Andy wrote:
>
> "Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T." wrote:
> >
> >Found out the reasons for Plugins not working on Mac. It seems that Mac
> >Netscape plugins depend upon
> >a technology called Liveconnect that is proprietary to Netscape. It
> >seems almost all Netscape Plugins use
> >Live connect. Of Course anything proprietary is Prosona Non Grata. So
> >all Plugin Manufacturers will be
> >required to add some additional code to use the new method. Many of the
> >plugins for netscape on the
> >Mac side are rather old and its unlikely some are even in business so.
> >Its doubful if plugins ever work on
> >the Mac side. Flash is supposed to work and Quicktime, but doesn't
> >handle all the mime types out there.
> >So many items on the web will not be able to be seen on Moz/N6 for Mac
> >(Another thing to drive Mac User to IE.
>
> There are quite few things that are untrue in there.
>
> Liveconnect does indeed relate to plugins, and some work much better
> with it than without it. And yes, the implementation in Netscape 6 is
> indeed severely lacking (not sure it exists at all on Mac OS).
>
> However the Flash and Quicktime plugins don't depend on LiveConnect.
> Some Flash sites do indeed use it, but its *never ever* been implemented
> in Mac IE 4 or 5 and thus people generally avoid it if they care about
> Mac users at all.
>
> Live Connect is implemented in IE on windows, and on Netscape 6 for
> windows, at least to some level, but I think its imperfect.
>
> Flash and Quicktime both work in Mozilla for me. Not on every page its
> true, but I sincerely doubt Live Connect has much to do with that - if
> it does then the page won't work in IE 5 either.
>
> I have heard the Quicktime 5 plugin (not out yet) works much better with
> Mozilla/Netscape than the Quicktime 4 plugin. You could try the
> Quicktime 5 beta, but I guess it might cause you other problems (it is a
> beta, after all), so its at your own risk!
>
> AndyT
I do have quicktime 5 (public preview2), and Flash 5 plugins. They work
somewhat. But others - such Crescendo, MacZilla, Beatnik don't .
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