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[Ismo the Hedgehog]

I today stumbled upon the YoYoGames Wiki and I was sad to hear that the "Play Now" application has been removed due to fast updates for Internet browsers.

I used to play games with the "Play Now" before downloading them, but now if you want to play ANYTHING, you have to download the game first.

Now I want to know your thoughts about this.

[Southman]

It hasn't been working for months, maybe even a year.
It doesn't bother me too much, but it was a cool feature.

[Mr B]

Well it was easy to use play now, but it downloaded the game to your computer anyway.
The biggest minuses are that you have to choose where to put a game and remember where you put it.
The plus of downloading is that doesn't need to go on-line.

I liked play now because I didn't need to choose a place to put the games and I didn't get countless games in a folder and I'd get updates when they were available.

[Katuko]

"Play now" is just the same as downloading, except that it downloads in the background and then auto-runs upon completion. The file was still transferred to your computer, so all Play Now really did was to hide the file from you, potentially making it stay on your computer in your temp or not-so-temp files for far longer than it would have if you deleted it manually after testing.

It might have been slightly convenient not to have to select a file location, but I've found that it just gave you less control overall. You don't really know where the file goes, you have to play it as soon as it finishes downloading, you can't replay it later without going to the site again, etc.

Edited by Katuko, 13 July 2012 - 05:43 PM.

[Jordi957]

Maybe this is actually a good thing because since the website has changed and the sandbox all but dumped, there could be a major potential for viruses that go overlooked hidden in those auto-download files.

Personally, I really liked the "Play Now" feature, though.

[chance]

...there could be a major potential for viruses that go overlooked hidden in those auto-download files.

YoYo did a very thorough job of virus scanning -- and I believe they still do. So I don't think this is a factor either way.

YoYo abandoned the "play now" plugin because it was too much hassle to keep it compatible with new browser editions.

But personally, I miss the "play now" option too. So I hope they open up the Sandbox to HTML5 games... at some point.

[Jobo]

I prefer downloading.

[Rusty]

Maybe this is actually a good thing because since the website has changed and the sandbox all but dumped, there could be a major potential for viruses that go overlooked hidden in those auto-download files.

Most websites do a virus check. I doubt YYG is ever going to stop doing their virus checks, after all, I doubt a growing company would enjoy having a reputation for having an official site riddled with viruses.

[chance]

Maybe this is actually a good thing because since the website has changed and the sandbox all but dumped, there could be a major potential for viruses that go overlooked hidden in those auto-download files.

Most websites do a virus check. I doubt YYG is ever going to stop doing their virus checks, after all, I doubt a growing company would enjoy having a reputation for having an official site riddled with viruses.

Very true. In fact, visitors probably have more to fear from the advertisements, than from the games.

[ThePC007]

I'm missing that feature just so much. More and more people move to Game Jolt now, as they still have that feature. (It's called QuickPlay there.)

[WARGAMES]

Play Now?
Haven't See It
Because I'm Too Late