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One more plug for gameex
Nailz:
I'm sure your not advertising his updates is going to really kill the GameEx movement, but it's good that you have announced your new freedom from posting for it...
I am not a GameEx fanboy, as I use Mamewah as well, but GameEx is FAR easier to set up, not sure where you get that it isn't intuitive.
And a 30 second nag screen at startup is annoying? You can't wait 30 seconds when you fire up your machine? Go make a cup of coffee or something.
Your whole attitude of "I don't get paid so I am not helping anyone else get paid" sounds a bit like sour grapes to me. He coded a front end that tons of people use and enjoy, I have seen others on this site promote and sell things with no grief. Maybe Randy and Andy should start giving away their hardware?
The software Tom wrote works great, if you don't want to buy it, wait 30 frickin' seconds or go on to something else. Don't piss and moan about it here like you are on some moral high ground.
You'd better take away your link to BYOAC, as there is a donate link here as well.... And before you bring the argument of no nag screen, i'd wait 10 minutes to get onto this site if I had to, and yes, I have donated to sites in the past so please don't go there.
LJHalfbreed:
I don't think him no longer 'posting' about updates will affect Gamex all that much.
I'm currently using mamewah, and enjoy it. I've used gamex, but it just doesn't fit my style. I haven't come across a front-end that fufills all my needs and wants, but mamewah comes pretty close (where's my animated gifs, Minwah???).
I see Gamex as probably the *perfect* frontend for an HTPC (Home theatre PC). Even moreso if you're used to the current versions of Windows Media Center (or whatever kitschy name they're calling it now). The best multi-emu frontend for every application? No.
Although I don't have any problems with the guy asking for donations, I've always had a personal problem with nag screens. I'd much rather deal with a time-limited install than nag screens, *especially* when I'm trying different configs to see if the thing will even work the way I want it to.
Gamex is a pretty nice frontend, and it's okay the guy wants to charge to get rid of a nagscreen. Personally, I don't charge for any work/help/advice/info I give when it comes to emulation just because I feel it goes against the whole idea of emulation in the first place, but hey! That's just me. Should we start charging each other for layouts/themes for these various frontends? Charge people for access to snaps/titles? Charge for every answer given in a forum?
(rant off)
Gamex is nice. However, the benefits to me outweigh the flaws (nagscreen). If I had use for it, I'd probably scoop it up in a heartbeat and pay the 18$ even if I didn't have it. But since I don't, and other frontends do what I need it to do (and, sometimes, even better) it's a moot point with me.
PS. In case it comes up, I'm sure if I posted my real name, more than a few sites around here would realize that I'm pretty good at donating to sites I use often or I feel deserve it, both in information *AND* donation links.
SirPoonga:
--- Quote from: BrokenBones on January 16, 2006, 12:58:39 am ---Yes.
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Have you seen windows mce?
http://www.tomspeirs.com/gameex/Images/25.jpg
http://www.3dvelocity.com/articles/winmce/info/Windows%20Media%20Center%20Edition%202005%20(1)_files/image033.jpg
youki:
Just my 2cts! :)
I don't like the idea to try to force somebody to pay by displaying a nagscreen.
And have to pay for a Front End is something that hurts me. A FrontEnd exists because there are emulators. So being paid for a front end is ,from my point of view, like have profit of others work without deserving it.
I could understand to have to pay for an emulator but not for a Front end.
In addition skills required to make a Front end are far lower than skills required to make an emulator. A Front end just display a list, few images or video and run an emulators , it consume time to do but it is not so hard at all.
Donation are great, if user likes your work it is a way to encourage you to continue. But try to "force" the donation i don't like the idea.
But the more motivating for me , is to have more and more users which appreciate my work.
That was my 2cts! :)
Nailz:
How is me looking at a nag screen forcing me to pay for it in any way? The full functionality is all there, Tom answers questions and has a full forum for any topic with his front end. Forcing someone to pay for it would be having a nag screen and turning off key functions, or disabling it after 30 days. BIG difference...
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