We were happy enough to go with the SNI solution. We don't have mobile users on our web interface, and we are yet to receive a complaint from an irate Windows XP user.
We detect what browser and OS a client has, and if it's not SNI friendly we show them a warning: http://imgur.com/a/Axzur As you can see from the table in the above link even on XP you have options (via other browsers that suck less). On 19 July 2012 15:54, GAEfan <ken...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Cayden, >> > > Thank you for responding, as this is an extremely important issue. > Google has always stated their objective was to make the internet better, > faster, easier. However, this SSL solution is a less-than-expected > solution. > > 1) Charging $99/month for an acceptable solution puts a real roadblock in > the SSL chain. Shouldn't Google want to make SSL ubiquitous, as part of > their objective? $99/year is more of an acceptable rate, though still > about double what it should be. $1200/year prices SSL out of the budget > for smaller apps, and seems usurious. > 2) I, too, think you are downplaying the incompatibility of the SNI > solution. I believe that somewhere near 15% of visitors cannot use the SNI > solution. We are not willing to block even 1% of our visitors. We pay > Google AdWords too much to get them, just to turn them away again. I > cannot believe Google would even consider SNI is an acceptable solution, > turning away web visitors. > 3) Detecting browsers and redirecting is a waste of resources. > 4) Serving insecure content (when security is warranted) is unacceptable. > 5) Breaking the security chain without informing the visitor is > unacceptable. > 6) Detecting browsers, and serving up a "Go away and download a better > browser" message is absurd! Talk about giving the visitor a negative > impression of your site. > > In summary, SNI is a poor solution, and not up to Google standards. VIP > is a fine solution, but priced absurdly. > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Google App Engine" group. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/google-appengine/-/rbFBHQ4R29EJ. > > To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
