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Idiotic ‘new member’ info-free bandwidth-wasting downloads
LockedI got here because I joined zdnet to peruse some feeds, fool
around in forums, and have a general look about… got
sidetracked to techRepublic, it looked vaguely interesting &
‘professional’ and here I am.BUT, I passed thru a freebie page that gave me the option of 3
‘free downloads’. Minimal Application info, No info on sys
requirements and a ‘dynamic’ buttton so I can’t see where hitting
‘download’ is going to take me but – perhaps foolishly – I
assume that, in keeping with standard ‘professional’ practice
across many sites it’s going to take me to a page that tells me
what I’m about to download, what size it is, what platforms it
does or does not run on … etc. etc. [Taking into account the
fundamental truth of the huge diversity of the Net, its denizens,
connections, locations, platforms…]Nope.
It immediately triggers the download of a 10+ meg ZIP file which
I immediately kill. Result: annoyance, wasted bandwidth and
some rubbish on disk I’ve got to clean up.And on a site with the pretensions to The Professional of this
one.What intellectually-challenged dweeb was responsible for that
piece of nonsense ?Are there *still* people out there who think we’re *all* running
XYZ Septiums with Windblows ’06, Outbreak express, Internet
Exploder… and similar nonsense. Have these people learned
nothing of the ‘Net ? The fundamental importance of Cross-
Platform Standards, interoperability, Net courtesy… or even
‘Playing Nice with Others’ ?I’ve been doing this stuff for 35 years. The rate of change has
always been exponential. The curve is getting steeper very
rapidly now.*None* of us have time for this nonsense – in fact, the *only*
legitimate claim to a justification for the existence of this site is
to *save* us all time.If this site waste my time just once more, I’m gone – with
hundreds of excellent alternatives waiting.Thank you for the experience.