flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello List; I need to know if there is a definitive answer about whether or not flash players and their files will play on a mac. The reason for this has to do with my website. I'm wanting to add a video, and everything I read seams to be about using some sort of a flash player. I've

Re: idefrag

2009-07-02 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi, just out of curiosity, let's turn your question around a bit: If you don't need to defragment a hard disk on Mac, why would a product like IDefrag be needed or made? /Krister 2 jul 2009 kl. 04.29 skrev Dan: Hello, Just curious, why would you need to use iDefrag? On Jul 1, 2009, at

Re: idefrag

2009-07-02 Thread Esther
Hi Krister, The unix set up generally does a reasonable job of keeping disks de- fragmented. There are circumstances in which a defragmentation product is needed -- usually this is where you do editing of large video files and trying to extend their size. You may also see performance

Re: idefrag

2009-07-02 Thread Krister Ekstrom
Hi and thanks for the explanation. This really made sence. /Krister 2 jul 2009 kl. 13.18 skrev Esther: Hi Krister, The unix set up generally does a reasonable job of keeping disks de- fragmented. There are circumstances in which a defragmentation product is needed -- usually this is

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Max: Yes, they will. However, use Video For Everybody and avoid the issue all together. Did you not receive my private E-mail on the matter? Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 12:16 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: Hello List; I need to know if there is a definitive answer about whether or

viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread John Denning
Is the viphone list alive and well? I've requested to join a few days ago and haven't heard anything yet. - JD - John Denning AIM: denni...@mac.com A+ MCSA MCSE ITILv3 And glad to be a Mac snob again! Roswell, GA --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this

RE: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Jane Jordan (Gmail)
I hope so. I haven't heard much either. Jane _ From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionar...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of John Denning Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:39 AM To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Subject: viphone list? Is the viphone list alive and

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, It is well. Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 6:43 AM, Jane Jordan (Gmail) wrote: I hope so. I haven't heard much either. Jane From: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com [mailto:macvisionaries@googlegroups.com ] On Behalf Of John Denning Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:39 AM To:

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread John Denning
I used the ggroup site to request being added to the list. If the admin is on here please let me know if there's a problem. Requested for my me.com email. - JD - John Denning AIM: denni...@me.com A+ MCSA MCSE ITILv3 And glad to be a Mac snob again! Roswell, GA On Jul 2, 2009, at 10:19

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Cara is the admin. Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 7:29 AM, John Denning wrote: I used the ggroup site to request being added to the list. If the admin is on here please let me know if there's a problem. Requested for my me.com email. - JD - John Denning AIM: denni...@me.com

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Blouch
Flash works fine but is not accessible in Mac browsers. It has some accessibility on Windows with Jaws (dunno about WindowEyes) but even then it has to have been coded with labeled buttons and such. HTML5 supports a new video tag which should be accessible but I haven't tried that out. What I

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; This is pretty much what I had come around to. I don't like the idea of running something on my site that I can't use myself. I finally decided to search for a program that would convert my mp4 files to mov for quicktime. Turns out vlc which is free did the trick very nicely.

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Blouch
Quicktime can play mp4 files just fine. The example I gave below is from a working site with mp4 video embedded on it. CB Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: Hello; This is pretty much what I had come around to. I don't like the idea of running something on my site that I can't use myself. I

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello; Thanks for that. I wish i had known, but the stuff i was reading on the web was talking about mp4 as if it wouldn't play in quicktime. Got any suggestions for how i create a download link to go with the streaming one? Thanks again, Max On Jul 2, 2009, at 10:14 AM, Chris Blouch

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread larry
I haven't found a valid subscription address to the iphone list. If someone can supply an address to subscribe I would appreciate it. thanks much larry - Original Message - From: John Denning To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009 9:38 AM Subject:

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Windows can't play this. Neither can Linux. Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 8:29 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: Hello; Thanks for that. I wish i had known, but the stuff i was reading on the web was talking about mp4 as if it wouldn't play in quicktime. Got any suggestions for how i

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread John Denning
I have http://groups.google.com/group/viphone But it hasn't helped me much:( - JD - John Denning AIM: denni...@me.com A+ MCSA MCSE ITILv3 And glad to be a Mac snob again! Roswell, GA On Jul 2, 2009, at 11:34 AM, larry wrote: I haven't found a valid subscription address to the iphone

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Here, iphone-subscr...@googlegroups.com Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 8:34 AM, larry wrote: I haven't found a valid subscription address to the iphone list. If someone can supply an address to subscribe I would appreciate it. thanks much larry - Original Message - From:

