Re: check out page (SSL) not loading on Netscape 4.0+ - fixed?

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1999

It keeps the original formatting. numero = 24007
interpreted = N
texte = Brian,Thanks so much for making me revisit this. I was aware of this problem withearlier browsers, but knew it also affected smaller pages (around 6000bytes if I remember).In addition to the post you recommended, I found this list of possible fixes:>> >> There is no fix for this bug (only Apple could possibly fix it). In the >> meantime, you can work around it to some extent by any or all of these: >> >> a. turn off persistent connections; >> b. give HTML, GIFs and JPEGs the action CACHE rather than BINARY; >> c. make the WebSTAR buffer size smaller than the default. >> >> None of these offer a complete fix, but they ameliorate the position.OK, finally, something to work with! But the only solution thatworked...you guessed it...was adding garbage comments to the document aswell.I owe you a beer Brian. (Ok, maybe a six pack!) Seems to be working finenow, but the aforementioned bug in OT leaves me feelingqueasy...especially since this time it bit me in the ass with no warning(it wasn't a new file on the server).Regards,Dale>Here is a possibility:> There is a well documented bug in Open Transport that can affect>WebSTAR and certain browsers. The symptom is partially-loading files.>Some people have had some luck with turning Persistent Connections off,>but it is not a sure thing. It happens to files within a certain>size-range, and when it happened to one of my dynamically-generated>files I was able to stop it by putting a bunch of garbage text inside> at the end of the page, moving it out of the affected>file size range. You can read a better, technical explanation of it at>http://search.smithmicro.com/lists/action.lasso?-database=WebSTAR-Talk.fm&>-layout=Data&-response=/lists/detail.html&-recID=12621432&-search or go>to http://search.smithmicro.com and search on the subject Open Transport>problem - repost Starnine has promised a work-around in the next>release. Hope this helps.>>Brian Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

Brian,Thanks so much for making me revisit this. I was aware of this problem withearlier browsers, but knew it also affected smaller pages (around 6000bytes if I remember).In addition to the post you recommended, I found this list of possible fixes:>> >> There is no fix for this bug (only Apple could possibly fix it). In the >> meantime, you can work around it to some extent by any or all of these: >> >> a. turn off persistent connections; >> b. give HTML, GIFs and JPEGs the action CACHE rather than BINARY; >> c. make the WebSTAR buffer size smaller than the default. >> >> None of these offer a complete fix, but they ameliorate the position.OK, finally, something to work with! But the only solution thatworked...you guessed it...was adding garbage comments to the document aswell.I owe you a beer Brian. (Ok, maybe a six pack!) Seems to be working finenow, but the aforementioned bug in OT leaves me feelingqueasy...especially since this time it bit me in the ass with no warning(it wasn't a new file on the server).Regards,Dale>Here is a possibility:> There is a well documented bug in Open Transport that can affect>WebSTAR and certain browsers. The symptom is partially-loading files.>Some people have had some luck with turning Persistent Connections off,>but it is not a sure thing. It happens to files within a certain>size-range, and when it happened to one of my dynamically-generated>files I was able to stop it by putting a bunch of garbage text inside> at the end of the page, moving it out of the affected>file size range. You can read a better, technical explanation of it at>http://search.smithmicro.com/lists/action.lasso?-database=WebSTAR-Talk.fm&>-layout=Data&-response=/lists/detail.html&-recID=12621432&-search or go>to http://search.smithmicro.com and search on the subject Open Transport>problem - repost Starnine has promised a work-around in the next>release. Hope this helps.>>Brian Dale Stokdyk

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