- From: Julian Reschke <julian.reschke@gmx.de>
- Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2007 17:54:55 +0200
- To: Konstantin Breu <Konstantin.Breu@gmx.net>
- CC: 'Wilfred Nilsen' <wilfrednilsen@hotmail.com>, w3c-dist-auth@w3.org
Konstantin Breu wrote: > Generally: I wonder how "important" the mini-redirector is... is it > important to test a webdav server with it? Or is it more likely that users > are using the web folder client? The web folder client is gone in Vista. > One point: The documentation could mention the User-Agent-Strings of the > clients (web folder, mini-redirector,...). Or the wikepedia page ;-). > > At my systems (Win XP), I was not able to use the mini-redirector (net use * > ) so far. When I connect to WebDAV servers, I do not get a drive letter. > Except I use WebDrive, or something like that. But not by using Office, > Internet Explorer (open as web folder) or Windows Explorer (Add Network > Resource). > > The documentation says that Web folder client is the old one, and that the > WebDAV Mini-Redirector is the "next generation" client. The reader could > read that as "web folder client old, bad", "mini-redirector, new, good"... ...where the opposite is true :-) > But Microsoft offered an update of the web folder client in May. So it's not > outdated or deprecated. And I wonder in which situations my system would use > the mini-redirector. Well, your documentation only describes the net use * > method for using the mini-redirector... which means that all other "normal" > ways of connection perhaps use the other client. Right? Hard to say. In XP, IE defaults to mini-redirector, and falls back to web folders when the mini redirector fails (that's why hacks like appending an ":80" to the host name changes the behaviour). In Vista, things have changed; but I'm not sure exactly how. > ... Best regards, Julian
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