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Submitted by Rick Bousquet (not verified) on 5 April 2007 - 4:45am.

I have still seen issues for searching where nothing conmes up. I have did searches based on a file name and come up with null. We really need it to be able to search on a filename consistently. Sometimes it works and sometimes not. That is a big issue for supporting in the field.

Submitted by Ron van Herk (not verified) on 5 April 2007 - 5:14am.

Hi Rick,

Thanks for the feedback, if you see issues like this please just use the feedback link at the bottom of the page to tell the people behind the scene about your issues (with as much detail as possible). If a search doesn't work as expected we need to get things fixed.

One thing I've seen is that using wildcards now seems to work quit well, as example if you try to find a winsock update just search for “wsoc*”, for me this seems to be successful.

Ron

Submitted by Jared Jennings (not verified) on 5 April 2007 - 6:34am.

Most of the time, when this has happened, is because a product was selected (when searching by file name).

When searching by file name, do not specify any product or version.

Another example is that when searching for NW 6.5 SP6, you cannot specify "netware 6.5 sp6", you must only specify "netware"

Submitted by Rick Bousquet (not verified) on 5 April 2007 - 1:43pm.

Just to let you know it was earlier this week that it happened to me. I did try it even without selecting a product.
I thought it was strange. I just wish I could remember today what that day I was looking for to try it again.
As you can tell I use the feature quite a bit.

Thanks

Submitted by Mike Faris (not verified) on 6 April 2007 - 5:10am.

I don't know what all the hoopla is. I use it and find everything I'm looking for. I find it quite easy to use. How many of you remember when you had to go to CompuServe to get anything for Novell???

Thanks

Submitted by Eric (not verified) on 6 April 2007 - 8:57am.

There are still some things that need to be worked out. Rather than dish them out here one by one, please see the DLfeedback wiki (http://wiki.novell.com/index.php/DLfeedback), especially the "needed improvements" section. Many of the improvements have already been made, but several have yet to be addressed.

Submitted by Mark (not verified) on 6 April 2007 - 9:01pm.

I want FTP back!! It's quick and easy..1 click/drag and done.. No stuffing around... No 4 clicks to get a file... It's now takes me 4 times longer to get past all the login and acceptance garbage/crap before I can even click on a download link....IT SUCKS!!!!... I just want the bloody file and with the least effort possible..... Plus I can use the command line with FTP if I stuck at some fruitloop site that restricts http file downloads!!

Submitted by FlyingGuy (not verified) on 10 April 2007 - 10:52pm.

Mark,

I totaly and completely agree with you. Its nice having a pretty HTML interface, but we still need the old and very reliable FTP connection. When all else fails, click Start -> Run - CMD - OK !

- FG