At 3:26 AM 11/14/2, Michal Geci wrote: > I have discovered that this Ektron's flash based wysiwyg editor > doesn't work on Macs (tested on iMac G4 with Mac OS X - Mozilla > and IE browsers) because his Java runtime environment doesn't > support Live content (data live streams)! Can anybody confirm this?
I can't confirm that, but I'm interested in how you discovered it... their "Systems Requirements" link does state that they work in both Mozilla (native) and IE5+ (classic and native): http://www.ektron.com/ewebWP.cfm I do not see a requirement for a Java runtime on that page, and would be hard-pressed to imagine why one would be needed. Do you have a citation for your discovery? Thanks. Background on "LiveConnect": Netscape 3 implemented a Java-based script/plugin intercommunication routine. IE/Win later followed with a different approach to similar problems. Mozilla changed the Netscape plugin approach. IE/Mac is one of the big holdouts in this type of work. More cross-browser info is available by searching the Macromedia Technotes with term "liveconnect". IE/Mac never did explicitly support the Netscape "LiveConnect" mechanism, although its sibling on Windows did support a parallel mechanism. I don't remember whether Mozilla and its variants explicitly use the term "LiveConnect" any longer for their new implementation of script/browser intercommunication. (iow, your explanation would have some inaccuracies regardless of the initial observation.) jd John Dowdell, Macromedia Developer Support, San Francisco (Best to reply on-list, to avoid my mighty spam filters!) Technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ Column: http://www.macromedia.com/desdev/jd_forum/ Technical daily diary: http://jdmx.blogspot.com/ -- http://cms-list.org/ trim your replies for good karma.
