[freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Paul
I see the installation of Freenet and the configuration of Freenet to be an area that needs serious attention. First, I use Freenet on a Mac, but Mac OS X is not shown anymore as a compatible OS on the Freenet web site download page. It used to be there, but not anymore. I know to use the Linux

Re: [freenet-support] Re: [freenet-dev] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Toad
One interesting point... browsers that prefetch will go straight through the warning page, and therefore be vulnerable to web-bugs... On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 04:38:56PM -0600, tripolar wrote: > I agree. Just last night I commented on the slow speed of freenet. After > reading the "README file" I

Re: [freenet-support] Re: [freenet-dev] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread tripolar
I agree. Just last night I commented on the slow speed of freenet. After reading the "README file" I found the section on tweaking mozilla. I did this for both mozilla 1.5 and mozilla firebird. What a positve difference it made. I am also experimenting with programs to "suck" websites. For exam

[freenet-support] Re: [freenet-dev] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Tracy R Reed
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 12:37:27PM +, Ian Clarke spake thusly: > So, this email is an invitation to anyone that has constructive > criticism or suggestion's for how Freenet's "first impression" can be > enhanced. Topics include installation, FProxy, even the website's layout. The first thin

Re: [freenet-support] Re: 5029 overloads

2003-10-31 Thread Toad
Reading between the lines... check your log file, have you had many OutOfMemoryErrors? On Wed, Oct 29, 2003 at 10:29:49PM -0800, Martin Stone Davis wrote: > I'm using default values for everything. Here are some relevant lines > from my freenet.ini: > > # Select which implementation of ThreadFa

Re: [freenet-support] need a program to crawl links in freenet

2003-10-31 Thread Toad
On Thu, Oct 30, 2003 at 10:11:23PM -0600, tripolar wrote: > Hello all > > I need a program to crawl links in freenet to get sites in cache before > I need them. I get frustrated with the speed of freenet and dead links. > I have used freenet on windows & linux and just installed freenet last >

[freenet-support] Re: [freenet-dev] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Tony Godshall
According to Ian Clarke, > As the developers work hard to improve the core operation of Freenet, it > can be easy to forget about the more superficial, but equally important > aspects of Freenet, namely installation procedures, and usability for > newbies. > > For those intimately familiar with

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Vitenka
"[EMAIL PROTECTED],UUleYfXnBfLThNmkB8dACg" part might be the bit with which they are having trouble. freenet:xxx URLs won't change that, but they will introduce a world of pain. Freenet URLs are much more likely to be given to people in hyperlink form, in which case the actual form of the URL i

[freenet-support] Java VM bugreport?

2003-10-31 Thread Joonatan Kaartinen
Freenet gave this message on the console it was ran from: 31.10.2003 2:04:09 (freenet.support.BlockingQueue, Ticker immediate execution thread, NORMAL): Waited more than 200ms to deq ueue, 7 in queue, 1027 millis since enqueued last item, 562379 maximum waits so far - could indicate serious JVM bu

[freenet-support] How to tell if my node is working well?

2003-10-31 Thread Kevin Bennett
I've been running a node for a couple of weeks now and am wondering how to tell if my node is a) well integrated into the network and b) filling requests that are sent to it. There is a bewildering array of graphs and stats, and I have no idea which ones will give an indication of those 2 things.

[freenet-support] possible bug

2003-10-31 Thread François FERRÉOL
I got this messages, so I forward to you. Find the environment in joined file. Regards [m14:~/freenet] XXX% Made 46 131072 byte check blocks in 954733ms. Encoding stripe: 1 [131072] Waited more than 200ms to dequeue, 15 in queue, 17055 millis since enqueued last item, 18124 maximum waits so fa

[freenet-support] Opera users rejoice! easily jump to a freenet key using these instructions

2003-10-31 Thread Lee Stoneman
Hi list! Well, as you know us Opera users have the pleasure of being able todo quick searches using shortcut keys like "g blah blah blah" to search google for blah blah blah. And after seeing the Usability improvement ideas thread I set out on the quest to enable us to quickly jump to provided KEY@

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Toad
One thing people haven't suggested yet: Log file rotation with deletion of old logfiles and a maximum space usage setting. On Fri, Oct 31, 2003 at 12:37:27PM +, Ian Clarke wrote: > As the developers work hard to improve the core operation of Freenet, it > can be easy to forget about the more

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Troed Sångberg
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 18:03:33 +, Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Just how are you trying to get people to visit such links? Verbally? If Thanks for calling Freenet advocates "idiots" - but the reaction is more pity from my side than anything else. "http://localhost:"; is what peopl

Re: [freenet-dev] Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Ian Clarke
Troed Sångberg wrote: You asked what is needed for general acceptance of Freenet, I replied. And I disagreed. I've advocated Freenet for a long time along my peers (I'm a professional Software Engineer, specialising in crypto/security issues) - and trying to get people to visit links to http://l

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Troed Sångberg
On Fri, 31 Oct 2003 15:57:49 +, Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: freenet:// handled by Opera, Firebird etc. If Freenet isn't installed, a redirection to http://freenet.sf.net where the download links are more prominently displayed. We have debated the whole freenet:xxx thing before and

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Doug Bostrom
On Friday 31 October 2003 07:37, Ian Clarke wrote: > So, this email is an invitation to anyone that has constructive > criticism or suggestion's for how Freenet's "first impression" can be > enhanced. Topics include installation, FProxy, even the website's layout. > > Ian. The splitfile interfac

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Ian Clarke
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: freenet:// handled by Opera, Firebird etc. If Freenet isn't installed, a redirection to http://freenet.sf.net where the download links are more prominently displayed. We have debated the whole freenet:xxx thing before and there are serious problems with it - not least of

Re: [freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread troed
Quoting Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > So, this email is an invitation to anyone that has constructive > criticism or suggestion's for how Freenet's "first impression" can be > enhanced. Topics include installation, FProxy, even the website's layout. freenet:// handled by Opera, Firebird et

[freenet-support] Usability improvement ideas

2003-10-31 Thread Ian Clarke
As the developers work hard to improve the core operation of Freenet, it can be easy to forget about the more superficial, but equally important aspects of Freenet, namely installation procedures, and usability for newbies. For those intimately familiar with Freenet's operation it can be diffi

[freenet-support] please test my port

2003-10-31 Thread Martin
Can anybody test my port? My current IP is 212.183.80.174 Port 1214 Thank you! I have a dyndns but as security reason I prefer to write only my current IP. It will work only some hours. Thank you! Best regards Martin I am still not able to connect with freenet to the Internet. __