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Subject: Re: All praise it, but I have a better thing to say
Author: Xavier Roche
Date: 10/06/2002 18:48
 
> It is a great product, but it could do better.  I will 
show
> some cases that this product will NOT WORK.

:)

> Here's my 2 cents:  For form based authen, it uses cookies
> file and proxie capture.  However, a good site only have
> cookies for session (in memory, so no file can be copied),
> and proxy case, the website prevent login twice with a 
same
> session (planted before login).  Thirdly, sometimes, you
> login (using form based), then browse to some link before
> you want to start download from there.  These 3 cases 
WON'T
> work.

Yes, rather complex cases..

>  So I suggest this product to provide some browsing
> support, and user will just browse, login, and start to
> indicate a link as his/her target of download.  Yes, 
provide
> a webbrowser in side this product so you don't have to
> delegate into the 3rd party browser or some proxy which 
does
> not work that well.

Humm, this would be beyond the scope of a browser like 
httrack ; and rather complex to implement (I mean, the code 
won't be complex ; but this would involve some ugly 
Internet Explorer SDK and other COM+ technologies that I 
don't --and don't want-- really master)
 
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