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Re: Sundial Feedback 2007
I noticed that the page would die if the connection was lost, and I had to refresh the page, bringing me back to the event/team selection page. Not a big deal, but it seems that there should be a "Connection lost. Repair?"-type button when the connection is lost. I don't know that much about JavaScript or I'd try it myself. Other funky things happened when the connection was dropped, too.
Also, the local copy of The Blue Alliance's site was having some horrid scripting issues. There were lists of errors as the pages loaded. Everything seemed to function other than that.
Whoever added the PDF generator feature to the match list is my hero. Saved me from the DoS issues with the APs--the moment I got a connection, I went to the match listings and pulled down the PDF.
Overall, Sundial is a great piece of work! The Blue Alliance stuff made it all the better.
I wonder if we shouldn't encourage teams to use Sundial network as the scouting backbone--connect their scouting servers to it and connect whatever clients to it that they are using. Tell teams not to set up their own access points, and find the ones that do and shut them down (NetStumbler is a good thing). That would eliminate the need for powerful APs. As far as the DoS, I don't know what to do. I don't know enough about networks to know, but is it possible to figure out the IP or MAC address of an offending machine? I am sure all of us would be willing to go so far as to register our MAC address at Pit Admin if that would help.
This is a cool service that will be nice as it keeps growing. Keep up the good work!
JBot
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