Launch difficulties
We've had a couple of difficulties with the launch of SDK 2.11.0, although thankfully none of them have been with the SDK itself, so far.
First of all, a few people have been reporting problems with the FTP server; such as being told they don't have permission to access /pub, or just having the server time out. I've received enough reports to make it clear that it isn't an isolated issue, however it is intermittent. When I've tried both locally and from a distant shell account the FTP sever has been worked. So, if you've had difficulties, please try again. Also, if you've had difficulties I'd appreciate it if you would post a comment here and let me know when you tried downloading it, and what you were using (CuteFTP, IE, a VAX mainframe, whatever). If your difficulties continue please send me an e-mail and I can send you a copy of the installer as an attachment.
Second, we've had some layout problems here on the blog. The style sheets at Plantronics were tweaked just as we were launching and the layout was seriously harmed. For anyone using IE, all of the text was stuck in one big box with scrollbars. It was both hideously ugly, as well as heartily embarrassing. I apologize to anyone who was trying to read it under those circumstances. I've yanked the style-sheets for the time being in favor of a minimalist substitute for now. It is still a bit buggy, but hopefully readable.
update: Well, it seems the short of it is that the layout doesn't agree with long lines wrapped in <PRE> tags. PRE is short for preformatted and prevents the browser from doing any line wrapping or other adjustments. It keeps sample code indented properly and looking like code. However it plays hob with the layout since the whole point of the tag is to prevent any sort of automatic layout. I'd like to find a better overall solution, but in the near term I think the answer is to not put long lines inside PRE tags.
First of all, a few people have been reporting problems with the FTP server; such as being told they don't have permission to access /pub, or just having the server time out. I've received enough reports to make it clear that it isn't an isolated issue, however it is intermittent. When I've tried both locally and from a distant shell account the FTP sever has been worked. So, if you've had difficulties, please try again. Also, if you've had difficulties I'd appreciate it if you would post a comment here and let me know when you tried downloading it, and what you were using (CuteFTP, IE, a VAX mainframe, whatever). If your difficulties continue please send me an e-mail and I can send you a copy of the installer as an attachment.
Second, we've had some layout problems here on the blog. The style sheets at Plantronics were tweaked just as we were launching and the layout was seriously harmed. For anyone using IE, all of the text was stuck in one big box with scrollbars. It was both hideously ugly, as well as heartily embarrassing. I apologize to anyone who was trying to read it under those circumstances. I've yanked the style-sheets for the time being in favor of a minimalist substitute for now. It is still a bit buggy, but hopefully readable.
update: Well, it seems the short of it is that the layout doesn't agree with long lines wrapped in <PRE> tags. PRE is short for preformatted and prevents the browser from doing any line wrapping or other adjustments. It keeps sample code indented properly and looking like code. However it plays hob with the layout since the whole point of the tag is to prevent any sort of automatic layout. I'd like to find a better overall solution, but in the near term I think the answer is to not put long lines inside PRE tags.
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