wowinsider has a little article on the WowMatrix's version of the events:

www.wowinsider.com/.../wowmatrix-responds-to-curse-and-wow-interface

wowmatrix is not dead.

I must say, I am clearly unimpressed at Curse's decision. Trying to force a change no one wants, as noble as it is, will only cause people to not want to switch. I have 140+ addons that have to be updated regularly. I dislike the fact that I have to use TWO addon management programs just because you think your idea is noble and it should be forced.

Like others, I want WM back in full swing.

I have been using WM for quite some time. I found that is much more user friendly & has much better addons available. With the advent of the last major patch in WOW, now I have some addons that wont work. But thats ok, Ive learned to live without them. I will not use Curse.Com. Im sure in time, the gurus of WM will solve the problem. I'll wait for that.

One prime example, is the Auctionator in WM. Very good.

I want wowmatrix back.

As of tonight, I suddenly miss WoWMatrix.

"such as the 13 pieces of auctioneer advanced, are they included in the auctioneer file it downloaded? or are they seperate, and by it refusing to recognize them seperatly, it means it wont update those?"

Auctioneer is a full package with a lot of sub mods.  I would suspect most of the ones you can't find are the same.  Most, not all, since a few won't be hosted on Curse to start with.

The problem you have is that WM changes the file structure in a manner that doesn't match the way the author packaged the mod, so CC can't give you a suggestion for it.

So - I think it is time to separate the wheat from the shaft...

Tired of complaining about how un-business like and unprofessional Curse is.

Tired of trying to reading how so many of use share the same issue - namely that nerfing a good add-on manager on the guise of "protecting add-on developers" simply doesn't make sense (whether the developer wants the add-on to be free or hopes to get some donations - he/she would want as many people using it as possible, as well as links to donation: which is what WoWMatrix offers).

I think it is time for us, the users to fight back where it hurts: the pocket.

So, from now on, I will only use add-ons that are hosted on WowMatrix. And encourage everyone as pissed off as myself to do so.

Cheers,

N.

"You'll notice that there are no recommendations on a few at the bottom. This means we can't find a close match on our servers, and we won't go downloading updates from other sites." yes I followed the instructions, but it only provided recommendations for a third of the addons not found, and half of those were blatantly wrong, also, it would behoove them to recognize modules of addons it has already updated, such as the 13 pieces of auctioneer advanced, are they included in the auctioneer file it downloaded? or are they seperate, and by it refusing to recognize them seperatly, it means it wont update those?

kirklabarbara- did you follow the instructions for the addons not found?   When CC marks them as unknown, that's usually an indication of WM modifying the files so CC doesn't know what it should be til you tell it.

At most it should take you maybe 5-10 minutes to correct all of them once, then curse will know what to do with them (as long as you don't open WM for it to screw them up again).

NO REASON TO BE transitioning from using WowMatrix to the using CurseClient

Wowmatrix is working just fine and only a few addons will not update yet.

for the addons that curse has blocked just download them from this site as a last resort.

all other addons are getting updates from wowmatrix and new addons are getting uploaded to wowmatrix servers every day now.

Id love to give your client a far try, as the reason I was using WM was because your old client made me register for you site( which, obviously, having no other choice now, I broke down and did) and your old client did not compare to the effectiveness and efficiency of WM, ( yes, I realize now that WM was not conducting ts business on the up and up, that doesn't make your client non-frustrating to use) however, of my 200 addons, your client recognized 14, and provides reasonable facsimiles for about 50 others, of the rest, it is basically saying you are SOL, and I am unsure if this is because the addons were library files of main packages, or if WM got them from elsewhere. let me tell you how much I appreciate having to take hours to fix my addons folder again as opposed to hitting the update button

wheeler14--  What addons are you using from Curse that are out of date?  The only ones I ever see that are out of date are those that are no longer developed or supported by their authors.

One of the things about Curse and WowInterface is that the authors that host and use the development tools offered have the latest versions up almost all the time.

Why are more than half of your addons not up to date? If you want people to pay for your services maybe you should make sure they are worthy of peolpe paying for them. Even the most basic popular addons are not up to date. This is ridiculous curse isnt even close to what Wowmatrix was. I hope WM has this figured out soon so I can delete CC again.(This will be second and final time)

"We might not have to worry about the Premium Membership since Blizzard is already looking into this whole thing. Blizzard may just end it by specifically stating that distribution sites can not charge either, which really is the only fair thing. If the Authors are not allowed to do it, why shoulder a distribution site be allowed make money off of the Authors work? And Curse is touting how they are "protecting" the Authors. All Curse is trying to protect is a way to charge users money."

@doncorneo:  I suspect that since Blizzard's announcement/policy change concerning commercial addons has resulted in the loss of revenue for addon developers Blizzard will create their own repository where addon developers can upload their warez.  It only makes since.  Blizzard eliminates the commercialization of addons and thus absorbs the cost of distribution.  This could make CC and WM obsolete if addons are updated through the WoW program itself.

Worst thing about the curse client is it SUCKS for the mac and the wowmatrix client is totally supirior in every way. Your choice to close for other alternatives who can actually solve your problems is only giving problems to the players not the wowmatrix initiative. Now I'm sitting having to find new addons to replace the ones hosted at curse for this very reason. There is no way I am going to try the curse client again.

I would not mind using Curse if it would just work for me. I am angry because the addons I have been using are now not working. I downloaded "Curse Client," put it in my applications folder, but the stupid thing won't open. I tried to look at the "Transition..." information, but if the application won't open, then this information is useless. The message, "Thanks and Have fun in WoW" only cause me to be more angry and frustrated. If you are going to take Mac users' one download site that worked for us away, then you need to be ready for the problems we are having.

The majority of the authors who have had issues and complaints about WM have posted so on the official UI forums. Go have a read there of the many many many paged threads that have come up.

We've made our complaints, and our reasons known, just because they're not posted on every single website out there doesn't mean they're not apparent.

"WowMatrix isn't an 'innovative solution', and they've burned way too many bridges with the author community to expect bulk support at this time.  If they had been a real competitor we'd not be in this situation now."

I have tried your "client" for three weeks and found it to bog, invade and slow most of my processes down.  I tend to give things a try for more than 30 minutes as I build systems and understand how programs generally work.   Yes WM has a couple of problems however it is more effiecent for the end user.  Your program unfortunatly is not.  

   As for the thousands of users that are not complaining, a page should be taken from the televison broadcasters school of thought and just general business.  For every one vocal complaint there are approxamently 10 fold that do not.  (paraphraised)

 As for your Statement that I "copied and pasted" which in some views would be an infringment of personal thought. LOL  It is synonymous to a very large company and a very small upstart company.  

   General Motors had mentioned that about Toyota.  Well look where they are now.  And the exact basis of that situation is two fold, economics and customer satisfaction.  Statement have been made on both sides through out this forum and others.  My simple thought..no matter what....no matter where...the customer is number one...they may not be right all the time, but they are the one's who are servicing your lifestyle.

 Economics 101