Update of /cvsroot/curl/curl-www/libcurl
In directory labb:/tmp/cvs-serv21151
Modified Files:
_wininet.html
Log Message:
incorporated points raised by Bradford Bruce on the libcurl list
Index: _wininet.html
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RCS file: /cvsroot/curl/curl-www/libcurl/_wininet.html,v
retrieving revision 1.6
retrieving revision 1.7
diff -u -d -r1.6 -r1.7
--- _wininet.html 22 Dec 2005 08:54:22 -0000 1.6
+++ _wininet.html 7 Jul 2006 07:55:36 -0000 1.7
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@
<br><a href="libsoup.html">libsoup comparison</a>
</div>
-<p> Opinions brought by David Byron:
-
-<div class="quote">
<ul>
<li> there's a <a href="http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q238425/">tech note
@@ -42,9 +39,8 @@
think it's 6, and maybe with some service packs) that don't work properly
when communicating to proxies with basic authentication.
- <li> There are so many sweet features with curl that I doubt are available
- with WinInet. I'm using the curl executable, so I get bandwidth limiting
- which isn't in the library, but --speed-time and --speed-limit are great.
+ <li> There are so many sweet features with curl that aren't available with
+ WinInet. Like for example support for more protocols.
<li> I've never tried to deal with Microsoft for WinInet support, but the
curl support (i.e. the <a href="/mail/">libcurl mailing list</a>, and Daniel
@@ -55,11 +51,25 @@
have a useful skill if you work on other platforms. I doubt we'll see
WinInet ported anywhere else anytime soon.
+ <li> We had some servers in-house and others outside our main network. Each
+ one needed its own proxy and id/password settings for connecting. WinInet
+ will only store one current configuration. This meant that we couldn't
+ connect to both an internal and external server at the same time.
+
+ <li> Another issue was trying to explain to people that when they messed up
+ their IE settings, the application would fail.
+
+ <li> Some of our customers did not USE Internet Explorer. It was installed,
+ but not configured. This meant they had to set up and configure the beast
+ that is IE, even if they would never use it.
+
</ul>
-</div>
+
+<p> Thanks to David Byron and Bradford Bruce
<p>
- If you disagree, agree and/or have other facts/opinions. Mail us!
+ If you disagree, agree and/or have other facts/opinions. Mail the <a
+ href="/mail/">curl-library mailing list</a> and tell!
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