MAD-ness
05-25-2002, 01:34 PM
Will the "auto-update" for the CASP5 protein require an .exe update or just the protein files?
Also, would it be possible to get messages out on the page somewhere to people to make sure and upload results by a given time? Some people don't frequent the forums. Maybe on the stats pages put a big red warning or something?
In the long run it seems like less effort than dealing with irate people who lose a lot of structures (especially since we have all dug in for a LONG run on the currrent protein and may large caches no-netted).
Thanks.
PS - would it be possible to have a news flash via the client in future versions? I know security is an issue and the client only receives "acknowledgements" of received uploads, but would it be possible/acceptable to piggyback in something that would flash a "new update" in the CLI screen and on the screensaver as future protein changes approach? This impacts not only large distributed computing geeks, but the casual user who might not realize they are no longer producing meaningful results or who might encounter an update problem and not have any idea what is causing it.
Also, would it be possible to get messages out on the page somewhere to people to make sure and upload results by a given time? Some people don't frequent the forums. Maybe on the stats pages put a big red warning or something?
In the long run it seems like less effort than dealing with irate people who lose a lot of structures (especially since we have all dug in for a LONG run on the currrent protein and may large caches no-netted).
Thanks.
PS - would it be possible to have a news flash via the client in future versions? I know security is an issue and the client only receives "acknowledgements" of received uploads, but would it be possible/acceptable to piggyback in something that would flash a "new update" in the CLI screen and on the screensaver as future protein changes approach? This impacts not only large distributed computing geeks, but the casual user who might not realize they are no longer producing meaningful results or who might encounter an update problem and not have any idea what is causing it.