Feature Removal/Change Request: Low Disc Space'
Posted: 19 Apr 2011 05:17It is for me, the most annoying feature of Shareaza: When Shareaza decides you have low disc space it bangs up an alert. It's not the alert that's the problem (although, it does nag a bit). It's the arbitrary action Shareaza then later takes (without warning, explanation or any option to override that action) that's the limit! You have Shareaza minimised, assuming it's getting on with its work and then later you pop it up to see your WHOLE download list, every last single file (no matter how small) is set to 'pause'! All set to queued would be bad enough. Now, click on anyone of those downloads (twice) to set it pending again (no matter how big it is), low and behold it will start downloading again, as will many of the others when you click each twice to set them back to pending. Obviously, the arbitrary setting to pause is not because it can't possibly download anything else because there's no space left. In my case, I had 3 GB left. There was no way I was going to download even close to 3 GB in one night or even three night's worth of downloading. At some point later you may close the client down for a period and then when you restart it the whole lot is set to pause AGAIN!It's a case of 'you can download plenty more data but we wont let you...because we say so'. Oh dear...'bossy software' alert! This is the biggest no-no for me. I will at some point, when 'I' decide, make some more room on the drive...but that time will not be when Shareaza demands I snap to it. The ONLY justification for Shareaza taking such arbitrary extreme action is if the low degree of free space is at a real risk of seriously destabilising the computer system. But that justification doesn't exist in my case (and no doubt also in that of many others) as the drive with the low space is not my system drive (C), but my external drive (H) used solely for storage. It is also on the external drive my completed and partial downloads folders are stored. Only the actual Shareaza program files are installed on C, my system drive, a drive with plenty of space. The worst danger I may face is that I may end up with a full external drive and not be able to download anything else. That's okay, it's my drive and I can have a full drive if I want to. And it's reversible. But, the choice should be mine to make, when I want to make it.
The feature needs to be modified. A feature that warns or reminds or advises is cool. One that instead appoints itself the policeman of your computer and makes blanket settings changes to your client software without permission, explanation (I had to guess why it started happening) or any means of preventing or reversing it is not cool.
If this is not actually a deliberate design feature of Shareaza, then it's a bug. Either way, it needs attending to and I would certainly appreciate it.
The feature needs to be modified. A feature that warns or reminds or advises is cool. One that instead appoints itself the policeman of your computer and makes blanket settings changes to your client software without permission, explanation (I had to guess why it started happening) or any means of preventing or reversing it is not cool.
If this is not actually a deliberate design feature of Shareaza, then it's a bug. Either way, it needs attending to and I would certainly appreciate it.