Game Development

I have to move on. I can't stay with you forever. I'm just not good
enough for you. I really hope that we can stay friends and at least
try and forget. It's hurting me as much as it's hurting me. Trust me.
I'm not changing my mind this time

i especially like this part

"It's hurting me as much as it's hurting me"

thedaian

11:26 PM

seriously, you'll find someone else who is better and more awesome

Developer_Aaron

yeah i really dont care atm

im just pissed

i think i used up works download limit :S

thedaian

good job

Developer_Aaron

:D its painfully slow now

no no its all good

phew

thedaian

turns out someone else was downloading unity

justnS

its funny how women often want to stay friends after ripping your heart out

Developer_Aaron

11:30 PM

fuck yeah

John McDonald

heh, yeah

Developer_Aaron

'i have about 5 exes as "friends"

justnS

any webdevs here?

Developer_Aaron

kinda why\

justnS

just got a regulatory requirement pushed onto us. Have to ensure the user is able to view PDF's before accepting a specific T&C

trying to figure out a way to do that.

John McDonald

11:33 PM

hah, what?

Developer_Aaron

so your saying that they have to open the pdf document before they can have the option to accept the T&C

justnS

user has the option have receiving digital statements.

statements are stored as PDFs

Developer_Aaron

ok

thedaian

ahhh, so it's something like "check to make sure the user can open the PDFs"

justnS

yeah

John McDonald

11:35 PM

And you have to make sure that they have a PDF reader of some kind on their machine and working before allowing them to download it?

justnS

apparently other banks have been getting fined for allowing users to enroll in eStatements and not checking to ensure they can view them

Developer_Aaron

ohhh now i get you

thedaian

well. i know that recent versions of Chrome support PDF reading

justnS

yeah, AFAIK, chrome is the only one

John McDonald

FF was working on it too if I recall

thedaian

11:36 PM

the only other option i can see would be to tell the user to download a "test" PDF and be like "if you can read this, congrats"

justnS

@thedaian yeah, thats kinda the route I'm thinking.

John McDonald

that seems just silly though

justnS

yes, yes it does

Jimmy

you could put a link in the PDF

thedaian

maybe embed a link in the PDF they download that then lets them access the "turn into e-banking" option....

it's a horrible, HORRIBLE hacky method of doing it

John McDonald

11:37 PM

heh, yeah

Jimmy

but IIRC the user may be able to view PDFs but not have the ability to follow links in PDFs

thedaian

but it's the only route i can see to solve the problem

John McDonald

Or have a PDF with a "code" in it

justnS

yeah

the only other option I could think of was putting a tokenin the PDF

yeah, exactly @JohnMcDonald

thedaian

(PDF that can somehow write cookies)

Developer_Aaron

11:38 PM

yeah if they cant follow links in pdf's honestly they shouldent be on a comp just sayin

John McDonald

@thedaian I would say no, and switch banks

thedaian

haha

Jimmy

@DeveloperAaron, sometimes the security settings on a computer will prevent you from opening a browser from a PDFS

justnS

you wouldn't believe the stuff I've seen come down the line as a result of OCC findings

Developer_Aaron

awww true but then its just a matter of changing the settings

Jimmy

11:39 PM

it can be a security thing, since a lot of windows vulnerabilities come from PDF exploits

thedaian

the autogenerated "security code" approach could work even better.

Jimmy

@DeveloperAaron: in a lot of settings, the user can't change the settings. they are put there by the admins.

justnS

yeah. If we actually have to 100% ensure they have the ability to view PDFs, doing a token in a file may fit the bill...

thedaian

@DeveloperAaron and sometimes, the computers are locked down to the point where you CAN'T change the settings

Developer_Aaron

wtf thats skrewed if u ask me

thedaian

11:40 PM

"enter this code [12345] to accept the terms and conditions"

Developer_Aaron

ive never been outside of admin permissions so yeah

thedaian

@DeveloperAaron you are the 1% :P

Developer_Aaron

yay

thedaian

#occupyusersettings!

justnS

However, legal is checking to see if we can just re-re-reiterate the need for a PDF viewer and provide a link to DL it if needed.

Developer_Aaron

11:41 PM

cause im a ninja

justnS

anyone work in a dev setting with 'interesting' regulations?

Developer_Aaron

nah

John McDonald

nope, I have full admin, yay!

thedaian

"do you have a pdf viewer? check this box"
"are you SURE you have a pdf viewer"
"no, really, we mean it, are you 100% sure you have a pdf viewer?"

Developer_Aaron

@thedaian nice :D thats original

justnS

11:42 PM

Oh, so you mean go the Vista route?

Developer_Aaron

brb fellas

John McDonald

@justnS lol

thedaian

i had a job where the computers were locked down horribly (it wasn't a dev job, though. and i still managed to write a html page with a blackjack game on it, and draw things with MS paint)

justnS

haha, well done

Developer_Aaron

got to love html

thedaian

11:45 PM

i also found i could get around the "internet blocking" by going to the IP addresses of sites

justnS

ok ladies, I'm headed home.

have a good one

thedaian

good luck with the pdfs