At 01:29 28/12/2000 +0000, Ian Tindale wrote:
>I'm going to sort this out by myself - there's absolutely no benefit in
>being told that something works when it clearly doesn't. What I need to
>know is (regarding W98 for the time being):
True Worksforme can be the most irritating response. I've managed to
install Flash in both Beonex and pure Mozilla (which are very nearly
identical), on Win2K, I admit I haven't tried them on Win9x. When you get
a new version of Mozilla, NS6 or similar you should always clear out your
Profile or create a new one.
>Where do I find info on things like:
>
>Why flash will install in Netscape 6 (which I don't have installed now)
>but refuses to install in Mozilla.
I don't think there is a bug raised on it, you can try searching Bugzilla
but my searches haven't come up with a problem with the Flash xpi. On one
installation I had a problem where Mozilla crashed after the Flash
installation on navigating to the Flash home page. After restarting the
machine (some time later when I could be bothered), the browser and Flash
worked happily.
>What on earth is an xpi file, how does it work, what is it supposed to do?
>What should be the effect of running it? What files should magically
>appear where, and what do they do?
For Windows the clicking on the .xpi should put up a dialog asking whether
you want to install it. After its finished you should get two files
NPSWF32.dll and ShockwavePlugin.Class in the Plugin directory underneath
your Mozilla installation.
>Are plugins only installable if they can find an application called
>netscape.exe?
No they should work off the relative directory and the services available.
>Why are plugins in MSIE and Netscape so different - wouldn't it be
>sensible if there were some sort of 'plugin definition architecture' or
>agreed interface, which might enable platform independant and browser
>independant operation (thinking wireless and television here -
>uncontrollable processor heritage like ARM, etc., not just a computer with
>a browser - x86, PPC or whatever)
Well .xpi is platform independant to the extent that its a cross platform
interface. The actual plugins tend to be processor and application specific.
>Why can't I see my flash movies? It's not fair.
If fairness had anything to do with software then Digital Research Inc
would still exist and Gates would be paying it royalties. :-)
Simon
>Ian Tindale
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