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From: webacity on 23 Oct 2007 09:06 Whats the recommended web browser for viewing the authorware material online. Also, does this avoid the font discrepency between Mac and PC.i.e. I developed the authorware material on a PC, and I want it too look the same when viewed on a Mac web browser. Thanks Jon
From: Erik **AdobeCommunityExpert** on 23 Oct 2007 10:03 I'd recommend Firefox for Macs. IE is not supported any longer and Safari has had issues (that I've read). I've not tried others like Opera... The Mac Authorware Player should work fine with FF. But, no, this won't resolve font issues. Unless it has changed, Mac renders fonts at 75dpi and Windows does so at 72dpi, so Mac fonts are always a bit larger (?). So you have to allow for that in your development - ensure the text has enough 'extra space' around it to grow on the Mac side. Erik webacity wrote: > Whats the recommended web browser for viewing the authorware material online. > Also, does this avoid the font discrepency between Mac and PC.i.e. I developed > the authorware material on a PC, and I want it too look the same when viewed on > a Mac web browser. > Thanks > Jon > -- Erik Lord http://www.capemedia.net Adobe Community Expert - Authorware http://www.adobe.com/communities/experts/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.awaretips.net - samples, tips, products, faqs, and links! *Search the A'ware newsgroup archives* http://groups.google.com/group/macromedia.authorware
From: Mike Baker **Adobe Community Expert** on 23 Oct 2007 10:10 Authorware plays fine in IE up to version 7. You want to create the HTML holding the Authorware piece within a Frameset or IFrame to prevent a communication problem in IE7. You can use that same HTML file for all browsers, not just IE7. To play on Mac you'll need to package for the Mac. I'll let someone else with a bit more Mac experience chime in on that. HTH, Mike ==================== Mike Baker Adobe Community Expert mike-baker(a)cox.net
From: webacity on 23 Oct 2007 10:16 Thanks Erik for the feedback Looks like I have a bit of a problem:) I developed the CAL material on a pc. I told the boss at some stage we can have a mac version. He was happy. I naively thought at the time it was straightforward. Authorware advertised that i can work on Macs. maybe I should have checked the small print. The problem I have is that I use quite a lot of hotspots. When I developed a Mac version, I discovered to that the hotspots were misaligned due to the text size change. strange you mention mac fonts are larger. When I ran the Authorware on the pc it looked smaller. Maybe its different when on a Mac web browser? Unfortunately I didn't have much Mac experience unlike you Americans. But its getting much more noticeable as more and more students are using macs now (ipod influence?), and want to run our material. Would font mapping be an answer ( I haven't tried this yet) Or can Macs nowadays run pc material in some kind of virtual mode? I'm in some distant wing of the uni, so getting a reply from our IT dept would take for ever. thanks Jon
From: Steve Howard on 23 Oct 2007 10:26
> Would font mapping be an answer ( I haven't tried this yet) Yes, that's what it's for ;-) But it's not perfect, especially if you use non-standard fonts. > Or can Macs nowadays run pc material in some kind of virtual mode? If the Macs are the new Intel Macs then they should have BootCamp available so that they can install and run Windows. Older non-Intel Macs can run Virtual PC or any of a ton of other tools to run Windows. We have used Virtual PC on our old Mac Mini. Steve |