On Wednesday 09 June 2004 10:40, you wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 09, 2004 at 09:57:09AM +0300, Shlomi Fish wrote:
> > <<<
> > An error occurred while loading webdav://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/:
> >
> > The file or folder webdav://svn.collab.net/repos/svn/trunk/ does not
> > exist.
>
> You have /usr/share/services/webdav.protocol, right? (Should be in
> kdebase.)
I do.
> You're accessing it from a KDE application, right?
Yes, I'm accessing it from Konqueror.
>
> > Besides, I'd never would have guessed that that's what I need to do. And
> > neither would most other people who don't RTFM or STFW.
>
> So give them a "webdav://" link on the IGLU home page. If FTP wasn't
> a known protocol, people wouldn't "guess" FTP either. I hope kids
> in 5 years wouldn't "guess" FTP...
You assume that people would follow the link, or even notice it, etc. That's
something one cannot assume because of the fact that when dealing with
user-interfaces, people usually don't read what's displayed on the screen.
The IGLU Frontpage is crowded enough with links that are not too large, as it
is, and I find it hard to believe someone will notice another one.
I recall that I tried accessing mirror.hamakor.org.il with FTP, just because I
was used to the fact that such mirrors have FTP services. I was dismayed to
discover I couldn't connect to it using FTP, and had to settle with HTTP.
People are used to FTPing into mirror sites, and it's a well-accepted
convention that they do, and people are going to try that.
Regards,
Shlomi Fish
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