[mtinmwv]

Nice site, here is a suggestion that I hope will improve it for all.

How about more information regarding the contents of the "Files" postings. Unless you already know, it is difficult and time consuming to determine if a file can help your current situation.

My original motivation for this suggestion was not directly motivated by the postings of this site. At least here there is some information about the file posted with it. However, I feel that more information would be better for all.

Some of my original posting elsewhere is below. Note that some of what I'm asking for is already done, so all the comments are not specifically critical this site, just looking for a little informal, standardized documentation.
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Could it be mandatory that file postings be required to include more information like a description of what it is, fixes, enhances or just what it does? How about a link to the thread that does explain or discuss it or the problems it fixes? How about more information to identify the file? "main.pgm" or "*_factory_Bin_File.zip" does not tell me much.

Without a real comment or link to a thread with the answer or a search function within the forum, a lot of the posts are beyond frustrating in trying to determining if they are correct to install. I for one am not going to install something with no comments or a comment like "NOT tested by me" and nothing else. I don't care what the file name implies.

Please - remember that all of us were once ignorant of all the subtile details of fta (a lot of us still are).


Proposed format straw-man (poke holes, pull apart, add more, ...):

Filename: published name
Revision: as reported by the file contents (one posting was "1007" but reported "0105")
Date: time stamp of the file (internal reported preferred)
Source: if appropriate
Fixes: what problems/bugs are fixed (include links to forums if any)
Compatibility: what units/configurations it is for
Restrictions: conditions or configurations that should be avoided
Comments: anything else that could be of interest like new features, GUI/Menu changes, ... (include links to forums if any)
????: anything else??