A few weeks ago, for the release of slimKEYS version 1.1.0 (which quickly became v1.1.1), I decided to try submit-everywhere.com, to see if it could drive some more traffic. Before submitting, you must provide your existing download site credentials, or opt-out of their service for particular sites. I only had one account I wanted to handle myself, which was download.com.
Once their submission process was rolling, they contacted me about not having my FileForum.BetaNews.com credentials, since they saw the previous version was already visible and well documented. Well, I don't have those credentials. I never had. But FileForum has always displayed my latest version, diligently, accurately, without myself having to lift a finger. My initial release of 0.9.5 quickly showed up there, after I submitted my software to neowin.net.
Thursday, I rolled out a new build of slimKEYS v1.1.2, addressing a few bugs and limitations, but forgot to update the PAD file on my server. This morning, while looking at my referrer logs, I saw the usual FileForum entry for slimKEYS, and followed the link, and got a very pleasant surprise: version 1.1.2 was already displayed, with the correct list of changes. How do they do this? Are they monitoring specific web pages? Or the download section RSS feed?
Anyway, FileForum, I give you 5/5!
As for download.com... well... I'm still waiting for them to show version 1.1.1. The submission is so painful I never updated it since v1.0.3. Their estimated publish date says September 22nd! I decided not to wait, and pushed v1.1.2. This will delay my submission even more. In French, we say "tant pis pour eux". I can't find a correct English translation, but it's a polite way to say "screw them"!