Fwd: Apple developing active packaging for iPods and iPhones

2009-07-02 Thread Scott Howell
All, I wanted to share this article because it just further shows the innovations of a company that has a long history of innovations. This is just an idea perhaps, but think of all the possible options that it could be used for beyond the sale and marketing of products. Begin forwarded

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Blouch
I think you just make the href point to the mp4, but it depends on the user's browser since it may notice the file ending and try to shunt the file to a media player. CB Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: Hello; Thanks for that. I wish i had known, but the stuff i was reading on the web was talking

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, I have not been able to subscribe either. I sent email asking for help from Cara but have not heard back from her. I think she may be out of town. Robert Carter - Original Message - From: larry lrmccre...@earthlink.net To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, Jul 2,

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, When i try this address, I get a message back that this is a moderated list and one cannot subscribe via email. Robert Carter - Original Message - From: Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Date: Thursday, Jul 2, 2009 9:56:20 Subject: Re:

viPhone list

2009-07-02 Thread John Denning
I tried sending an email to the address given and received this from google. Hello denni...@me.com, The group you attempted to subscribe to is moderated, and therefore can not be subscribed to by email. To request a subscription to this group, please visit the following page:

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Blouch
With the current QuickTime it works fine in Windows. I was using QT mainly because I needed to put captions in the video and html controls on the page. I also wanted to use mp4 for it's smaller size/higher quality. My sample code links in a SMIL file for captions. QT has most of the basic

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread patrickneazer
Hello Robert and all: I do not know if you have a google account already or not. You will have to get a google account to subscribe to the list. Once you have a google account ... search for the group and then you will be asked to subscribe. say yes and presto ... you are in ... or at least

Re: viPhone list

2009-07-02 Thread patrickneazer
Hello John and all: This information is correct. I do not know if you have a google account though you will need one to subscribe. Take good care. On Jul 2, 2009, at 12:10 PM, John Denning wrote: I tried sending an email to the address given and received this from google. Hello

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
well heck; it plays ok in safari. wonder what i did wrong. Thanks for letting me know, Max On Jul 2, 2009, at 10:55 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, Windows can't play this. Neither can Linux. Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 8:29 AM, Maxwell Ivey Jr. wrote: Hello; Thanks for that. I

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, Chris, This assumes that Windows has QT installed. Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 9:12 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: With the current QuickTime it works fine in Windows. I was using QT mainly because I needed to put captions in the video and html controls on the page. I also wanted to

Re: viPhone list

2009-07-02 Thread John Denning
I just subscribed to the aiphone group and it did it first try with no delay. In face it pushed the page refresh showing I'm subscribed. Yes I have a google acct, not a google email address, but do have an account. The aiphone group doesn't appear to be active though, very few messages. I

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Josh de Lioncourt
Cara Quinn is also the moderator for VI Phone. She is traveling this week with limited Internet access. Hang in there and I'm sure she will approve you all as soon as she has access to do so. :) On Jul 2, 2009, at 7:29 AM, John Denning wrote: I used the ggroup site to request being added

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Maxwell Ivey Jr.
Hello Chris; I was trying to do the same thing using quicktime to embed a .mov file. I chose for it to start automatically once someone clicks on the link. It seams to work ok in safari, but alex just told me it isn't working on his windows or lynex systems. When I go to my own

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread John Denning
Then that explains it, thanks... Just don't say anything important until we all get on:) I hate going backwards to read old messages. grin I hope to have my iPhone soon. Since my employer requires me to have a phone I'm trying to get them to spring for it. About 9 months ago they finally

hide and minimize

2009-07-02 Thread louie
Hi all, What is the difference between hide and minimize? louie louiem...@wavecable.com --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups MacVisionaries group. To post to this group, send email to

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Mike Reiser
Haven't recieved an approval yet on my subscription, hopefully will soon. Mike On Jul 2, 2009, at 9:19 AM, Alex Jurgensen wrote: Hi, It is well. Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 6:43 AM, Jane Jordan (Gmail) wrote: I hope so. I haven't heard much either. Jane From:

virtual box 3.0

2009-07-02 Thread christos hux
i downloaded installed the newist version of virtual box which is up to 3.0. It has had no voice over access improvment at all to the program. It still just says unknown for all the areas inside the app. so I would use either vmware fusion or apple bootcamp instead for running

Re: hide and minimize

2009-07-02 Thread Scott Bresnahan
Hi, The minimize option from the window's title bar or the windows menu, makes the active window disappear and doc, but you remain in the application you are currently using. Hide, from the Application menu, hides all the application windows and actually leaves the application you are in,

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Blouch
Right. And Flash assumes Flash is installed. This is why the new video tag is so important. All these plugins have been trying to address a gaping hole in the browser backplane. The inability to handle audio and video was not such a big deal when most folks were on dialup, but that's not the

Re: flash player question

2009-07-02 Thread Chris Blouch
The code I gave earlier works fine in IE and Firefox on WinXP SP3 with QuickTime installed. It also works just fine on Safari and FF on OSX. With the links on the page I can use VO to navigate to the video links and stop/start playback. If I were to do it again I might make it a toggle so I

I think I discovered my problem for why I can not send mail from my account.

