Yes THIS is PART of what the DOJ case against micky-$oft was all about.

L8R

Thomas Baley wrote:

> Thank you, Kevin, Pina, et al, for your level-headed responses.
>
> I already had v7 of Media Player installed and was puzzled.  Kevin, as soon
as I
> read your message, I tried MS IE instead of my default Netscape.  Everything
> works fine in IE.  However, beware, this is what happens when the 2,000 lb.
> gorilla from Redmond throws his weight around.  I'm told (I'm not a techie)
that
> the scripting is MS non-standard and that is why it does not work in Netscape
> but does work in IE.  I have run into this before with web page HTML.
>
> In any event, thanks, folks.
>
> Tom Baley
>
> Metcalfe Kevin J COCA wrote:
>
> > There seems to be something about the link that will only work with IE and
> > not Netscape.  For me, it wasn't that it didn't work, but that it couldn't
> > find the file with Netscape.  It worked fine with IE.
> >
> > In Netscape, if you put the mouse over the link or opened it into a new
> > window, the url of the file was something like this:
> >
> > http://www.sfdj.com/dive/mms://media.worldpub.com/vid/dir3-roughcut-56k-vers
> > ion.asf
> >
> > Which didn't work.
> >
> > If you did the same thing in IE, it looked like this:
> >
> > mms://media.worldpub.com/vid/dir3-roughcut-56k-version.asf
> >
> > Which worked.
> >
> > BTW, i tried to upgrade to version 7 of media player and the Microsoft site
> > told me that they don't support NT 4.0 (which I use) for version 7 and that
> > the latest previous version would be fine.  It was.
> >
> > Something for all of us Netscape types to keep in mind.  Always try it on IE
> > before you decide that the link is broken.  I know from one of the Navy
> > sites that I use for work that some things just don't work with Netscape.
> >
> > Kevin Metcalfe
> > (who's not in the Navy, he just programs for them)
> > kmetcalfe@ns*.na*.mi*
> > 925-246-5938
> > DSN 350-5938
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Esse [mailto:enordesjo@ho*.co*]
> > > Sent: Tuesday, March 20, 2001 10:00 PM
> > > To: techdiver@aquanaut.com
> > > Subject: Re: Equipment information
> > >
> > >
> > > From: "Thomas Baley" <tbaley@wo*.at*.ne*>
> > >
> > > > The links seem to be messed up.  None of the streaming
> > > videos work, and
> > > when I
> > > > tried to used their email comments box, that failed
> > >
> > > From: "Jack Farmer" <jack@we*.th*.co*>
> > >
> > > > IF you can ever make the links work and IF the tapes become
> > > available for
> > > > purchase I'm VERY interested in buying the DIR 3 tape. But
> > > PLEASE don't
> > > insult
> > > > us with win-blows sites that don't even work.
> > >
> > > The links for the modem speed streams works if you take the
> > > time to install
> > > mediaplayer 7 which probably has the codecs needed to sort
> > > out the video.
> > > Sound works with other media players. The "broadband" streams
> > > dont work.
> > >
> > > INSULT ?? -A little rich from somebody who made a big deal of being a
> > > hotshot administrator. read what is says on the page- install
> > > Media player
> > > 7.
> > > I get it to work from Sweden over a slow moden and win 98.
> > > get real.....
> > >
> > > /E
> > >
>
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