[svnbook commit] r2017 - trunk/src/en/book
maxb
svnbook-dev at red-bean.com
Thu Feb 23 04:59:05 CST 2006
Author: maxb
Date: Thu Feb 23 04:59:02 2006
New Revision: 2017
Modified:
trunk/src/en/book/appb.xml
trunk/src/en/book/ch08.xml
Log:
The preferred spelling of the Microsoft WebDAV client appears to be
'Web Folders', not 'Webfolders'. Change everywhere.
* en/book/ch08.xml
* en/book/appb.xml
Modified: trunk/src/en/book/appb.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/src/en/book/appb.xml (original)
+++ trunk/src/en/book/appb.xml Thu Feb 23 04:59:02 2006
@@ -468,7 +468,7 @@
URLs</entry>
</row>
<row>
- <entry>Microsoft Webfolders</entry>
+ <entry>Microsoft Web Folders</entry>
<entry>File-explorer WebDAV extensions</entry>
<entry>GUI file explorer program able to perform tree
operations on a WebDAV share</entry>
@@ -596,23 +596,23 @@
explorer interface.</para>
<sect3 id="svn.webdav.clients.file-explorer-extensions.windows">
- <title>Microsoft Webfolders</title>
+ <title>Microsoft Web Folders</title>
<para>Microsoft was one of the original backers of the WebDAV
specification, and first started shipping a client in Windows
- 98, known as <quote>Webfolders</quote>. This client was also
+ 98, known as <quote>Web Folders</quote>. This client was also
shipped in Windows NT4 and 2000.</para>
- <para>The original Webfolders client was an extension to
+ <para>The original Web Folders client was an extension to
Explorer, the main GUI program used to browse filesystems. It
works well enough. In Windows 98, the feature might need to
- be explicitly installed if Webfolders aren't already visible
+ be explicitly installed if Web Folders aren't already visible
inside <quote>My Computer</quote>. In Windows 2000, simply
add a new <quote>network place</quote>, enter the URL, and the
WebDAV share will pop up for browsing.</para>
<para>With the release of Windows XP, Microsoft started shipping
- a new implementation of Webfolders, known as the <quote>WebDAV
+ a new implementation of Web Folders, known as the <quote>WebDAV
mini-redirector</quote>. The new implementation is a
filesystem-level client, allowing WebDAV shares to be mounted
as drive letters. Unfortunately, this implementation is
@@ -625,11 +625,11 @@
problems are severe and documented in numerous places around
the web, to the frustration of many users. Even Greg Stein,
the original author of Apache's WebDAV module, recommends
- against trying to use XP Webfolders against an Apache
+ against trying to use XP Web Folders against an Apache
server.</para>
<para>It turns out that the original
- <quote>Explorer-only</quote> Webfolders implementation isn't
+ <quote>Explorer-only</quote> Web Folders implementation isn't
dead in XP, it's just buried. It's still possible to find it
by using this technique:</para>
@@ -662,7 +662,7 @@
patchlevels of Windows XP. In our tests, only the previous
algorithm seems to work consistently on every system. The
general consensus of the WebDAV community is that you should
- avoid the new Webfolders implementation and use the old one
+ avoid the new Web Folders implementation and use the old one
instead, and that if you need real a real filesystem-level
client for Windows XP, then use a third-party program like
WebDrive or NetDrive.</para>
Modified: trunk/src/en/book/ch08.xml
==============================================================================
--- trunk/src/en/book/ch08.xml (original)
+++ trunk/src/en/book/ch08.xml Thu Feb 23 04:59:02 2006
@@ -1402,7 +1402,7 @@
<para>A number of operating system file browsers are already able
to mount networked directories using WebDAV. On Win32, the
- Windows Explorer can browse what it calls WebFolders (which are
+ Windows Explorer can browse what it calls Web Folders (which are
just WebDAV-ready network locations) as if they were regular
shared folders. Mac OS X also has this capability, as do the
Nautilus and Konqueror browsers (under GNOME and KDE,
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