Comments on: Adobe's *@(#*&$ Browser Requirements https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/ Thoughts, rants, and even some code from the mind of Barney Boisvert. Thu, 11 Sep 2014 09:58:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: barneyb https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-14191 barneyb Thu, 03 May 2007 06:41:09 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/#comment-14191 Sean, When I was managing "real" infrastructure, I did much the same thing. But now that it's just my personal machines, I don't anymore. That's due in no small part to the fact that Comcast (my ISP) throttles outgoing traffic to about 40k (yes, slower than a modem) beyond a certain point, which makes uploading a 300MB file take forever. As such, any sort of cache I'd have locally wouldn't be of any use unless the new machine was also local (which wasn't the case). So I used my office workstation (via rdesktop) to download and reupload it. Sean,

When I was managing "real" infrastructure, I did much the same thing. But now that it's just my personal machines, I don't anymore. That's due in no small part to the fact that Comcast (my ISP) throttles outgoing traffic to about 40k (yes, slower than a modem) beyond a certain point, which makes uploading a 300MB file take forever. As such, any sort of cache I'd have locally wouldn't be of any use unless the new machine was also local (which wasn't the case). So I used my office workstation (via rdesktop) to download and reupload it.

]]> By: Sean Corfield https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-14185 Sean Corfield Thu, 03 May 2007 05:36:30 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/#comment-14185 Why would you download the files every time you get a new server? Surely you keep the downloaded files all in a shared storage area somewhere and then you'd just copy the files onto the new server? In fact we actually kept the CF installer and hotfixes under SVN so that we can manage the configuration of our servers more easily. Why would you download the files every time you get a new server? Surely you keep the downloaded files all in a shared storage area somewhere and then you'd just copy the files onto the new server?

In fact we actually kept the CF installer and hotfixes under SVN so that we can manage the configuration of our servers more easily.

]]> By: barneyb https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-13886 barneyb Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:07:59 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/#comment-13886 Erwin, Those links all bring you to the login form when you click them. Perhaps you had already logged in? Tony, If I had physical access to the server, I'd just use the installation CDs. Erwin,

Those links all bring you to the login form when you click them. Perhaps you had already logged in?

Tony,

If I had physical access to the server, I'd just use the installation CDs.

]]> By: Cozmo https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-13739 Cozmo Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:32:33 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/#comment-13739 Potential solution: I wrote a CF script a while back that would log me into the dynDNS.org site and create dns Records. I don't have the code lying around or I would post it. Basically I used the cfhttp and cfhttpparam type = "Cookie" to maintain the session. As far as JS enabled you might want to try spoofing the browser like so. cfhttp useragent="some JS enabled browser" I would do it on CF for POC and then port it to PHP or Python if it works. Potential solution:

I wrote a CF script a while back that would log me into the dynDNS.org site and create dns Records. I don't have the code lying around or I would post it. Basically I used the cfhttp and cfhttpparam type = "Cookie" to maintain the session.

As far as JS enabled you might want to try spoofing the browser like so.

cfhttp useragent="some JS enabled browser"

I would do it on CF for POC and then port it to PHP or Python if it works.

]]> By: tony petruzzi https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-13727 tony petruzzi Sun, 29 Apr 2007 12:17:01 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/#comment-13727 put a copy of the thing on a UNC share, a CD or a thumbdrive and stop your bitching already. ;) put a copy of the thing on a UNC share, a CD or a thumbdrive and stop your bitching already.

;)

]]> By: Erwin Verdonk https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-13700 Erwin Verdonk Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:29:27 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/#comment-13700 Hi Barney, I think you havent tried hard enough ;-). Coldfusion Download (dont use the dropdown but scrolldown): http://www.adobe.com/downloads/?product_list=%2Fgo%2Ftrycoldfusion&Submit=Go Coldfusion Hotfixes: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_17883 It works for me here without JavaScript. Cheers, Erwin Hi Barney,

I think you havent tried hard enough ;-).

Coldfusion Download (dont use the dropdown but scrolldown): http://www.adobe.com/downloads/?product_list=%2Fgo%2Ftrycoldfusion&Submit=Go
Coldfusion Hotfixes: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_17883

It works for me here without JavaScript.

Cheers,
Erwin

]]> By: barneyb https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-13697 barneyb Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:13:55 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/#comment-13697 You have to be logged in to download software. If you copy and paste a link between computers, you won't have a logged in session, so you'll get booted to the login form, which will then boot you to the requirements page. I suppose you could copy your cookies, but that's hardly straightforward with memory-only cookies. You have to be logged in to download software. If you copy and paste a link between computers, you won't have a logged in session, so you'll get booted to the login form, which will then boot you to the requirements page. I suppose you could copy your cookies, but that's hardly straightforward with memory-only cookies.

]]> By: andy matthews https://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/comment-page-1/#comment-13696 andy matthews Sun, 29 Apr 2007 06:08:32 +0000 http://www.barneyb.com/barneyblog/2007/04/28/adobes-browser-requirements/#comment-13696 Why not just browse to the link to the file, transfer the link to your server, then just download it normally from there? Why not just browse to the link to the file, transfer the link to your server, then just download it normally from there?

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