Re: M$loth messes with our sites (again) 2004/02/03
This WebDNA talk-list message is from 2004
It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 56439
interpreted = N
texte = On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Clint Davis wrote: > I had to move to a cookie-based system. > > 1. Visitors log in using a form. > 2. I check their info against Users.db. > 3a. If it's correct, I set a cookie that must be present to access any other > page on the site. > 3b. If it's incorrect, I send them back to the form with an error. hi Clint... thanks... thought about it too. and this is probably the solution.... but here is the thing... the old method didn't work properly for explorers on windows anyway. after putting the correct combination the user windows/explorer user was getting the the pop up anyway. however after putting the correct combination again they usually were saving the user/pass combination for 'this site' in the browser so they wont have to do that ever again. just go to their book-marked product page and order. people on any other browser on any decent OS have to enter their user/pass combination every time but those were a very small percentage so the client was cool with that - they belong to that group - all on macs (they weren't seeing the popup so they were happy). with the cookie code the user's browser wont remember the user/pass combination and the client will get a lot more emails or phone calls from people who don't remember their password which in turn they'll turn to us. a bit rather cumbersome process... the whole reminder/editing of passwords stuff was scraped by this client 5-6 years ago when the site was originally build - financial reasons. now i have to explain them that because of ms's own low brain power they have to pay a lot more and i have to sit and write the cookies code instead of coding something more interesting... i bet at the end they'll choose to just use the 'annoying' pop up they so much didn't wanted... and the whole this big deal will die with me going through a lot of talk and explanation and at the and no real profit or satisfaction at all - just an unhappy client. and all because of ms... thanks.... > > > On 2/27/04 7:26 PM, "Kalin Mintchev"
wrote: > > > > > hi... > > > > this was a thread that how ms is screwing up their browser. > > i hope all the people using that company's products and operating systems > > are feeling very secure now.... for another week.... > > > > so. i have a very busy site that people with the 'new' browser are already > > having problems accessing because of that 'improvement'. i was wondering > > if somebody found a way of getting around this problem... > > > > the explanation about their objects on their site are total bluff and > > useless to me... > > > > any help will be appreciated.. > > > > thanks... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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On Sat, 28 Feb 2004, Clint Davis wrote: > I had to move to a cookie-based system. > > 1. Visitors log in using a form. > 2. I check their info against Users.db. > 3a. If it's correct, I set a cookie that must be present to access any other > page on the site. > 3b. If it's incorrect, I send them back to the form with an error. hi Clint... thanks... thought about it too. and this is probably the solution.... but here is the thing... the old method didn't work properly for explorers on windows anyway. after putting the correct combination the user windows/explorer user was getting the the pop up anyway. however after putting the correct combination again they usually were saving the user/pass combination for 'this site' in the browser so they wont have to do that ever again. just go to their book-marked product page and order. people on any other browser on any decent OS have to enter their user/pass combination every time but those were a very small percentage so the client was cool with that - they belong to that group - all on macs (they weren't seeing the popup so they were happy). with the cookie code the user's browser wont remember the user/pass combination and the client will get a lot more emails or phone calls from people who don't remember their password which in turn they'll turn to us. a bit rather cumbersome process... the whole reminder/editing of passwords stuff was scraped by this client 5-6 years ago when the site was originally build - financial reasons. now i have to explain them that because of ms's own low brain power they have to pay a lot more and i have to sit and write the cookies code instead of coding something more interesting... i bet at the end they'll choose to just use the 'annoying' pop up they so much didn't wanted... and the whole this big deal will die with me going through a lot of talk and explanation and at the and no real profit or satisfaction at all - just an unhappy client. and all because of ms... thanks.... > > > On 2/27/04 7:26 PM, "Kalin Mintchev" wrote: > > > > > hi... > > > > this was a thread that how ms is screwing up their browser. > > i hope all the people using that company's products and operating systems > > are feeling very secure now.... for another week.... > > > > so. i have a very busy site that people with the 'new' browser are already > > having problems accessing because of that 'improvement'. i was wondering > > if somebody found a way of getting around this problem... > > > > the explanation about their objects on their site are total bluff and > > useless to me... > > > > any help will be appreciated.. > > > > thanks... > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to > the mailing list . > To unsubscribe, E-mail to: > To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to > Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/ > ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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