in reply to [OT] Online 'Bookshelves', does it work?

I'll tell you my experience with Safari. I signed up to look thru a bunch of Perl books. The site worked well. I started to flip thru the chapters of the books, like I was just casually flipping thru "books in hand". I received an email from them saying that I was getting pages "too fast" and might be a robot, and if it happened again, I would be kicked off safari. I just unsubscribed. I guess they are trying to prevent people from downloading the books. I'm wondering why they just don't sell online versions of the books, at an attractive price. ( I guess it's a rhetorical question, :-) ; copies would pop up on Russian sites within days.
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Re: Re: [OT] Online 'Bookshelves', does it work?
by chromatic (Archbishop) on Apr 06, 2003 at 21:16 UTC

    If you run into the spider throttler again during normal use, Safari tech support might be interested to hear what happened. They're always trying to reduce false positives.

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Re: Re: [OT] Online 'Bookshelves', does it work?
by Anonymous Monk on Apr 06, 2003 at 22:55 UTC

    I've been subscribed since safari started, read well over 100 books, and have never had this problem. Try using the index on the left side of the page instead. I don't see any advantage to clicking "Next" rapidly.

    copies would pop up on Russian sites within days.

    I'd like to see your evidence backing this stereotype. Let me guess, you don't have any. How nice to see.

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      copies would pop up on Russian sites within days. I'd like to see your evidence backing this stereotype. Let me guess, you don't have any. How nice to see.

      Well all you have to do is go to google and search for "Perl bookshelf ru" and you'll find them. Why should put links to these sites in my post?

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