Re: America Online Issues
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 1998
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 16029
interpreted = N
texte = >The normally speedy site is painfully slow via AOL and when the time >comes for delivery/download of the product, (the site sells high >resolution digital artwork) the download just stops before the entire >image is downloaded to disk.Last I checked, AOL still uses a proxy server to get at your site (supposedly to speed things up), but there may be an option for your visitors to switch to 'direct' connection -- just a guess.AOL also does that weird picture compression before it hands the picture off to the client...perhaps you can provide the picture as some filetype (like ZIP or SIT) that AOL won't think is a picture. And also, you could look for AOL in the [BrowserName] to help you display different text on your site automatically (perhaps an explanation and apology for AOL's slowness).Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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>The normally speedy site is painfully slow via AOL and when the time >comes for delivery/download of the product, (the site sells high >resolution digital artwork) the download just stops before the entire >image is downloaded to disk.Last I checked, AOL still uses a proxy server to get at your site (supposedly to speed things up), but there may be an option for your visitors to switch to 'direct' connection -- just a guess.AOL also does that weird picture compression before it hands the picture off to the client...perhaps you can provide the picture as some filetype (like ZIP or SIT) that AOL won't think is a picture. And also, you could look for AOL in the
[browsername] to help you display different text on your site automatically (perhaps an explanation and apology for AOL's slowness).Grant Hulbert, V.P. Engineering | ==== eCommerce for the Rest of Us ==== Pacific Coast Software | WebCatalog, WebMerchant, 11770 Bernardo Plaza Court | SiteEdit Pro, PhotoMaster, San Diego, CA 92128 | Typhoon 619/675-1106 Fax: 619/675-0372 | http://www.smithmicro.com/
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