January 22, 2003, 00:41
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Attachments debate
I think the only point of allowing an attachment type is to allow them to be rendered right on the spot in the browser. I completely hate rendering PDF documents in my browser, the plug-in takes years and it can crash Windows if I do it there.
There is no point of allowing some kind of attachment if it is to be downloaded first. Archiving the file first saves bandwidth, - bandwidth is what we don't have, not CPU cycles.
My suggestion is to only allow image files and archive files to be attached. A partial exception could be made for plain text files. Other extensions are simply not required.
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January 22, 2003, 00:47
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My only opinion is that I don't think it really matters and that mp3 should be allowed in place of wav.
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January 22, 2003, 01:25
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Re: Attachments debate
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Originally posted by Urban Ranger
Other extensions are simply not required.
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That could hurt the demo games.........
Also, I think its all fine.
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January 22, 2003, 05:45
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Can't you configure your browser not to automatically render filetypes you don't want it to?
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January 22, 2003, 09:35
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.wav files are out of date so we should replace them with mp3s.
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January 22, 2003, 12:18
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i never saw an attached PDF, does it automatically display?
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January 22, 2003, 13:09
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I dunno, lets see. I would assume not, since only picture files (not .txt) render in the browser:
Edit: There you go. Though it could still use the icon I provided in the other thread...
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January 22, 2003, 13:42
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So I'm confused. Somebody explain UR's gripe.
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January 22, 2003, 15:17
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He thinks everyone should zip everything they attatch except pictures.
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January 22, 2003, 15:22
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Boo! hiss!
Burn the herretic!
I want my attachements to stay  
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January 22, 2003, 15:56
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Originally posted by ixnay
He thinks everyone should zip everything they attatch except pictures.
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Aaahhh. I reread his post. His gripe is not that automatic rendering screws things up, but that the only reason to attach a non-archive is to make it renderable (?) in the browser.
I think I and others were confused on this point earlier.
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January 23, 2003, 12:35
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UR does have a point about Pedia files, they do crash windows sometimes.
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January 23, 2003, 20:06
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Leave it as a choice for the end-user. If UR doesn't want to render it in his browser, he has the option of downloading the file instead (or just to ignore the attachment). If Billybob Johnson wants to have the file rendered in his browser, then he can.
The point is there is nothing to gain by taking away options for others.
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