pdf's of Acts
David Biggins
David_Biggins at usermgmt.com
Sat, 30 Nov 2002 11:16:41 -0000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roland Perry [mailto:roland@linx.net]
> Sent: 30 November 2002 07:12
> To: ukcrypto@chiark.greenend.org.uk
> Subject: Re: pdf's of Acts
>
>
> In message <3DE838F6.5070409@algroup.co.uk>, Ben Laurie
> <ben@algroup.co.uk> writes
> >The PDF plugin uses HTTP's ability to request parts of pages
> to allow
> >it to render before the PDF is complete. I know we've had to
> fix bugs
> >in Apache (years ago) related to this. Have you ever checked what
> >server software gives the problems?
>
> I've had the problem with my own sites (which run Apache) but
> even then, some seemingly identical client/OS PCs were broken
> and others
> weren't. We never did get to the bottom of it, but the very
> small number
> of external complaints made us think it must be some kind of
> "it's your
> setup" client issue.
Based on what I said earlier, about how it either happens a lot, or pretty
well never, to particular users and machines, I'm inclined to agree - or
(worse) it could be a combination of client setup and server version.
## dave ##