NewsFlash: Incoming Improvements to the Curse Client

daburared — Mon, 29 Dec 2008 04:51:29 GMT

I'm in the same situation as Eargon...

Eargon — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 10:36:32 GMT

Can someone tell me how i can get the client to 'see' my addons i downloaded?

I installed the client on one machine, used it to download some addons (works ok on that machine) but now i copied WoW and my addons to another machine, installed the client there but somehow i cant get it to see my addons again

Ive also tried to install the client first, then copy the addons afterwards but no luck either

xav415 — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 00:30:59 GMT

bit late but good job on the client i like to use it

good luck with taking over the project

hope to see soon more i like the auto updating and want to keep it that way so when ready i wil go to premium.

Hangar — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 14:01:30 GMT

when you say "incoming"...

Salsa — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 12:25:13 GMT

Wut about a colour code or other noticably way of showing which addons you already got installed in the list of addons when you search for new?

Cause having to remember names is just a no go and a downright pain at the moment with the amount of addons I'm running.

Alynx — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:29:45 GMT

First why are you going to charge me for you taking my statistics?

if you making money off of me when it changes over then no statistics

second since you in no way own the games or the statisics then you are charging an ongoing fee for a one time use? yes....i seem mad but the problems i have had with my machine all went away when i took your client and it off my machine so i do not see why you are going to charge for my downtime when i have to pay wow when it is not working also. I use titain bar and they now want to have nothing to do with you....hmm...why is that?

your client was a great idea as it worked at first. but as i never got any data from it and it seemed to be just you that was getting it i decided that for just that one reason i would stop. Now my antivirus has pointed to your client as malware or hijacking software s again...whay are you going to charge for you taking data off my machine?

Very abused customer,

And would have been long term user

who now has to go back to manual settings for lichking

Alynx

three6mafia1665 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 22:41:54 GMT

Let me start off by saying curse.com's networking systems are VASTLY improved from the BC launch days. I remember BC coming out (more specifically patch 2.0) and curse.com was down for an entire week, not even the homepage would display. 3.0.2s Release did cause curse.com some speed problems, but I could still get the addons within the day. An impressive feat I must say, since worldofwarcraft.com can't even support their own player base (ever notice how its down every Tuesday day morning? pathetic bliz...)

Another area I would like to comment on is the interface of the website. Things are much improved in this area over the last year, and the ability for the users to communicate their bug problems with the addon authors streamlines the debugging process.

Problems: Authors seem to be upset that they upload an addon and it can sometime takes DAYS before the change is reflected on the site. Now I know you approve all addon uploads as a security feature, but the speed of this process must be improved. Another side effect of this some authors are downright protesting curse and refuse to post addon updates here. This problem needs to be addressed immediately if you want the client to be successful, as it does not support pulling data from other sites. Another area the client is lacking is feedback. I love the status messages at the bottom, but "wow is running/wow has closed" is simply unnecessary, I know what I did on my own computer. I'd rather see a message added, for instance, when I click on 'check for updates' that says x, y, z have been updated. Or if there are none, a simple "No new updates found' message would be reassuring to the user. The activity log is a great concept but needs improvement. The ability to "undo" a update per addon would be amazing, but a simple start would be outputting a simple txt file into the client directory and adding a setting to limit its size. In its current state, all 'activity' disappears upon client restart, making it almost useless to be honest. The activity window could then pull the data from its log file to repopulate the window with past addon and client updates. Overall the framework is a great design, it just needs a little more polishing, with a focus on informing the user wtf it is doing. Goodluck with your adventures.

Liger_XT5 — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 01:15:38 GMT

One feature I enjoyed was the pop-ups from the old client that gave news articles. I tend to forget to check up on them on a daily basis.

BaddiXo — Fri, 07 Nov 2008 09:26:17 GMT

I really like the client but I would love to see some profile features for it. I run WoW on two computers and it would be nice that my add-on selection could be saved to my profile, so if I install an add-on on one of my clients, the other client gets the add-on as well. It would also be nice to have something like "add add-on to profile" if I'm at work and browsing Curse. The add-on would then be automatically installed when I synchronise the curse client when I get home. Keep up the excellent work

matty7786 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:18:29 GMT

You have a bug that needs fixing now. If you load up the client then close it, I find no way to reopen it except for manually shutting down the process.

KnightHarbinger — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 16:23:38 GMT

I am following the development process and will educate myself more on things in order to contribute positively later. I've just recently started playing WoW for the first time and my best friend turned me on to Curse.com and more importantly the Curse Client. I am excited about being a more active member and helping to improve Curse.com and the Curse Client. Thank you for such a great, clean, pretty and functional site/network!

KernelG — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 21:24:48 GMT

What he said. firedoggod is obviously old and wise! Not the same set as my own addons, of course, since I sometimes run heavy and try new stuff, but it would be great to set up an official 'suite' of required addons for my guild (wasn't that yet another former feature of favs?) with automatic installs and updates.

firedoggod — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 23:50:26 GMT

i think it would be really cool to make a feature where you could say subscribe to a users addon channel where say maybe your guild could appoint someone to have a guild approved list of addons and join that and all the addons in that list get installed via client.

calil — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 17:17:23 GMT

Please, keep it simple! Make it almost the same as were the wow ace updater! You launch it, it scan ur installed addons and show you 3 lists: list 1 - is the list "Hey, this is the addons you have installed supported by me so i can update them, check which one u want update and click GO!" list 2 - is the list "Hey, this is the addon you have not installed but supported by me and i can install it for you! Just check the ones you want installed and click GO!" list3 - is the list "Hey, this is the addon you have installed and are not supported by me, but if you want i can delete or disable it for you, just check them and click GO!" If yours client do at least it, will be a huge success.

Kaelten — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 13:13:57 GMT

Padobranac: I don't know for sure. We're hoping to have a large portion done over the next few weeks. canis: There are no plans to change languages at this time. However, long term I do want to see what we can do for linux users.