[CS-FSLUG] Extranet solution

[David M.]

On Monday 23 August 2004 04:46 am, Josiah Ritchie wrote:
> Welcome to your lynx indoctrination. Please find a seat. Class will
> start in ...
>
> 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,

I agree 100%. So far the Contractor has turned a deaf ear on the 
sub-contractors complaints, and here I am in the middle of them trying to 
figure out the best solution for the sub-contractors until hopefully the 
Contractor finally realizes this is a mess. I am not in a position to say 
anything to the Contractor, because the Sub-Contractors are already 
complaining, and I don't want to mess up my relationship with them.

I do voice my opinion to the Sub-Contractors and try to work out a solution 
for them until they can get the Contractor to do something about it.

And thats what i've been doing so far.

> 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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David M.