Re: Is it me or is tahiti off the air?

Hans Forbrich <news.hans_at_telus.net> wrote in message news:<qJK3d.96442$XP3.36888_at_edtnps84>...
> Joel Garry wrote:
>
> >
> > Today I had real bizarro effects, like corrupted PDF's in the browser
> > on alternate downloads from Tahiti displaying all the characters
> > including the ones that say it is a pdf file, and multiple requests
> > for me to login.
> >
>
> tahiti, or download-west?

Of course, tahiti is just the front-end, download-west had the issues, if I interpreted it correctly. Or perhaps "somewhere else" handles the SSO.

>
> I've been experiencing a lot of delays and time-outs getting anything from
> download-west - about 1/3 of the requests today. Haven't checked the UK
> site yet, though.

Makes one wonder if this is bulletin 68 related, or even something newer.

>
> I never (consciously) use tahiti as I prefer the interface provided by docs.
> IIRC both point to one (or more) of the doc download sites.

I've grown to like tahiti's search, except for the funky way it has to redraw the screen to expand all the stuff found in a doc. The list of docs is pretty handy, too, although if it is something I use regularly, I probably have it local.

jg

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