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 |
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| 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. |
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Internet Connectivity
| Recommended |
Notes |
| For single users (and remote connectivity), basic DSL performance is adequate. |
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| 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). |
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| Mail server accepts mail from @mail.footprinter.com |
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| Proxy allows file downloads. |
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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:
- Internet Explorer 9 (or higher)
- Firefox 13 (or higher)
- Chrome 20 (or higher)
| 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). |
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| Footprinter requires that scripts and cookies are enabled on the browser. |
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