separate Full Disclosure

[cicus]

I would still like to have a separate download for FD, e.g. in the form of a zip file which contains only bidedit.exe. Here is why: since I have been upgrading BBO with the new versions that include FD, login times have increased so much that I get a 'connection lost, please login again' message before I could even log in!

I would like to revert to the public version of BBO (4.4.2 or so) while still having the possibility to edit my CC with FD.

 

BTW, login times have been extremely long on my computer anyway. It takes almost 2 minutes (!!) to login even with the latest public release of BBO. I don't understand this, can it be some firewall problem? I don't use any additional firewall program only the Windows XP built-in firewall.

 

Some suggestions here would be appreciated.

 

Gábor

[inquiry]

a seperate bidedit file is downloaded and installed in the bridgebase online direcotry. If you want to run it stand alone, go to that directory and click on it, or create a shortcut to it.

[fred]

I would still like to have a separate download for FD, e.g. in the form of a zip file which contains only bidedit.exe. Here is why: since I have been upgrading BBO with the new versions that include FD, login times have increased so much that I get a 'connection lost, please login again' message before I could even log in!

I would like to revert to the public version of BBO (4.4.2 or so) while still having the possibility to edit my CC with FD.

 

BTW, login times have been extremely long on my computer anyway. It takes almost 2 minutes (!!) to login even with the latest public release of BBO. I don't understand this, can it be some firewall problem? I don't use any additional firewall program only the Windows XP built-in firewall.

 

Some suggestions here would be appreciated.

 

Gábor

It is very unlikely (I would say impossible but...) that your connection problems are directly related to the version of BBO you have.

 

If it really is the case that recent versions of BBO are causing connection problems then the proper solution is to fix the problem (as opposed to separating FD which will cause other problems).

 

If you want us to help figure out the cause of your connection problems, please send me an e-mail (fred@bridgebase.com) and make sure to include your user ID on BBO. If you know how to send me a traceroute, please do so (otherwise I will send you instructions for how to do this).

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

[cicus]

a seperate bidedit file is downloaded and installed in the bridgebase online direcotry. If you want to run it stand alone, go to that directory and click on it, or create a shortcut to it.

If bidedit comes only together with BBO, I can get new versions of bidedit only by upgrading the whole BBO program. That is exactly what I would like to avoid until my connection problem is present.

A solution may be that after upgrading BBO I reinstall an old BBO version.

 

Gábor

[fred]

That would do the trick.

 

Fred Gitelman

Bridge Base Inc.

www.bridgebase.com

[uday]

For now.

 

I am unwilling to believe, without more than this, that a new version produces bad connections when the underlying code has not changed in 1+ year.

 

It is more likely that your PC/Hardware/ISP/ or some ISP inbetween you and us has chosen this time to act out. I am aggressively phasing out older versions. In a few days, I will block versions prior to 3.99 from logging in. Thus, trying to run an older version is not a sustainable answer. In a few months it too will stop working .

[cicus]

For now.

 

I am unwilling to believe, without more than this, that a new version produces bad connections when the underlying code has not changed in 1+ year.

 

It is more likely that your PC/Hardware/ISP/ or some ISP inbetween you and us has chosen this time to act out. I am aggressively phasing out older versions. In a few days, I will block versions prior to 3.99 from logging in. Thus, trying to run an older version is not a sustainable answer. In a few months it too will stop working .

I am unwilling to believe this too. In the meantime Fred was so kind as to try to track down my problem. We are in the middle of this procedure now.

 

I don't know for how long this keeps happening. My wife says there were no such big delays when we began with BBO (that was around the middle of last year). But she is not sure either.

 

As far as I can recall we had normal login times at the beginning. Then a BBO update came out saying it should solve the slow connection times for those having dial-up connections (we have ADSL). Interestingly, from then on login times have been slower for us.

 

I don't remember when I first observed the strange behaviour that is currently on. It goes like this:

1. The first login is extremely slow, it takes about 2 minutes (during this time the usual blue box is displayed). Recently it even results in a message that connection has been lost, please log in again.

2. Subsequent logins are fast, almost immediate. The BBO start screen builds up in only a few seconds.

3. Now comes the surprise: exiting BBO and waiting for about 2 hours (I have not yet determined the time exactly), login takes 2 minutes again. But only once, subsequent logins are again immediate.

 

I feel that all this has basically nothing to do with your recent upgrades of the software. It must be something with my PC or with my ISP.

 

I only published my observations here in the hope someone has already had this kind of experience and can give me a clue. I emphasize I don't expect the BBO staff to waste their time on this. I can use BBO all right without any problems after I have logged in.

 

Gabor Szots

(cicus on BBO)