[Closed]Attachments

Akatsukami · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:31 am

Given the number of members who cannot download or open attachments, would it not be better to disable or remove this feature if possible?

dbzTHEdinosauer · Posted: Sat Jan 23, 2010 2:49 am

Attachments have their place - such as STICKY's.
I usually PDF articles that I have found on the web (some are old;some the original URL is gone; etc...) and with the permission from the originator I post them on help forums as well as the URLs, if they are still valid.

Attachments as posts for questions only allow a poster to be verbose instead of precise. Though I can download attachments from posts (posing questions) I don't, other can and do so. Though most often, I see the download count is > 0 yet no one has responded.

IMUO, to disable attachments altogether would be more negative that positive.

Escapa · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 2:33 pm

Many times attachment contains screenshots of sample records of input file or sample code which is not working correctly etc...

As I can not copy these input records and hate to create similar input records by my own, I personally don't respond to that topic.
Many might be feeling same...

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 5:07 pm

My laptop at home downloads every attachments so easily...

Caution: Don't try it* at work!

it* - download of attachments.

Escapa · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:16 pm

Anuj Dhawan · Posted: Thu Mar 25, 2010 6:18 pm

- I meant that only, I'm allowed to download in office too, however.