123 Free Solitaire 5.12

[Gordon Darling]

123 Free Solitaire 5.12
Author: TreeCardGames.com
Program Type: Freeware

File Description:

123 Free Solitaire is an exciting collection of many different Solitaire
Card Games that features good layout, fast game play, rich sounds,
extensive options, and good help. It includes twelve great solitaire
games: Carpet, Easthaven, Fifteens, FreeCell, Grandfather's Clock,
Klondike, Monte Carlo, Precedence, Royal Rendezvous, Spider One Suit,
Spider Two Suits, and Up or Down.

Changes in Current Version:
New game added: Eighteens

http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1012491801
http://www.123freesolitaire.com/

Release Date: October 20th, 2003
File Size: 1691 KB
Download Time: 4.1 min @ 56k/s
Platform: Windows 95/98/Me/NT/XP/2000
License: Freeware

Regards
Gordon

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 30 Oct 2003, Gordon Darling wrote

123 Free Solitaire 5.12
Author: TreeCardGames.com
Program Type: Freeware

File Description:
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http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail.php3?fid=1012491801
http://www.123freesolitaire.com/

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An interesting collection, but I'd classify it as crippleware.#

I tried a game which specified that the "undo" feature was only
available in the paid-for suite. I have no problem with a game that
doesn't allow you to "undo" stuff -- but making it a payware/freeware
distinction -- in my books -- makes it crippleware.

 

[Gordon Darling]

On 30 Oct 2003, Gordon Darling wrote


-snip-

An interesting collection, but I'd classify it as crippleware.#

I tried a game which specified that the "undo" feature was only
available in the paid-for suite. I have no problem with a game that
doesn't allow you to "undo" stuff -- but making it a payware/freeware
distinction -- in my books -- makes it crippleware.

Thanks for adding this Harvey. The site says "123 Free Solitaire is a 100%
free high-quality solitaire games collection." Naughty, naughty, naughty!

Deliberate misrepresentation methinks.

Thanks for pointing this out.

Regards
Gordon

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 31 Oct 2003, Gordon Darling wrote

Thanks for adding this Harvey. The site says "123 Free Solitaire
is a 100% free high-quality solitaire games collection." Naughty,
naughty, naughty!

Deliberate misrepresentation methinks.

I thought so, too. (Maybe it was in the small print somewhere, but I
certainly didn't see it.)

(Just as well, really: I had to rip out the last suite of solitaire
games I was using, as I was wasting *way* too much time....I need to
avoid these things....)

 

[Carolyn]

On 30 Oct 2003, Gordon Darling wrote


-snip-

An interesting collection, but I'd classify it as crippleware.#

I tried a game which specified that the "undo" feature was only
available in the paid-for suite. I have no problem with a game that
doesn't allow you to "undo" stuff -- but making it a payware/freeware
distinction -- in my books -- makes it crippleware.

I have this game installed and, although I would really like an undo
function, I still think that this is the best free solitaire game that I
have seen so far.
Carolyn

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 31 Oct 2003, Carolyn wrote

I have this game installed and, although I would really like an
undo function, I still think that this is the best free solitaire
game that I have seen so far.
Carolyn

Oh, I agree it's a good game. It's just that given the
freeware/payware difference, it should be billing itself as a "lite" or
"limited feature" form, rather than "freeware".

 

[Duddits]

I have this game installed and, although I would really like an undo
function, I still think that this is the best free solitaire game that I
have seen so far.
Carolyn

Over Pysol?

regards

Dud

 

[Gordon Darling]

On 31 Oct 2003, Gordon Darling wrote
snip


I thought so, too. (Maybe it was in the small print somewhere, but I
certainly didn't see it.)

(Just as well, really: I had to rip out the last suite of solitaire
games I was using, as I was wasting *way* too much time....I need to
avoid these things....)

I know the problem!!

Regards
Gordon

 

[Max Quordlepleen]

I thought so, too. (Maybe it was in the small print somewhere,
but I certainly didn't see it.)

(Just as well, really: I had to rip out the last suite of
solitaire games I was using, as I was wasting *way* too much
time....I need to avoid these things....)

What about Pysol as a genuinely free, OpenSource solitaire suite? It
nows runs well on my W2K partition.

 

[Harvey Van Sickle]

On 31 Oct 2003, Max Quordlepleen wrote

What about Pysol as a genuinely free, OpenSource solitaire suite? It
nows runs well on my W2K partition.

Oh, please don't tempt me: the attraction the first time around almost
made me succumb again to the Great God of Solitaire Time-Wasting, and I
*must* try to be strong......

 

[Slim97477]

I heard this program was spyware...

 

[Blinky the Shark]

I heard this program was spyware...

Nothing at TomCat or SpyChecker.

Do you have a cite?

 

[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply]

Nothing at TomCat or SpyChecker.

Do you have a cite?

The listing at Son of Spy said it was, I believe, if that's a good
enough reference.

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

The listing at Son of Spy said it was, I believe, if that's a good
enough reference.

SoS does not list 123 Free Solitaire.

SoS lists a program called Free Solitaire as spyware, as does TomCat.
The homepage of Free Solitaire makes it clear that it is adware but
claims it is not spyware.

 

[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply]

SoS does not list 123 Free Solitaire.

SoS lists a program called Free Solitaire as spyware, as does TomCat.
The homepage of Free Solitaire makes it clear that it is adware but
claims it is not spyware.

Oh, sorry; I must have mis-read it. My apologies.

 

[BoB]

What about Pysol as a genuinely free, OpenSource solitaire suite? It
nows runs well on my W2K partition.

I understood the site to say that the Pysol DL is 4 meg
but also 'requires' Python Lang which is another 5m?

That's 9 meg vs 2 meg for 123.
Can someone verify or correct this impression?

BoB
For the duration of Swen, my address is inoperative.

 

[Melinda Meahan - take out TRASH to reply]

I understood the site to say that the Pysol DL is 4 meg
but also 'requires' Python Lang which is another 5m?

That's 9 meg vs 2 meg for 123.
Can someone verify or correct this impression?

Yes, but you get a whole lot more than 10 games to play.

 

[Duddits]

I understood the site to say that the Pysol DL is 4 meg
but also 'requires' Python Lang which is another 5m?

That's 9 meg vs 2 meg for 123.
Can someone verify or correct this impression?

BoB

I'm upping the version I play with (v4.40) to alt.binaries.freeware. This
version has been compiled for Windows and is only ~3.5mb. Many, many more
games available than any other afaik.

regards

Dud

 

[=?ISO-8859-1?Q?=BBQ=AB?=]

[crossposted, fu set to a.c.f.games, subject changed, what else can i
do? ]

I'm upping the version I play with (v4.40) to
alt.binaries.freeware. This version has been compiled for Windows
and is only ~3.5mb. Many, many more games available than any
other afaik.

Thanks much! I'm using 4.2, and I appreciate you posting 4.4.

I've changed the subject and put this in a.c.f.g so no one who's
interested in Pysol will miss it.

 

[Duddits]

[crossposted, fu set to a.c.f.games, subject changed, what else can i
do? ]

I'm upping the version I play with (v4.40) to
alt.binaries.freeware. This version has been compiled for Windows
and is only ~3.5mb. Many, many more games available than any
other afaik.

Thanks much! I'm using 4.2, and I appreciate you posting 4.4.

I've changed the subject and put this in a.c.f.g so no one who's
interested in Pysol will miss it.

Your welcome. I'll up an expansion pack of card sets (~10mb) if you wish.

regards

Dud

Sorry, my isp doesn't carry acfg.