[quake3] Re: Auto Downloads

[Diego de Estrada]

Mmmh, it's so difficult to parse correctly a file?
I think the PhysicsFS library is exactly for that.

On 7/26/07, Thilo Schulz <arny at ats.s.bawue.de> wrote:
> On Wednesday 25 July 2007 19:25, monk at rq3.com wrote:
> > Anyway, I am sorry for being so off-topic and verbose.  I find the whole
> > programmer versus end user mindset thing interesting as it crops up in UI
> > design, program implementation, technical documentation, etc.  I'll stop
> > yammering on the subject so the list can get back to more down-to-earth
> > business!
>
> It's not programmer vs. end user. It is just a matter of users with a bit of
> brain having the ability to do a case-by-case decision whether to download
> this weird looking "zzzznew.pk3" from that server noone is playing on for
> some reason but that he wants to try out.
> Basically, what you're saying is like "Because most users don't know how to
> enable firewalls properly, we don't really need to go to the hassle and ship
> our OS with a firewall, now do we?"
> We're not here to make this thing fool proof. It is just a compromise.
>
> --
> Thilo Schulz
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