----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 9:10 PM Subject: Digest metacard.v003.n488 > > -------------- BEGIN metacard.v003.n488 -------------- > > 001 - Sivakatirswami <katir@hin - Jaggy Images on Windows/Printing Problems > 002 - David Bovill <david@opens - Re: Re: Sound level for a QT movie... > > This is the MetaCard mailing list. > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ > Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm > Please send any bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list. > > > --------------- MESSAGE metacard.v003.n488.1 --------------- > > From: Sivakatirswami <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Jaggy Images on Windows/Printing Problems > Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:47:29 -1000 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Aloha, > > Our beta testing of our "mini-Metacard Site" is going well. > (details below for newbies on this list) > > Feedback from Windows users is that our Academy logo has jaggy edges when > placed on light colored backgrounds (where I have set the background color > of the stack) But I am not seeing this on the Macs. . .I do see it also on > our PC machines. . .What could it be? I have resized the graphic from the > original GIF import. . .could this be the problem? > > Also some Windows users have printing problems, others do not. . .some get > their pages centered, others get them shifted out of position. I am not sure > how I can trap for "local" problems like that. Mac users are pretty well > trained in the use of their page set ups. Do you normally try to completely > take over the Printer page set up on Windows stacks? or you figure the user > should know how to do that? > > We are also getting some Windows users who get "nasty grams" when their > modems shut down, with the Portal stack still open in RAM, they reconnect > modems they reconnect to the net and then try to download something. instead > of calling the nice message from the downLoadNGo script that there is > connection problem, Windows says "this program has performed and illegal > operation and will be shut down." And a bunch of code in a box is thrown up > on the screen (Scott I can send you the screen shots if you want.) IN other > contexts, disconnect in the middle of a download etc. with the modem > completely off, the downLoadNGo script reacts properly. . .i.e. no > connection is open the script tell the user there is a problem. . .but if he > actually gets his TCP/IP connection back up, Windows is not happy with MC > trying to issue another Load url command. > > ==== > > For those following this thread: > > http://www.himalayanacademy.com/studyhall > > New versions of the key stack and portal stack were posted recently. > > (NOTE: Metacard users need not download the full standalone. Go to the > bottom of the page and just download the Key stack by itself and run from > with your own Metacard. I always post a copy of the simple stack whenever we > put up a new Standalone.) > > Among the upgrades: a) some subtle changes to script that transparently > loads background images so as not to create an error message that a > connection is not open, when in fact it is. b) not unloading images from > the cache and passing an image URL reference in a global to a subsequently > downloaded stack which can then use that image (s) from cache previously > downloaded by the key stack. Too easy! A case where "you know there is an > easier way to do that," slogan really fits the bill. An 18-year-old Flash > wizard who plans to take his new .com company to millionaire status. . .well > his jaw dropped when he saw it working and the 5 lines of extra code needed > to implement that concept. . .we had a chuckle because three weeks ago he > was telling me "why don't you just do that all in Flash." now he knows why. > . > > So far the Beta is going incredibly smooth. People in the UKraine are > already printing out Mystic Mouse for kids over there. We will go public > with this two days from now. > > Hinduism Today > > Sivakatirswami > Editor's Assistant/Production Manager > www.HinduismToday.com > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > --------------- MESSAGE metacard.v003.n488.2 --------------- > > From: David Bovill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: Re: Sound level for a QT movie... > Date: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 23:21:00 +0800 > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > > >YOu can't from Metacard, yet as I was told, but you can do this. Use QT > >player 4 - professional and go to sound volume and adjust it there. The > >volume of your QT movie will be lower now than the rest of your other sound, > >movie files. > > > > Wow! > > Anyone know of a way around this? Perhaps I could script selecting and dragging the QT controller? > > Scott, mind teeling me when/how high up his feature is on the priority list, or if there is any other way of controlling sound volume (not QT)? > > > --------------- END metacard.v003.n488 --------------- > > Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/metacard%40lists.best.com/ Info: http://www.xworlds.com/metacard/mailinglist.htm Please send bug reports to <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, not this list.
