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Ward 2011-05-18 09:20 AM

Network connection lost searching Alsoft support database
 
Using OmniWeb 5.11 on Mac OS X 10.6.7, I'm unable to use the Search feature of [URL="http://supportdb.alsoft.com:591/FMPro?-db=AlsoftSupport&-lay=Main&-format=AlsoftSupport-search.html&-view"]Alsoft Support Database[/URL] because every search instantly reports "Cannot Load Address - The network connection was lost."

Search works fine in Safari 5.0.5 and Firefox 4.0.1.

Having OmniWeb spoof as Safari 5.0.3 or Firefox 3.0.1 don't help.

Is there any way to determine whether to point the bug finger at OmniWeb or the Alsoft website?

-- Ward

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whpalmer4 2011-05-18 09:27 AM

Well, I just successfully searched for "diskwarrior" there, so it apparently isn't a 100% reliable failure, if it is OmniWeb's fault. That said, I was just trying to post a comment at [URL="http://macsparky.com"]MacSparky[/URL]'s website, and kept getting that same error message most times when I clicked on Preview or Submit, but hadn't gotten around to trying from a different browser. Whatever the root cause, it is frustrating (especially when one loses the text of the post)...

Ward 2011-05-18 10:03 AM

[QUOTE=whpalmer4;97651]Well, I just successfully searched for "diskwarrior" there, so it apparently isn't a 100% reliable failure, if it is OmniWeb's fault.[/QUOTE]
I just tried the same search, getting the same error as before. Hmmm.

[QUOTE=whpalmer4;97651]That said, I was just trying to post a comment at [URL="http://macsparky.com"]MacSparky[/URL]'s website, and kept getting that same error message most times when I clicked on Preview or Submit, but hadn't gotten around to trying from a different browser. Whatever the root cause, it is frustrating (especially when one loses the text of the post)...[/QUOTE]
The School of Hard Knocks taught me long ago to save a copy of carefully written prose before submitting a form. I've used a variety of techniques, with simplicity and speed being the prime goal. These days I use [URL="http://www.wonderwarp.com/shovebox/"]Shovebox[/URL], which accepts text dragged to a menu bar icon. A free alternative is to drag a text clipping to a "clippings" folder on your Desktop.

-- Ward

whpalmer4 2011-05-18 10:44 AM

[QUOTE=Ward;97655]
The School of Hard Knocks taught me long ago to save a copy of carefully written prose before submitting a form. [/QUOTE]
Yeah, I was just lecturing my sweetie on this very matter yesterday as she wrote a letter to the school principal in Yahoo's webmail window :-) But in my case, it was just a quick note, decided to gussy it up a bit with some HTML, went to check my work, and poof! Gone. Undeterred, I wrote the post again, put the HTML in before trying to preview, copied link and posting to the OF quick entry box, and the @##@% thing failed again! At least I still have the bits to email to my buddy MacSparky, maybe with a picture of a brick and a broken window :-)

timly 2011-11-29 06:15 AM

[QUOTE=whpalmer4;97660]Yeah, I was just lecturing my sweetie on this very matter yesterday as she wrote a letter to the school principal in Yahoo's webmail window :-) But in my case, it was just a quick note, decided to gussy it up a bit with some HTML, went to check my work, and poof! Gone. Undeterred, I wrote the post again, put the HTML in before trying to preview, copied link and posting to the OF quick entry box, and the @##@% thing failed again! At least I still have the bits to email to my buddy MacSparky, maybe with a picture of a brick and a broken window :-)[/QUOTE]
What you teach?
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whpalmer4 2011-11-29 08:45 AM

[QUOTE=timly;104531]What you teach?[/QUOTE]

Applied Hard Knocks 101 :-)

Ward 2012-06-19 05:57 AM

The School of Hard Knocks
 
From [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_of_Hard_Knocks"]Wikipedia[/URL]:

"The School of Hard Knocks or University of Hard Knox is an idiomatic phrase meaning the (sometimes painful) education one gets from life's usually negative experiences, often contrasted with formal education."


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