Footprinter Recommended System Requirements
These are recommended system requirements. Footprinter, as a web application, is flexible in supporting different PCs, internet connectivity and browsers. With the rapid improvement in end user experiences with respect to web apps over the past 2-3 years, using the most modern browser does provide a better user experience particularly when doing more data intensive Footprinter processes like large tables, large charts and large imports.
Footprinter can be used in many different ways and actual end-user experiences will vary depending on the actual operation being performed.
PCs
| Recommended | Notes |
|---|---|
| Footprinter runs on Windows machines and Macs as it is a browser application | |
| Machines with at least 1.5 GHz processors and 1 GB of memory (RAM) can perform better. | Users that use Excel frequently will be find satisfactory Footprinter performance. |
| A standard 15” display with 1024x768 pixel resolution and full color (16 bit) works fine for rendering most Footprinter page types. | Heavy use of table pages (with large tables and accompanying inline charts) benefits from larger displays. A 17” widescreen display with full HD (1980x1020 pixel resolution) works best (as would also be the case with MSFT Excel). |
| Support for operating systems is determined by which browser the user is using. |
Internet Connectivity
| Recommended | Notes |
|---|---|
| For single users (and remote connectivity), basic DSL performance is adequate. | |
| For multiple, concurrent users, 50kbps of bandwidth can serve as a rough per concurrent user guideline (see note). | Bandwidth requirements depend on actual Footprinter operations. Footprinter is a very efficient data transport application, doing very few full page (expensive) loads, so individual user bandwidth requirements will be sparse (over time). |
| Ports: HTTP (80) and HTTPS (443). | |
| Mail server accepts mail from @mail.footprinter.com | |
| Proxy allows file downloads. |
Browser Support
| Recommended | Notes |
|---|---|
| Footprinter supports the last two major releases of all modern browsers (IE, FF and Chrome). | Footprinter will warn the user about the browser if the versions are “out of date”. Footprinter as a web app performs best on the most modern browsers that are designed for web apps. |
Recommended browsers:
| Windows XP is limited to IE8 and it is recommended that users install Chrome Frame or use a different browser. |
| The only browser plugin required is Adobe Flash (version greater than 9). | |
| Footprinter requires that scripts and cookies are enabled on the browser. |