What are most common problems for newbies ?

[Edenyard]

On Tue, 30 May 2000 15:11:39 +0200 (CEST), Richard Menedetter wrote:

> E>    1. Fix memory leak. (Oh yes, it DOES!)
> Which version do you use ??
> 1.61 has fixed a BIG leak ... but maybe there are others left ...
>

   Yes - I use 1.61 and it still leaks. I sent a message a week or two
ago listing a couple of sites that would reliably leak with 1.61.

>
> E>    3. Fix download of .ZIP files so that it isn't necessary to go
> E>       back from a screen full of odd-looking text to the download
> E>       link and click it again to get the 'save to' box up.
> This is NOT an Arachne problem ...
> The server sends the wrong MIME Type ... (usually text/text instead of
> application/octet-stream)
>

   Some of the places from which I download items cause this problem
with 1.61 where they didn't with earlier versions.

>
> E>    5. (Fantasy-land) Make secure ordering possible.
> Do you mean SSL ... would be great ...
>

   I'm not sure what I mean - you know more about it than I do. What
I want to be able to do is to buy things from sites with a credit card
but NOT get the "unsupported protocol" (or whatever) error message
when I try to do so. Is that requiring SSL?

   Hope this clarifies things!

      Ron.