Subject: RE: [linux-audio-user] Re: Is the Linux desktop really here ?
From: Mark Knecht (mknecht_AT_controlnet.com)
Date: Mon Dec 08 2003 - 21:04:21 EET
> On Monday 08 December 2003 12:39, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > I had really good luck with Mozilla 1.5. The only thing I've
> > found that doesn't work for me was some real estate sites that
> > had 3D viewing programs to look at houses for sale. They were
> > using a bunch of Java and I couldn't get Mozilla to handle
> > that even with the latest Blackdown stuff from Gentoo.
>
> I've seen a bunch of 3D views like that and they were implemented
> using Quicktime VR. I never cared for them so I haven't found
> out whether they work in Crossover Plugin with Quicktime or not.
>
> Rob
Rob,
Sorry if I wasn't clear. These 3D real estate sites are certainly
viewable under Mozilla with the right plugin setup. When I tried to get it
working I sent some messages to both the Redhat and Gentoo lists and people
on both reported that they were able to view them correctly with specific
plugins.
The problem was that I was not able to view them with my setup, and
typically for life in Linux, the suggestions I got from different people
were just cryptic enough that I never found the solution and gave up. (Out
of date plugins required, or conflicts with other things installed, etc.)
I'm certain it was my stupidity and not that Linux/Mozilla (or Konqueror,
etc.) can't do it.
One day someone will do a site like the Plugger-5.0 testing site that
really gets this stuff installed and tested. That's a nice site that goes a
long way towards making sure you can view everything. It helped a lot, but
wasn't perfect.
Anyway, no big deal.
Thanks,
Mark
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