[Info-vax] This just in -- Update to Bootcamp Trip report

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-10-21 kl. 13:32, skrev VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG:
> In article <nubkfm$c76$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>> Den 2016-10-20 kl. 21:36, skrev VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG:
>>> In article <nub5m2$k7$6 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>>>> Den 2016-10-20 kl. 21:14, skrev VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG:
>>>>> SO...
>>>>>
>>>>> Was anything earth shattering discussed?  I tried asking a question but I
>>>>> believe the Chrome app still wasn't functioning or I was just ignored.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> I asked (about IBM MQ support) and it took like 30 minutes before
>>>> Parsec even found out how to find the questions at all. :-)
>>>>
>>>> But after that most (all?) questions was replied to. What is earth
>>>> shattering to me might not be earth shattering for someone else.
>>>>
>>>>> There used to be a time when VMS information was *FREELY* shared with the
>>>>> community.
>>>>
>>>> You mean before the internet? I find information to be more accessable
>>>> today than in those times.
>>>>
>>>>> Now we restrict it to people running WEENDOZE.
>>>>
>>>> Probably not a "restriction" for most people. But yes, it would
>>>> be expected that the tools do run using normal browsers on normal
>>>> and common platforms.
>>>
>>> Well, Google is the new anti-christ forcing you into they parochial view of
>>> the internet just like Micro$oft with WEENDOZE and Internet Exploited tried.
>>>
>>> I've watched live events on YouTube with Safari and Firefox on both Linux and
>>> Android -- Google's hope for OS dominance.  I don't see any need to have this
>>> Citrix stuff downloaded from the net and then, to install it I have to assume
>>> that it's safe to run and check off popups to do so on both OSX and Android.
>>> Linux seemed to assume it was trustworthy. ;)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> Now, the session was recorded so my guess is
>>>> that it will be available at the Parsec site for later listening.
>>>
>>> In a WEENDOZE-only proprietary format no doubt.
>>>
>>> It would have been nice/smart to have a test of this *technology* <rolleyes>
>>> well before the actual event.
>>>
>>
>> Then why didn't you? Did you expect someone else to do your testing?
>>
>> In the mail sent out there is a line saying "Before joining, be sure
>> to *check system requirements* to avoid any connection issues."
>> with a link to a test page.
>
> The *test page* said OS, browser and my internet connection all passed the *test
> page*'s scrutiny.  However, the real thing did not function.
>
>
>
>> And here are the "System Requirements for Attendees":
>> http://support.citrixonline.com/en_US/Webinar/help_files/G2W010003
>>
>> Note the part with "Join from a web browser (no download required)".
>> That might work if you have some unsupported client.
>
> I went BEYOND the call of duty.  I didn't work with Safari and Firefox on OSX,
> so I tried Firefox on Linux.  I even updated FF on Linux fro 49.0 to 49.0.1 in
> hopes that it would help.  I then resorted to Chrome on my Android tablet only
> to get Citrux complaints there too.  I wasted two hours of my life trying to
> join this event â-- two hours I will never have back.  I was constantly email-
> ing Parsec throughout this too.
>
> I've been sharing video, LOTS OF VIDEO, without any issue, and I can view all
> of it with ALL of the afformentioned.  I'm even looking into doing live video
> of a rocket launch but I doubt I'll obtain the bandwidth I'll need out in the
> middle of the launch site.  It'll be YouTube, most likely, not Citrux because
> I would prefer people see it.
>

OK, right... :-)

Anyway, seems to have been working just OK for the 100+ attending, incl me.

I guess there is a limit in the time someone can spend to verify every
possible non-standard (that is, non-Windows) client environment.