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the_wah <> wrote:
> why? it seems that we have users that cannot possibly comprehend
> downloading each file separately.

Could it be they just lack motivation to download the rest?

Or does your site make downloading too complicated, requiring
too much extra (click-)work on user's side? How many separate
mp3s are there?

Most people have no difficulties at all comprehending the download
of lots of (illegally published) music-mp3s

PS: offering a zip-file containing all the mp3 in one file for
convenience (additionally to the separate ones) may still be
a good idea.

the_wah wrote:

> In article <>,
> Andreas Leitgeb <> wrote:
>
>> the_wah <> wrote:
>> > why? it seems that we have users that cannot possibly comprehend
>> > downloading each file separately.
>>
>> Could it be they just lack motivation to download the rest?
>>
>> Or does your site make downloading too complicated, requiring
>> too much extra (click-)work on user's side? How many separate
>> mp3s are there?
>>
>> Most people have no difficulties at all comprehending the download
>> of lots of (illegally published) music-mp3s
>>
>> PS: offering a zip-file containing all the mp3 in one file for
>> convenience (additionally to the separate ones) may still be
>> a good idea.
>
> you are right. all the "answers" you have given are ones that i have
> given to the "clients", myself.
>
> these "abstracts" are going to be downloaded by medical professionals.
> we are trying to make it as easy as possible to download all chapters
> relating to any of the publications we publish, load them into itunes,
> and crank up itunes for the end-user to listen to.
>
> it IS much like a shopping cart full of mp3's!
>
> placing all the files into a zip-file is one too many steps for them. i
> understand that most users are NOT that clueless as what to do, but
> believe me when i tell you, there are STILL quite a few out there! we
> want to do away with that (at least for this company).

Why use MP3? Why not a podcast?

From http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1597:

"What is an enhanced podcast?
An enhanced podcast can include chapter marks and photos. When you play an
enhanced podcast in iTunes, a menu icon appears to the left of the display at
the top of the iTunes window."

It would seem to me that you could include all the chapters within a single
podcast.

P.S.

Does this have anything to do with Java?

--
Nigel Wade

the_wah <> wrote:
> these "abstracts" are going to be downloaded by medical professionals.

There are roughly three categories of computer-literacy:
1.) computer literates
2.) computer illiterates
3.) professionals in other fields.

Probably, you're right in that downloading multiple files
actually beats the computer-related skills of the third group.

Anyway, a real solution to this problem is probably not going
to use Java, so you probably better search for help in other
groups that deal with flash-apps or iTunes or JavaScript (which
hasn't got anything to do with java, despite the name).