Web Folders (Bookmark and Navigation issues)

BugByteMan · Post by **BugByteMan** » 2005 Jan 17, 18:43

A couple of issues with Web Folders:

1. I can't use a bookmark when X2 is at a Web Folder location. I have to manually change my location to a drive (either local or network) for the bookmark to work. Also clicking on the title bar of the pane does not change folders - (Status bar states "The CPU could not make any sense of the last input)

2. When navigating to a Web Folder I get the "Copying ..." dialog box. I assume it is only retrieving the file and folder information. One could interpret the dialog box as if it is mirroring the remote site.

Thanks,
BugByteMan

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Jan 18, 09:05

unfortunately i have never tested webfolders myself, i relied on people that said that "it works"

how do these webfolder "paths" look like? If you can't type them in the addressbar, then bookmarks won't work either

the "copying..." dialog means that some file is being fetched. Could it be the one that is previewed?

fgagnon · Post by **fgagnon** » 2005 Jan 18, 11:51

I'd like to help, but not having ever used them either, I'm not qualified; furthermore, I wonder if I want to try using them -- especiallly after a quick search to learn what I might be missing; and finding this article, which suggests using the Mozilla webBrowser instead of IE.
(Personally, for collaborative work if contributors cannot be on same LAN/WAN, I think I'll just stick with email and/or ftp)

PS - I may reconsider if I ever have the need, based on the more positive outlook at WebDAV.org and their FAQ posting, etc.

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Jan 18, 19:48

i've managed to install a webfolder on my w2000
what crap implementation by m$!
to get basic information like size/date the whole file is downloaded (that's why you see those file copy dialogs)

preview doesn't work, and all is muddled

basically the only tolerable use for the moment is to have these folders in plain list view (no details) and sort by name so that at least they'll load "fast". Copy/paste/del seem to work

in the meantime i'll see if things can be improved, but i ain't optimistic...

BugByteMan · Post by **BugByteMan** » 2005 Jan 19, 02:31

Thanks for looking into this.

I think the first issue I pointed out in the original post is more significant:

When a pane is at a web folder, invoking an X2 bookmark does not work at all. Even typing a local path in the folder bar does not work. Neither does clicking on the Drive button.

The only thing I have found that works is clicking on a local drive in the tree.

Let me know your thoughts on this.

Thanks,
BugByteMan

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Jan 19, 09:37

are you using XP or 2000? I've read (in those articles fred mentioned above) that XP do webfolders differently (webDAV something)

BugByteMan · Post by **BugByteMan** » 2005 Jan 19, 16:07

I am using Windows XP Professional (SP1).

The Web Folders are stored on a corporate server.

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Jan 19, 17:51

for 2000, i could do the following:

* set a bookmark for the root webfolder using http://website.com as the path

* type a relative path in the addressbar while browsing the root webfolder and it changed folder correctly

* combine the 2, e.g. a bookmark like http://website.com/subfolder

how are you typing your paths?

sadly, bookmarking is just about all that works in there, the rest are full of intermittent errors or large delays... FTP folders work much better with x2, although themselves leave much to be admired

BugByteMan · Post by **BugByteMan** » 2005 Jan 19, 18:14

I get the following error when I type http://website.com as the path:

The CPU cannot make any sense of the last input

I initially get to the web folder from the "My Network Places" branch of the tree. This takes me to something like:

C:\Documents and Settings\user\NetHood\shared on website.com

Once I get there, I CANNOT leave this location except by clicking on another location in the folder tree. I have tried the following:

1. typing C:\Temp in the address bar
2. clicking on a bookmark that normally takes me to C:\Temp

Thanks,
BugByteMan

Post by **nikos** » 2005 Jan 19, 18:25

XP must be doing it differently then
when you are in the root webfolder, does it work typing relative subfolder names in the addressbar ?

in 2000 i can type c:\temp while in a webfolder and it works fine
a workaround for "escaping" is to press <ctrl+backspace> which will take you to the desktop

i'll have to look into the XP thingy then, if i manage to install webfolders there!

BugByteMan · Post by **BugByteMan** » 2005 Jan 19, 20:53

relative subfolder names work to go into a child folder.

typing .. (to go up one level) takes me up one level from the LAST NON-WEB FOLDER from the panes history.

Quite interesting ...

One additional piece of information (not sure if it is relevant) but the Web Folder I am using requires NT Authentication.