you update the file. People often download a file many times as well.

Exactly why it should mark as installed automaticly. Oh and ofcorse you can only make it as installed once so it wont be a problem for mass downloaders

[Paul M]

Since you only joined in Oct 2006 you won't be aware of the large amount of fuss that an automatic install system caused. Suffice to say its not likely to happen.

[Luky]

May i ask for a brief explination?

[Ziki]

Yes.Search

[Brad]

Originally Posted by Luky

Exactly why it should mark as installed automaticly. Oh and ofcorse you can only make it as installed once so it wont be a problem for mass downloaders

Does any application auto install itself on your computer (aside from malware and crapware) when you download it?

There is your answer.

Aside from that I shouldn't have to delete items from my install list everytime I download something. Unlike most people here I download and read the code before I even consider installation. I also install stuff for other people upon request...such modifications would be useless if they're sitting in my install list.

What it really comes down to is the fact that a lot of people here are worried about some title under their user name. If you can't deal with not getting enough 'clicks' you might want to think about why you release stuff here in the first place. They are just numbers...and if I could I'd had all the install counts for my hacks set to zero just to prove my point.