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- Shockwave
We uses Macromedia's Shockwave plugin extensively throughout the site.
You can get the latest version of Shockwave by following this link
- Internet browser
We uses HTML features like - tables, fonts descriptions, mailto; extensively through the site.
You will need
Netscape Navigator 3.x or above
or
Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.x or above
to view this site correctly, e.g.
- Table/Fonts
Q: The layout of the pages look strange
A: A lot of our pages are layouted using the HTML tags - TABLE, FONT, older browsers do not support them.
- Table, SuperScript, and SubScript
Q: The text in the page seems to run together.
A: Some of our pages require a WWW client that supports
table, superScript, and subscript format.
Netscape Navigator 3.0+, Internet Explorer 3.0+, NCSA Mosaic 2.0 for Windows/Macintosh support these
features. NCSA Mosaic 2.6 for X Windows supports table and super/subscript
separately, but not super/subscript inside table.
- Mailto
Q: When you click on our e-mail address to send mail, it
does not work.
A: You need a WWW client that supports "mailto".
Netscape Navigator 3.0+, Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0+, NCSA Mosaic 2.0 for Windows/Mac, and NCSA Mosaic 2.6 for X Windows do.
- VRML
Q: 3D models doesn't show correctly
A: There can be two problems
Some VRML models are 2.0, your VRML viewer is too old, you need a viewer like Cosmo Player 1.x to view them.
Some VRML models are pre-1.0, your VRML viewer is too new
We are in the process of converting all of them to 2.0.
- GIFs
Q: The color of our GIF files (in-line images) looks strange.
A: It may be due to the color palette. We try to
use the standard 256-color palette for most of the pictures. However, some
use custom palettes and those images may look strange if your computer
cannot change the palette to accomodate the difference. This can also happen
if the page you are looking at has multiple GIFs that use different 256-color
palettes. One way to get around this is to set your computer to display
more than 256 colors. It may be referred to as 15/16 bit (thousands of
color), or 24/32 bit (millions of color/trucolor) display mode.
- QuickTime movies
Q: Some QuickTime movies may not play on UNIX machines.
A: Some of the QuickTime movies we created use Cinepak
compression, it may not be available in your UNIX QuickTime player. Some
others use less common sizes (not the more common 160x120, 320x240), your player
may not be able to handle that. Windows and Mac QuickTime players usually
works fine.
- MPEG movies
Q: Our MPEG movies look fussy.
A: Some of the
MPEG movies are converted from the QuickTime version instead of
from the original artwork.
- Download
If you have problem downloading files, please consult the section: Download
help
New: Netscape Navigator 4.04 for Windows decodes HQX files automatically, you cannot use it to download our Mac files
- Macintosh File Types
* For Macintosh only *
If the files you get from us did not show up correctly, you may need
to change the file type and creator. Please refer to : Macintosh
file type and creator help
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