Fed up with Versiontracker

[maclick]

Yep VT is making it harder and harder to put up with. I like Macupdate for the fact that every Sunday I get an email from them to tell me whats new, I like that.

[toast]

Just use the script guys ! I don't see any ads myself, I just get what I want in two clicks using it !

[tkdragon]

The only drawback to MacUpdate is that it doesn't have a "What's new in this version" part, which is rather nice. Other than that, I think it's much better than VT.

[kainjow]

Originally posted by tkdragon
The only drawback to MacUpdate is that it doesn't have a "What's new in this version" part, which is rather nice. Other than that, I think it's much better than VT.

Yeah it does what are you talking about? It could be that some developers don't put that info for their product on there, but I think most do. At least mine does.

[twister]

So is everyone mad about the ads? If so go downlad PithHelmet Link and get rid of the ads. Or use Watson.

Side Note: the long javascript code in this form is pissing me off.

[cybergoober]

Originally posted by twister
...Or use Watson.

Heh, that's what I was going to say.

My biggest gripe with VT is they made it so only pro or plus users can download directly from the index page. It was bad enough when they changed it to that "your download should start momentarily..." crap. Now you have to click two different download links just to START THE EFFING DOWNLOAD!

Bah, I'm going home.

[ScottW]

Well, I see things from two different view points.

VT makes a killing off their ads, and have been very successful with their update product. In fact, I purchased it... it is a neat utility, but nothing I couldn't on my own if I had more time to keep track of what I had, what had been updated, etc I wouldn't need it... but I also don't have to deal with their oddities on the website as well.

Their recent revision sucks. I hate it, I think its cumbersome, and has too much information on the site. More is not always better.

On the other hand, they actually have employees and have to make payroll and pay the bills. Although in it's early years it was just a one-man operation... it is no-where near that today... and it is also a much bigger site.

How about that pop-up at MacCentral... BUY MACWORLD... or those damn ads on macosx.com... WTF?!

Scott

[Koelling]

It's not so much the ads I don't like at VT, it;s the layout. For a long time the text would overlap and even now it gets right up next to the pictures and stuff so it's hard to read. Maybe I'm just using an unsupported browser but it does it in all my favorites so I just ignore it.

I also don't like the revised rating system now. You can only get comments from the current version so most apps don't have any at all.

Oh did I mention it's slow?