SQL Anywhere Feedback - Change download default to "in all months"

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Change download default to "in all months"

Breck Carter [TeamSybase]

2005-09-01, 9:23 am

Please change the default setting to "in all months" on the download
page. If you can't get Sybase to do it, then create YOUR OWN download
page, just for the good stuff. It's time to take control of your
destiny.

Never mind folks using a 14.4K dialup line and how they're gonna be
disappointed with the long wait for the longer list... that will be
the least of their problems, just wait till they actually *pick*
something to download :)

But the "6 months" default has been irritating people for years, it's
time to get rid of it.

Breck

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Russell Fleming

2005-09-01, 11:23 am

Agree. But I find the fact that you can't select the platform more
irritating. I love scrolling through pages of OS I have never seen.

"Breck Carter [TeamSybase]" < NOSPAM__bcarter@risi
ngroad.com> wrote in
message news:39vdh1dife7bhs9
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> Please change the default setting to "in all months" on the download
> page. If you can't get Sybase to do it, then create YOUR OWN download
> page, just for the good stuff. It's time to take control of your
> destiny.
>
> Never mind folks using a 14.4K dialup line and how they're gonna be
> disappointed with the long wait for the longer list... that will be
> the least of their problems, just wait till they actually *pick*
> something to download :)
>
> But the "6 months" default has been irritating people for years, it's
> time to get rid of it.
>
> Breck
>
> --
> SQL Anywhere Studio 9 Developer's Guide
> Buy the book:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...7/risingroad-20
> bcarter@risingroad.com
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Reg Domaratzki $iAnywhere Solutions$

2005-09-01, 11:23 am

Russell, you can filter by platform. Once logged in to the download site,
click on the "My Account" link at the top of the page. From the "My
Account" page, click on the "Platforms" link in the left frame. This page
will allow you to choose what platforms you are interested in. Now, when
you're on the page that lists all the EBFes for SQL Anywhere, you can set
your filter to "Display PROFILED platforms IN ALL MONTHS", and you'll likely
no longer see "Compact Tru64" as the top choice.

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-> Choose SQL Anywhere Studio
-> Set filter to "Display ALL platforms IN ALL MONTHS"

"Russell Fleming" <russ.fleming@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Agree. But I find the fact that you can't select the platform more
> irritating. I love scrolling through pages of OS I have never seen.
>
> "Breck Carter [TeamSybase]" < NOSPAM__bcarter@risi
ngroad.com> wrote in
> message news:39vdh1dife7bhs9
opal2ofok5mgrpoo940@
4ax.com...
> http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...7/risingroad-20
>
>

Breck Carter [TeamSybase]

2005-09-01, 11:23 am

On 1 Sep 2005 08:30:35 -0700, "Reg Domaratzki $iAnywhere Solutions$"
<FirstName.LastName@ianywhere.com> wrote:

>Russell, you can filter by platform. Once logged in to the download site,
>click on the "My Account" link at the top of the page. From the "My
>Account" page, click on the "Platforms" link in the left frame. This page
>will allow you to choose what platforms you are interested in. Now, when
>you're on the page that lists all the EBFes for SQL Anywhere, you can set
>your filter to "Display PROFILED platforms IN ALL MONTHS", and you'll likely
>no longer see "Compact Tru64" as the top choice.

Yeah, a whole buncha clickin' and clackin' and it *still* does not
affect the defaults, which remain "Display All platforms in the last 6
months".

It is a cheesy interface, always has been, always will be, until
iAnywhere Solutions takes control of their own destiny and creates
their *own* download page. Pull away from The Borg, Seven of Nine did
it, so can you!

And when you get around to it, don't make me type in my steenking
password EVERY time I go to the site, like my.sybase.com does.

"Portal" is just French for "Home Page".

Breck Three And A Half Of Twelve

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Greg Fenton

2005-09-09, 9:25 am

Breck Carter [TeamSybase] wrote:
>
> Yeah, a whole buncha clickin' and clackin' and it *still* does not
> affect the defaults, which remain "Display All platforms in the last 6
> months".
> [Comments about The Borg absorbed and deleted...]

Breck,

We passed your comment/request on to the Sybase.com team and the
response we got is:

- with the current setup, the behaviour affects all products
- the "all months" list for some products (ASE) is HUGE
- a request to make this user-configurable has been on the books for a
long time, but no work towards this has been prioritized

As always, thanks for the feedback. This new ping on the topic might be
enough to finally get it "prioritized"....might.

greg.fenton
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Russell Fleming

2005-09-09, 11:23 am

I don't mind the 6 months issue so much but please let me set the platforms
I want to see.

"Greg Fenton" <greg. fenton_NOSPAM_@ianyw
here.com> wrote in message
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> Breck Carter [TeamSybase] wrote:
>
> Breck,
>
> We passed your comment/request on to the Sybase.com team and the
> response we got is:
>
> - with the current setup, the behaviour affects all products
> - the "all months" list for some products (ASE) is HUGE
> - a request to make this user-configurable has been on the books for a
> long time, but no work towards this has been prioritized
>
> As always, thanks for the feedback. This new ping on the topic might be
> enough to finally get it "prioritized"....might.
>
> greg.fenton
> --
> Greg Fenton
> Consultant, Solution Services, iAnywhere Solutions
> --------
> Visit the iAnywhere Solutions Developer Community
> Whitepapers, TechDocs, Downloads
> http://www.ianywhere.com/developer/

Breck Carter [TeamSybase]

2005-09-09, 11:23 am

On 9 Sep 2005 07:49:07 -0700, "Russell Fleming"
<russ.fleming@gmail.com> wrote:

>I don't mind the 6 months issue so much but please let me set the platforms
>I want to see.

FWIW the 6 months issue is a source of *endless* confusion... for
every person asking about it on the newsgroups (and there are a lot of
those), there are probably 10 others wandering in the wilderness :)

Breck

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