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Old 02-05-2011, 06:46 PM  
garce
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Originally Posted by BareBacked View Post
the nats4 templates I have seen look way way cleaner.

I think they finally worked out how to use external css lol
Looking cleaner is much more important than functionality and ease of use. External CSS is the last thing I look for when I'm looking for promo materials. A plain text file is better.

With Nats3 I click Promo - Galleries and get a list of galleries.

With Nats4 I click click click click clickedy click click click and get - maybe - the CSV file I want. I don't want good looking shit - I want to click one link and get a complete list of all of your promo. Boom! One click - there it is.

Using Duke Dollars as a NATS3 example:
DDv2 -> Marketing Tools -> Modify Program -> BAM!

There's a list of everything I need. I need to create a custom CSV file? Its right there on the same page. Takes me a few seconds to get all galleries from all sites. Do I want to download content? Its right there. I just click on "Content" and DD lists everything with a title, description, and a cute little thumbnail. Banners? FLVs? Free hosted sites? All on the same page. Wow...

If DD is using NATS4, they're using the NATS3 template. Click... Click... Everything you need.

Using Homegrown Video as a NATS4 example:
HGV -> Doesn't remember my login details (No NATS4 sites do - maybe just me), so I type them in -> HGV Internal.php -> Tools -> Hosted -> Pic. -> Then I get to play with the sidebars and set all kinds of shit up. Let's see...

Encoded links -> revshare-> default campaign -> choose tour
Set as default - check!
Limit Linkcodes

Oh, wait.... Another sidebar...

"Limitations" now, is it?

View - Dump
Order - Date Added
Published - FUCK ME!
Name - FUCK OFF!
URL - WTF?
Type - Pictures
#Pics/Clips - OH FUCK ME PLEASE!!!!
Description - Just fucking fuck, already.

So I hit "Submit"

Cool! FOUR FUCKING GALLERIES! Ok, now I still have to set my CSV perimeters.

Seperator "|" -> url -> type -> oh crap, I quit! - Create dump FINALLY!

I just spent 30 minutes creating a 4 gallery CSV file.

In what parallel universe is NATS4 more efficient than even a pencil?
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