On Mon, 30 Dec 2002 12:16:44 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) wrote:
> Hi Samuel! > 23 Dec 2002, "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > SH> Is it just a mechanism for calling a routine compiled into the main > SH> browser program? > yes > SH> Is this routine nothing more than a quite ordinary FTP > SH> program that Bill Gates probably stole from somebody else? > FTP and HTTP are completely different protocols !!! > HTTP upload is a feature specified in the HTTP RFC that makes it possible to > send files from the client to the server. > FTP has *NOTHING* to do with it !!!!!!!!! > SH> The Micro$oft brainwashed techies think that "http upload" or "browser > SH> upload" is something truly different, > and they are 100% right OK, so they are right in this case. They would have had much more credibility with me if they had simply explained it. I don't like their "It_is_true_because_I_said_so" attitude because we know they are often wrong about many things. > SH> and something that uses the latest and greatest protocols that are > SH> needed for negotiating with all the web sites incorporating the latest > SH> Micro$oft "standards". > has nothing to do with microsoft. > I have used it with a little project under linux, and it was VERY handy, and > saved me much work. Yep, Glenn explained this recently. He said that he plans to incorporate HTTP upload in a future users' edition of Arachne. Maybe the two protocols have to be different because they use different ports. Sam Heywood -- Message sent by Net-Mail Pro (DOS). See http://www.nettamer.net/xagent.html
