Anandtech Forum Parser.. by me.. try it :)

[mrCide]

** gonna keep it offline while i work out the bugs.. ** thanks for your input guys.


parses hot deals and fs/t forum for threads. let me know what you guys think.. or if you find any bugs..

i haven't tried it with a subscriber but the option is there.. let me know how it works for you.. (the rest of you.. its going to be slow loading.. because anandtech forums are slow.. its not my fault )

EDIT: Welp. lots of people stuck on loading.. to you i have to say either i suck or anand is really slow.. works ok for me.. sometimes it takes awhile just cause the page wont load (you know how ya have to refresh some pages sometimes cause it just wont finish loading?) ..

anyhow i think i will impliment more detailed connection status as to display what its doing exactly.. thanks for any input keep it coming..

 

[goodoptics]

I am testing it right now. Looks and works great. Thank you.

 

[b0mbrman]

What exactly's supposed to happen when I click Start?

 

[bunker]

Locks up on me immediately after accessing the internet. Doesn't seem to matter what server I try.

 

[trmiv]

When I click start, it just sits there with "Loading...Please Wait" and then never does anything else.

 

[mrCide]

well.. its supposed to download and parse the 2 forums and list the threads..

 

[goodoptics]

I tested it on subscriber server and it worked well. However, I've found it lacking a refresh button.

 

[b0mbrman]

<< i haven't tried it with a subscriber but the option is there.. >>


How do I access this option?

 

[mrCide]

option dialog is under the system context menu (right click the program on the taskbar)

it refreshes every 60 seconds..

 

[goodoptics]

<< it refreshes every 60 seconds.. >>


just noticed it, thanks!

 

[b0mbrman]

Now it freezes up my keyboard too

What am I doing wrong?

 

[trmiv]

I can't get it to work. It just freezes up.

 

[yllus]

Coolness. It takes a while if you're a non-subscriber but it works just fine.

 

[Aves]

<< When I click start, it just sits there with "Loading...Please Wait" and then never does anything else. >>


Same here. I tried changing the server but that didn't make a difference.

 

[AdamDuritz99]

<< When I click start, it just sits there with "Loading...Please Wait" and then never does anything else. >>



same here. I'm running XP in case you need to know.

peace
sean

 

[PsychoAndy]

<< When I click start, it just sits there with "Loading...Please Wait" and then never does anything else. >>



ditto. running wn2k pro

 

[Wolfsraider]

d/l attempted to run and this error msg

component 'mscomctl.ocx' or one of its dependancies not correctly registered:a file is missing or invalid


hope this helps

 

[Hossenfeffer]

Dl'ed, ran it, changed the server to subscriber, then 'nada'. It's network connection has zero activity and the program doesn't respond.

Running Win2kPro, PIII-700, 256MB

Update-- It sucked up all available CPU power while it checked for updates. Took around 2-3 minutes before the Hot Deals side loaded.

Will try lowering it's priority. System grinds to a halt during updates currently. Lowered it's priority in the Task Manager. It will now concede some CPU power if you want to do something else.

Would love to have a way to resize the window/text size. Running 1600x1200 and my eyes don't exactly love the font.

Other observations:

- What if you don't care for one forum or the other currently (i.e. you're not looking to buy/sell or don't have the money to look for hot deals. (checkbox select/unselect for 'em?)

- Check for updates after x minutes?
- Stagger the checking?
- Default to a low priority?

Wouldn't be a bad subscriber benefit So what's the process here. Is it going and grabbing every post every 5 minutes or something? Seems extremely counter-productive.

 

[singh]

I see the executable, but I see no source

 

[ILikeSprite]

It just says "Loading..... Please wait" and just sits there.......

 

[crobusa]

I see "Loading... Please Wait" after clicking start. I'm using NT 4.0 Workstation, and I have yet to find a recent program that I want to use to run on it. Maybe that's the point of a business OS.

 

[Sestar]

Hint for people on win2k and xp, go to Task manager and set priority to Below Normal. Hammers out most issues with overall slowness.

 

[Aves]

I sat through 11 minutes of "Loading" and it finally came up!

I'm on a T3 so I guess it's the forums that are so slow.

 

[SmirnoffIsTasty]

Are the "start" and "exit" buttons SUPPOSED to be all cut off at the bottom?

 

[venk]

<< component 'mscomctl.ocx' or one of its dependancies not correctly registered:a file is missing or invalid >>



Error when i try to run the program. I am running WinXP corporate