dhbailey wrote:
Jari Williamsson wrote:
dhbailey wrote:
1) it doesn't work in FireFox, it only works in Internet Explorer. I
installed the viewer after exiting FireFox, started FireFox again and
still get the error message "Click Here To Install PlugIn" where the
music should appear. And no message whatsoever on the web-site
stating that Internet Explorer is necessary for proper viewing of the
site. There is no option at all in the installation process for
FinaleViewer to use any browser at all, it seems only to look for and
install for IE.
FWIW, I got exactly the same problem as you described above when
trying to install Scorch in the latest version of Firefox. And when
installing it on IE6, the installer when completely nuts and started
endless instances of itself.
IMO, neither a Finale nor Sibelius viewer is a good alternative for
the end user. A MusicXML viewer (with font inclusion) is one thing
that would make sense, another would be a SVG solution with playback.
The Sibelius music I looked at yesterday looked so bad that virtually
nothing would be lost in a conversion to a generic format.
Wow, interesting, because Scorch installed just fine for me in both
Firefox and IE6.
I agree that neither is an ideal solution for an end user, and any such
electronic purchase of music which doesn't allow the end users to end up
with a printable file on their computer is doomed to failure. There's
just too much which can go wrong, witness the problems we're all having
with these supposedly foolproof viewers. :-)
I'm not about to spend $95 for a band work where I won't end up with a
file which can be reprinted when needed. Who among the vast numbers of
the supposed market these merchants are aiming at have printers set up
with heavy-duty, acid-free, won't die/rip/get-soaked-and-rot papers and
printers which can handle such paper?
$95 for a single-use piece of music? No thank you.
The most interesting thing about this supposed coup over Sibelius is
that now NONE of my Finale installations work properly!!!!!!
I should have expected as much and left well-enough alone and not even
tried to investigate!
So much for this being a "good thing" that MakeMusic has convinced Hal
Leonard to use this product which doesn't work.
--
David H. Bailey
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