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realtek WLAN driver page RANT!

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Ok, they used to have a direct download link to obtain the WLAN driver. very easy, click to download. painless. yeah the site looked windows 2000 era, however I don't care. just give me a functioning download page!

Now you gotta navigate thru their bloated site, find your driver, be presented with a "agree to terms" tick mark, enter your email, and wait for a friggin email. Then you get the email, have only 5 MINUTES to get into the email, and then click the link and be taken to A CAPTCHA PAGE! and then you wait for the download!

what if you're on a slower computer and it takes more than 5 minutes to even load the email!? Or you are doing this on a client's pc and you don't want to login your email on someone else's computer?

Did reaktek even think this thru? nope. they wanna be able to have a bloated but pretty site that's script heavy and has a lot of server load on just a pretty site and then throttle the dowloads.

Why not just have a simple site to download like before... nothing was wrong with thier old layout... I don't go to a WLAN driver page to be entertained by a pretty looking page! If you feel the need to be entertained on a WLAN driver page you need a life!
 
Ok, they used to have a direct download link to obtain the WLAN driver. very easy, click to download. painless. yeah the site looked windows 2000 era, however I don't care. just give me a functioning download page!

Now you gotta navigate thru their bloated site, find your driver, be presented with a "agree to terms" tick mark, enter your email, and wait for a friggin email. Then you get the email, have only 5 MINUTES to get into the email, and then click the link and be taken to A CAPTCHA PAGE! and then you wait for the download!

what if you're on a slower computer and it takes more than 5 minutes to even load the email!? Or you are doing this on a client's pc and you don't want to login your email on someone else's computer?

Did reaktek even think this thru? nope. they wanna be able to have a bloated but pretty site that's script heavy and has a lot of server load on just a pretty site and then throttle the dowloads.

Why not just have a simple site to download like before... nothing was wrong with thier old layout... I don't go to a WLAN driver page to be entertained by a pretty looking page! If you feel the need to be entertained on a WLAN driver page you need a life!

I hope you don’t work in enterprise and deal with HPE it’s pretty much the bane of my existence. I agree though Realtek also gets under my skin
 
I hope you don’t work in enterprise and deal with HPE it’s pretty much the bane of my existence. I agree though Realtek also gets under my skin
I blacklist hpe due to something that was leaked in a conference that i am not allowed to discuss here. it's very disgusting stuff. :(

How legit is that site Biggie?
 
I just say email them about it
 
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