CyberNet Update: Daily Downloads Merges with WrapUp’s
Our Daily Downloads articles have been one of my favorite things to do because I’m the type of person who keeps a close eye on software. Unfortunately they are also rather time consuming because of all the information we try to aggregate into one central location. For that reason we’ve decided to merge our Daily Downloads articles with the WrapUp articles we’ve been doing.
We’ve got our first demonstration of the new “merger” coming later today, and it will basically be a more compact version of the Daily Downloads we used to do. We’ll provide links to the homepage for each download, a mirror (when available), and also what operating system it’s available for. The only thing we are really going to be leaving out are the release notes for each application.
Trying to find the changelog for all of the programs has always been one of the most time consuming tasks for the Daily Downloads. Many sites (for whatever reason) don’t make it easy to find out what’s new in each release. I never quite understood it, but I always get frustrated when it takes 5 or 10 minutes to find the release notes buried deep within some forum.
So keep your eyes out for the downloads section in the WrapUp article coming later today. We’re gonna try to do at least two WrapUp article’s per week so that you always get the best mixture of news, tips, and now downloads.
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I understand your decision, but I have to say that I found the changelog the most valuable aspect of your downloads overview. You can find a list of updated software elsewhere, I think the changelogs were your differentiator.
I know what you mean, Ryan. I was searching for the Skype 4 changelog on their site – do you think it’s easy to find? It’s so buried. Don’t get it why companies do it, either.
It’s like the companies don’t want to tell you what is new. Sometimes I have to write them asking for the new features of the upgrades and frequently they keep mum. I wonder why.
That’s it, you just lost me. I don’t like wrap-ups… I’ve been reading your feed all week long, I don’t need recaps. Now I *have* to read them to get the daily downloads? Forget it. I’m unsubscribing.
Regarding changelogs, some companies do the opposite even: they have such a detailed changelog (loooong list) that it gets hard to find out what is noticeably new/changed
But yeah, I often find myself hunting for them as well, as I don’t want to upgrade without having a good reason to do it (if the application works fine as it is).
I just don’t have the time to hunt down the changelogs anymore unfortunately. Doing a single Daily Downloads article would take upwards of 1 to 2 hours since I’d often times look through the changelogs to see if there was anything specific worth noting.
I always found the Skype changelog by doing a Google search… I still don’t know how to actually get to it from their site.
Sometimes I think that people forget this is a personal blog and not something I’m pursuing full time anymore. Unfortunately I don’t have 10-hours a day to dedicate to the site anymore, and it’s even more difficult to find a few hours here and there during the week to write.
Plus you almost make it sound like I’m forcing you to subscribe. I want our readers to love the content we write, and in order for that to happen I need to write about the things I love. While doing the Daily Downloads was always fun, it takes way too much time to compose in the few hours I have to dedicate to the site each week.
Fun/enjoyment should always be the leading factor for personal blogs imo.. so if this step increases that – you took the right decision!!
Thanks Change! We really appreciate your support, and the support of our readers who understand what why we’re having to make changes.
Your last post was on October 27th. It is now November 19th. I have, as you have suggested, been keeping my eyes open. Nothing seems to be happening. Have I missed something, or am I just dumb?
I’m guessing you’re subscribed exclusively to the Daily Downloads feed. You’ll need to subscribe to our site feed if you want to see the WrapUp articles.