At 11:56 -0700 05/09/2002, Thomas Higgins wrote:
>> >Hi people, time to get creative here. Why not open a new browser
>> >window (using gotoNetPage and specifying a different window name
>> >altogether) with your "MIAW" movie embedded in that page and then
>> >communicate between the two movies using the Multiuser Xtra?
>>
>> Is there a UNIX version of the MUX yet? If not a significant portion
>> of users won't be able to employ that solution.
>
>Incorrect assumption Warren, whether or not the MUS is on OSX just
>doesn't matter. Please understand my suggestion: use the Multiuser
>Xtra (notice how I don't say the "server") to establish peer-to-peer
>connections between the two movie files. I very carefully and
>explicitly stated the following:
>
>"This doesn't require the server in any way, all communication stays
>local between the DCRs running on the client's machine."
Ah. OK. And I hope you will note that I carefully and explicitly said
UNIX, not "OS X". There is, of course, a difference. Using MUX
without the server in place is an interesting idea.
Is there a UNIX version of the MultiUser Xtra, by the way? If not, a
significant portion of users will not be able to use it.
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