Mail Archives: opendos/1998/11/18/05:37:52
On Sat, 14 Nov 1998 Diego wrote:
> > Has anyone else tested WebSpy in the new beta version?? From the
> > small bit of testing that I have done with it, I am impressed. Setup
> > was fast, easy and painless.
> Uh, well, not really painless. At least, I couldn't make it work with my
> already configured packet drivers :-(((
I doubt this is actually related to your problem, but since your
description is not more specific, just let me tell you what problem
I ran into using DR-WebSpyder 2.0(a), 2.1 BETA 1 and BETA 2 (but
not the DR-WebSpyder 2.0 BETA), and how to solve it.
One odd thing to try if you are using a keyboard driver (like KEYB)
and don t get access to your account:
Enter your account password(s) only by using the SoftKeyboard (ALT+K),
since unfortunately DR-WebSpyder takes over control of the keyboard
and thereby defaults to the US keyboard layout, ignoring any keyboard
driver loaded in DOS.
Since you ll have no visual feedback when entering passwords (****),
it s almost impossible to correctly type in cryptic passwords with a
localized keyboard (with the keycaps not matching). I found this to
be overlooked often, and people (including myself ;-) have not been
able to login to their account for this simple reason...
Although there s always room for improvements and there are still
bugs, I otherwise found few *serious* problems to set it up correctly.
DR-WebSpyder 2.1 BETA 2 page rendering is better than in BETA 1, but
I very much prefer the BETA 1 icons on the navigation bar.
To those who still use DR-WebSpyder 2.0, please have a look at the
new user interface (of the desktop and TV variant). I am really
impressed by the rate of improvements in this little time.
Matthias
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