[CS-FSLUG] Extranet solution

[Josiah Ritchie]

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If that made such a difference, then I'd suggest don't use such huge
graphics. That's the only real change. I actually made this same
recommendation to the alumni newsletter here. They had a 3Mb newsletter!
They were using full resolution jpeg files that were the same as they
send for published documents. Remind them that this will save them money
in bandwidth, beyond just saving you time (which also saves them money
if you are on hourly pay).

Firefox has the ability to load without graphics I'd imagine. Opera may
also be a good fit. I'm not sure about text-based specifically though.

Basically, what I'm saying is that their website needs to change, not
the browser, if they expect people outside the company's network to get
into the mess. <rant>Theoretically, any web browser should be perfectly
rendered on any page. Anything less than usable is unacceptable in my
book. (I've actually written email to websites who blocked me from using
Firefox on their site explaining the error of their way and that they
just lost my business.)</rant>

JSR/

On Mon, 2004-08-23 at 08:25, David M. wrote:
> On Sunday 22 August 2004 07:29 pm, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> Hi Josiah,
> 
> > A text based browser, unless the information you need to find out what
> > you want is also in PDF, or just turn off images in your normal browser
> > for you time there. Sounds like a rather ugly site. 
> 
> I did try Lynx on the site and it loaded so fast, I couldn't even time it. But 
> even I had a little bit of a hassle learning how to navigate through the site 
> to get to the documents.
> 
> Also, the Sub-Contractor is using windows 2000, Im scared they aren't going to 
> be open to this kind of change.
> 
> Is there any text based browsers for Windows 2000 that I could suggest to 
> them?
> 
> >
> > David M. wrote:
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I am doing some work for a sub contractor of a contractor, and the
> > > contractor has an extranet that the sub contractors have to log into to
> > > get all the information on the homes that are being built  and this
> > > extranet is very very very slow at loading.
> > >
> > > The sub contractors are required to log into the extranet to get any
> > > information they need to get the home done, but some of the sub's are in
> > > an area where they cannot get DSL or cable and their only choice is
> > > dial-up.
> > >
> > > Well, I am looking for a way (if it's possible) to be able to log onto
> > > this extranet without having to wait forever for the thousands of pdf
> > > forms to load and only grab the pdf's that is needed.
> > >
> > > Since the contractor doesn't have ftp, I can't use that. But im wondering
> > > if there is any other way I could get the information. Even on my 1.5
> > > MB/s cable connection, it takes a good half hour to an hour for the page
> > > to fully load and be usable. This is rediculous and the builder doesn't
> > > realize that the longer it takes the sub contractor to get the job done,
> > > the more money they will lose. Time is money! But the contractor has made
> > > no effort to improve anything despite all the complaints.
> > >
> > > Would anyone by any chance know of a solution I could use for this
> > > problem? I was thinking of trying to write a script that would log onto
> > > the extranet and not load anything at all, and have the script only grab
> > > the information that is needed.
> > >
> > > My idea of of a solution to this problem would be quite similiar to file
> > > sharing software without the bells and whistles. Log on, type the name of
> > > the pdf you need and grab it viola, done!
> > >
> > > Thanks
> >
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Josiah Ritchie
Network Administrator
Washington Bible College
Capital Bible Seminary