2009-07-02 Thread matthew T dyer
Hello everyone. I tried the segestion of deleting all of my accoubnts and recreating them manualy and still not able tlo send messages. How ever I think I figured out why. I have set authentacation to none when asked about securety. I how ever discovered that password authentacation was

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Simon Cavendish
Apparently Cara is travelling for a week. Please bare with her. She is bound to respond as soon as she's back. I'm on VIPhone list, and it's going great guns. Best wishes Simon On 2 Jul 2009, at 18:06, Robert Carter wrote: Hi, I have not been able to subscribe either. I sent email

Yahoo and Adium

2009-07-02 Thread John Panarese
Hi folks, I'm just curious to know if anyone who is using a Yahoo account with Adium is having trouble logging in? For the last few days, I can log into AIM and MSN without trouble, but I cannot connect to Yahoo. Thanks John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Scott Bresnahan
Hmm. If Cara has limited access to the internet that doesn't speak well of her new iPHone. Maybe it's not as accessible as we've been led to believe [insert evil laugh here] Use case #1: User on vacation. User needs to read email. Looking forward to hearing the real world report upon

Re: Yahoo and Adium

2009-07-02 Thread Victor Tsaran
Hi John, You need to upgrade to the latest version of Adium. Yahoo! Messenger updated their protocols and for supporting them you need the latest version of Adium. HTH, Victor On 7/2/2009 4:37 PM, John Panarese wrote: Hi folks, I'm just curious to know if anyone who is using a Yahoo

Audio howto requests: DAISY Books and making text to speach Audiobook files

2009-07-02 Thread Jenny Kennedy
Hi everybody, I was wondering if anyone has done or could do an audio howto on the following... Using DAISY books and their assorted players on the mac. I'm sorry but the whole consept of these cutting edge books goes over my head. How do they work? Why are there so many confusing files? What

Re: Yahoo and Adium

2009-07-02 Thread John Panarese
Hi Victor, Thank you kindly. That did the trick. I usually get notified of updates when I start Adium, but for some reason, it did not do so with this last one. Thanks again John D. Panarese Managing Director Technologies for the Visually Impaired, Inc. 9 Nolan Court Hauppauge, NY

Re: Audio howto requests: DAISY Books and making text to speach Audiobook files

2009-07-02 Thread Alex Jurgensen
Hi, I don't know what Holly and Darcy used for conversion, but my free tool does the trick. Regards, Alex, On 2-Jul-09, at 4:55 PM, Jenny Kennedy wrote: Hi everybody, I was wondering if anyone has done or could do an audio howto on the following... Using DAISY books and their

Re: Audio howto requests: DAISY Books and making text to speach Audiobook files

2009-07-02 Thread Brent Harding
I don't think there's a way to play RFB on it, is there? I thought there was something called Katieplayer back when, but I heard they went out of business. - Original Message - From: Alex Jurgensen asquare...@gmail.com To: macvisionaries@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, July 02, 2009

Re: Audio howto requests: DAISY Books and making text to speach Audiobook files

2009-07-02 Thread Jenny Kennedy
Hi Alex and Brent, Thanks for responding. The daisy books I want to use aren't from RFB. They are just daisy format. I obtained access to them via my online corse via handiham.org as part of my online ham radio classes. I'd like to sort out how this form of digital audio book is used as I heard

Re: Audio howto requests: DAISY Books and making text to speach Audiobook files

2009-07-02 Thread Jenny Kennedy
Greg, thank you very much. : smile : That first one with the really long name is what I have now. I'm going to check out all the other programs as well to see what one fits me best. I like that cucat site quite a lot as I've found all sorts of useful things. All the best. Jenny On 7/2/09, Greg

Re: viphone list?

2009-07-02 Thread Robert Carter
Hi, Somebody said that joining Google Groups would help. I tried that and it didn't make any difference. I still get the message that the list is moderated. I did, however, have a lovely experience with the Solona captcha solving service. It worked like a charm.O Robert Carter On Jul 2,