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title: About File Areas
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## A Different Approach
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ENiGMA½ has strayed away from the old familure setup here and instead takes a more modern approach:
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* [Gazelle](https://whatcd.github.io/Gazelle/) inspired system for searching & browsing files
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* No File Conferences (just areas!)
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* File Areas are still around but should generally be used less. Instead, files can have one or more tags. Think things like `dos.retro`, `pc.warez`, `games`, etc.
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* Temporary web (http:// or https://) download links in additional to standard X/Y/Z protocol support
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* Users can star rate files & search/filter by ratings
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* Concept of user defined filters
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## Other bells and whistles
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* A given area can span one to many physical storage locations
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* Upload processor can extract and use `FILE_ID.DIZ`/`DESC.SDI`, for standard descriptions as well as `README.TXT`, `*.NFO`, and so on for longer descriptions
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* Upload processor also attempts release year estimation by scanning prementioned description file(s)
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* Fast indexed Full Text Search (FTS)
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* Duplicates validated by SHA-256
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