Re: Wizfile problem

John C. <[email protected]> wrote:

> VanguardLH wrote:
>
>> John C. wrote:
>>> 
>>> I use and like Antibody Software's program Wizfile:
>>>
>>> https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/
>>
>> https://antibody-software.com/wizfile/quick-start
>> "While WizFile is active it will monitor your hard drives for file
>> changes."
>> 
>> looks like WizFile also uses an indexing service to update its database.
>> Did you check if there is a service for WizFile?
> 
> Just started the program and then looked for such a service. I can't
> find anything, but I might be missing something.
>
> Just tried to go to the link you provided and FF give me the following
> message:
> 
> _________________________________________________________
> Hmm. We’re having trouble finding that site.
> 
> We can’t connect to the server at antibody-software.com.
> _________________________________________________________
> 
> I also get the same message when I try to go to the website address for
> the program which I provided in the OP.

I can't do anything about why their site is very slow to respond, or
problems with their nameserver.  I have not gotten the "can't connect"
message, but it takes a long time for their server to respond during
which I wouldn't be surprised any web browser would time out while
waiting.  I notice the status bar in Firefox has lots of "waiting"
messages.

While their domain is registered at GoDaddy (Arizona USA), they are
using GoDaddy's private registration service to hide who they are which
means their domain registration does not show the real registrant
(instead the registrar is listed as the responsible party).  However,
since EU's GDPR fucked over domain registrations by requiring redaction
of the registrant, I don't see why they have to bother with a private
domain registration which costs extra money (unless GoDaddy in the USA
is ignoring the GDPR).

According to a tracerout, the site is hosted at hvvc.us.  While the
ccTLD indicates the country, that may not be true.  The front end server
may be in the USA, but the web-hosted site could be at any of their data
centers.  The tracert only gets to their boundary host, not drill inside
their network.  The hvvc (HiVelocity) web hoster is in Florida USA.
Could be a problem with the web hoster.  Could be a problem with the web
server antibody-software.com is using which probably won't get resolved
until the site owner contacts their web hoster.

My adblocker (uBlock Origin) doesn't block anything from their site
other than the Google crap.  That should not slow down rendering their
web pages.  I did not bother to check performance of their scripts.  If
I disable Javascript there, I can't get their home page, but just a
couple of boucing balls as a placeholder page.  Without scripts, they
don't even provide rudimentary content.  Their scripts aren't even at
their own domain, but over at kxcdn.com (CDN usually means Content
Delivery Network where coded is offloaded to reduce storage space at the
site along with reducing bandwidth by putting the onus on the CDN).  So,
it is also possible with a script-laden web site that the off-domain CDN
is fucking up delivery of the oh-so-mandatory script code that is
required to compose the web document.