Hong Xu wrote: > >>>> I noticed that vim website now uses something from google. However, > >>>> google is often blocked in China, and when google is blocked, vim > >>>> website also becomes inaccessible (when opening the vim website, the > >>>> status bar of firefox always says "connecting to www.google.com", but > >>>> the page is not completely shown). I don't know much about web things, > >>>> but could this be fixed? > >>> > >>> Has this started a few weeks ago? That could be the +1 button. > >>> > >>> If you can load the page itself, then it should show up, perhaps with a > >>> few parts not filled in. I can't imagine how part of the page could be > >>> missing. Can you fetch the HTML with wget and look at it? > >>> > >> > >> Yes, this problem started a few weeks ago, and I just ignored it before. > >> > >> In fact, the page will finally be loaded completely, but it won't > >> complete if Google is in a blocked state. See an example here: > >> > >> > >> > >> |---------------------------| Google blocked state > >> |---------------------| Visit state > >> 0min 1min 5min > >> > >> Google is blocked at 0 min, and I started to visit vim.org at 1 min. > >> Then I have to wait until 5min, when Google is unblocked by the GFW (the > >> Great Fire Wall, which causes Google to be blocked often). Since Google > >> is not always blocked, I can visit vim.org normally at most time (it's > >> not that "most", about 20% of the time Google is blocked here) when > >> Google is not blocked. > >> > >> As shown above, the problem is, is it possible for me, and other vim > >> fans from P.R.China, to always access vim.org normally without disabling > >> the Google features? > > > > Did you try blocking just apis.google.com? Most things still work then. > > > > Yes, if apis.google.com is blocked, most things works, without the "+1" > button. But I don't think this is the best solution, since anyone cannot > use apis.google.com related features on vim.org and other websites. > Don't you think?
The only alternative I see is removing that +1 button. But I would think it's useful. Thus blocking apis.google.com for the few people that have problems with it appears to be the best workaround. -- hundred-and-one symptoms of being an internet addict: 80. At parties, you introduce your spouse as your "service provider." /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
