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"Invid Fan" <invid@localnet.com> wrote in message
news:230620052059527687%invid@localnet.com...
> In article <1gymz7d.128irq01v3qcecN%Viconia@alussinan.org>, Michelle.
> <Viconia@alussinan.org> wrote:
>
>> Invid Fan <invid@localnet.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> >
>> > I'm using a Mac running OS 10.4 and Safari v2.0.
>> > http://sunairsims.enorth.com.cn/ works for me: it uses Flash 5.0, and
>> > should open a new window that takes awhile to load. Just downloaded
>> > some sort of table
>>
>> I have a window too but nothing inside ((I have not Tiger, only 10.3.9,
>> and Safari 1.3 only) I have schockwave 8 but that doesn't work. I don't
>> like waste time to try to see somthing on a site
>>
> Agreed, some people try too hard to make a site pretty. I just want
> text and serviceable graphics.
>
>>
>> >
>> > The second site works as well: try going to
>> >
http://www.solanders-welt.de/sites/sims2.php?lang=2
>>
>> it's ok that's work
>>
>> >
>> > However, that site has its files in .rar format and you'll have to do a
>> > little work. First, to download then either click on the download
>> > button with your right mouse button or control-click on it. This will
>> > bring up a menu, from which you should select 'download linked file'.
>> > You'll find that this gives you a file with the extention rar.txt (or
>> > just .rar). Change the name to delete the .txt part, then double click
>> > on the file. Stuffit should launch and expand the file into a .package
>> > for you to toss in your download folder.
>>
>> Why make things so complicated ? I don't use this kind of site. For me a
>> site must be easy to use for anybody everywhere in the world and with
>> mac or Pc.
>>
> I have no idea why they decided to use .rar files, but the main
> "problem" is that they look like text files to Safari. It only takes a
> couple seconds to fix it though, so if you see an item you really like
> there go ahead and take it. You could also ask, nicely, the person
> running the site why they use that format. I'm sure they had a good
> reason at the time, and converting everything into a .zip is probably
> too much work for a free site, but it never hurts to ask
>
..rar files have better compression, hence they are smaller and take up less
room. For sims sites, the more room on the site, the better
Now that the sims2 for mac has finally arrived, my guess is that more sites
will be popping up with objects that will be easier to get on a mac.
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