Re: A82: ideas and stuff

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Subject: Re: A82: ideas and stuff
From: kouri@juno.com (Kouri Rosenberg)
Date: Mon, 08 Jun 1998 00:45:13 EDT
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ticalc.org takes too long to load on my browser as it is.


On Sun, 07 Jun 1998 09:23:53 PDT "Robert Caldwell" <rc_ware@hotmail.com>
writes:
>
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>[[--  Ticalc.org rearrangement  --]]
>
>I don't want Ticalc.org to change anything on their page, except for a 
>
>few things.  I think there should be another column with a .txt file 
>(PC 
>formatted, NOT Unix because I hate reformatting that crap--use PC's 
>edit 
>command).  The text file should be a full blown documentation of the 
>program.
>
>Right now this is what it looks like:
>|  added/updated   |   author's note of file   |   directory stored
>and the directory looks something like this:
>|   filename              |    size of file        |  author's note of 
>
>file
>
>I think it should look something like this:
>| added/updated | author's note | .txt documentation | directory
>and the directory:
>|  filename  |  size  |  author's note | .txt documentation | screen 
>shots
>
>the screen shots don't need to be a link to a whole new page, but a 
>link 
>to the screen shots page where there are several games on that page.  
>Each with 3 to 5 best pictures and the name of the file underneath the 
>
>pictures.  The link should be targetted so the user doesn't have to 
>scroll through all of them.  The pictures should be 2, 4, or 8 
>greyscale 
>to save space at ticalc, and also quick download for some slow 
>computers.
>
>The .txt documentation is actually a link to the actual .txt file, so 
>if 
>the person wants to download and look at it they can, and if they just 
>
>want to read it they just click on the link.
>
>On the left side I think there should be a checkbox.  If the user 
>wants 
>to download a specific amount of files they just check the checkbox, 
>and 
>at the end of the list should be a "Download checked files" link, so 
>the 
>person doesn't have to download the archived file and unzip it 
>deleting 
>everything unneeded, they can just download the files they want.  
>Inside 
>the file they download should contain the same .txt documentation that 
>
>can be found on ticalc.org.  If the main program to run is "main.92p" 
>then the .txt file should be "main.txt".
>
>The shells itself should also contain documentation.  Along with the 
>regular documentation should be features placed into the shell to make 
>
>it unique.  If AShell can XOR the whole picture with a faster routine 
>then BShell, but BShell can do onboard assembly programming, then 
>those 
>should be in the documentation as Features or something.
>
>These are just some of the things I would like to see at Ticalc.org
>
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A82: ideas and stuff

From: "Robert Caldwell" <rc_ware@hotmail.com>