On Monday 03 December 2007 20:17, Gregory Maxwell wrote: > Eh.. The default value is powerful. Why not suggest a default based on > free disk space?
It is possible to do this with java 1.6, but not before. Maybe we could use reflection to attempt it. > > On Dec 3, 2007 2:31 PM, Matthew Toseland <toad at amphibian.dyndns.org> wrote: > > Would this make the setup process less user-friendly? Is it worth it anyway? > > > > ----- Anonymous ----- 2007.10.28 - 23:43:22GMT ----- > > > > I suggest setting the default storage to 5GB and putting a real big warning in > > the installation process telling the user something like "The store is only > > 5GB by default becuse Freenet needs to be able to run on really OLD machines: > > you should set this value to 25GB or more, trying to aim for several hundreds > > GB" > > Insisting a bit more about this point on the website, wiki, faq, etc., would > > also be a good idea. > > This would considerably extend the average life of not-hugely-popular files. > > > > ----- toad at zceUWxlSaHLmvEMnbr4RHnVfehA ----- 2007.12.03 - 15:26:13GMT ----- > > > > Would it make it more obvious if we changed it from a dropdown box to a series > > of radio buttons? So you don't need to click on it to see that you can make > > it much bigger? > > > > ----- cptn_insano at _g2YxqIynCrs2bcwLGQkr+0b544 ----- 2007.12.03 - > > 17:23:29GMT ----- > > > > Just don't give it a default so the user has to pick something. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Devl mailing list > > Devl at freenetproject.org > > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: application/pgp-signature Size: 189 bytes Desc: not available URL: <https://emu.freenetproject.org/pipermail/devl/attachments/20071204/431c26c4/attachment.pgp>
