> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> tried to start using BFAV and got stuck.
> Installs fine, but when I say open, I see a message in the Transcript 
> "String only stores characters" or something and then Squeak is 
> completely locked up, no interrupt, debug.log etc.

Michael -

Which platform are you on?  If Windows, then are you using the 3.6.2 VM?
Pre-3.6.2 VMs and the BFAV don't mix well when networking operations are
attempted.

> 
> I also would have preferred for BFAV to use the built-in 
> HTTPClient (as 
> ugly as it is right now) and not load a huge package that's 
> intrackable... Although it would be great to adapt the HTTPCLient 
> package to Squeak, don't get me wrong here.
> But that's just my NSHO ;-)
> 

Hmmm..  Well, regarding the in-image HTTPClient code - partial-get is
essential to how the BFAV loads updates, and AFAICT the in-image code
doesn't provide the API methods I needed for partial-get requests.  Care
to upgrade the in-image stuff so that it is as HTTP 1.1 compliant as is
the SM package?
 :) 

I'm not sure what you mean by "intrackable".  HTTPClient is a Monticello
package; you should be able to see all of its class-extension methods
via the Monticello Browser.  

Regards,
Brent