Sony's Next On-line Seminar
Jay Gladwell
wrote on 10/14/2009, 5:49 AM
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Tom Pauncz
wrote on 10/14/2009, 10:27 AM
Thanks for the heads-up Jay.
Did you by any chance run the system check? Interesting, to say the least.
They require back-levels of browsers!
Tom
Did you by any chance run the system check? Interesting, to say the least.
They require back-levels of browsers!
Tom
Coursedesign
wrote on 10/14/2009, 11:00 AM
"...or higher."
That's OK.
To interact with the online show requires a Windows PC with Internet Explorer 6.0 minimum, Firefox 3.0 to 3.0.13, or Chrome 1.0 or higher. Mac with Firefox 3.0 to 3.0.13, and Safari 3.1 or higher are also supported. Linux Fedora Core 9 is also a supported operating system. Macromedia Flash Player 9 or higher is required. Access to the internet using high speed access (Cable, DSL, Network) is highly recommended for the overall show and is required for all presentations. Pop-up blockers must also be disabled and cookies and JavaScript should be enabled. On entering the show, a system check is run which will identify computer requirements that need to be addressed to interact with the online show. It is recommended to view the show with the display resolution of 1024 x 768.
The only comedy above is, "view the show with the display resolution of 1024 x 768" which is something I haven't seen in the last 10 years or so....
("This site best viewed in 800x600. Please go to the Control Panel of your computer and change the resolution of your CRT to view our site.")
:O)
That's OK.
To interact with the online show requires a Windows PC with Internet Explorer 6.0 minimum, Firefox 3.0 to 3.0.13, or Chrome 1.0 or higher. Mac with Firefox 3.0 to 3.0.13, and Safari 3.1 or higher are also supported. Linux Fedora Core 9 is also a supported operating system. Macromedia Flash Player 9 or higher is required. Access to the internet using high speed access (Cable, DSL, Network) is highly recommended for the overall show and is required for all presentations. Pop-up blockers must also be disabled and cookies and JavaScript should be enabled. On entering the show, a system check is run which will identify computer requirements that need to be addressed to interact with the online show. It is recommended to view the show with the display resolution of 1024 x 768.
The only comedy above is, "view the show with the display resolution of 1024 x 768" which is something I haven't seen in the last 10 years or so....
("This site best viewed in 800x600. Please go to the Control Panel of your computer and change the resolution of your CRT to view our site.")
:O)
Tom Pauncz
wrote on 10/14/2009, 11:12 AM
Bjorn,
Agreed on "..or higher..".
I got a read flag on the browsers line - states Firefox 3.5 is specifically not supported. That is my default browser.
I may need to use IE7 or Safari 4 to see this seminar.
Tom
Agreed on "..or higher..".
I got a read flag on the browsers line - states Firefox 3.5 is specifically not supported. That is my default browser.
I may need to use IE7 or Safari 4 to see this seminar.
Tom
Coursedesign
wrote on 10/14/2009, 12:30 PM
Ah, now I see it: "Firefox 3.0 to 3.0.13."
Talk about goofy.
The all time record for viewing requirements was about 10 years ago. The company's name was "Three Ring Circus" and they really loved their clever name, as they were a marketing firm helping other companies get visibility on the web, in the early days before everything was a Google search away.
I saw the company in passing at a local business event, and later decided to contact them. Search engines showed nothing, there was no "threeringcircus.com" and they weren't in the phone book... (new business).
After much digging, I found that their web address was "ooocircus.com" which was ooooh so clever, if you could find it.
All set then?
Not quite. It was a Flash-only web site that said, "You need Flash 2 to view this web site."
The version they required was the one from the year before, of course no longer easily available on Adobe's web site, and there was no forward compatibility, so the current version of Flash showed just a blank screen.
The company went under six months later, probably for lack of phone calls from prospective customers.
Talk about goofy.
The all time record for viewing requirements was about 10 years ago. The company's name was "Three Ring Circus" and they really loved their clever name, as they were a marketing firm helping other companies get visibility on the web, in the early days before everything was a Google search away.
I saw the company in passing at a local business event, and later decided to contact them. Search engines showed nothing, there was no "threeringcircus.com" and they weren't in the phone book... (new business).
After much digging, I found that their web address was "ooocircus.com" which was ooooh so clever, if you could find it.
All set then?
Not quite. It was a Flash-only web site that said, "You need Flash 2 to view this web site."
The version they required was the one from the year before, of course no longer easily available on Adobe's web site, and there was no forward compatibility, so the current version of Flash showed just a blank screen.
The company went under six months later, probably for lack of phone calls from prospective customers.
Jay Gladwell
wrote on 10/15/2009, 6:01 AM
I referred to it as a "seminar". My bad.
I should have used the word expo, as in exposition.
Coursedesign
wrote on 10/16/2009, 6:03 PM
1. There is one more system requirement here:
Registration can apparently only be done on a Windows machine in Internet Explorer.
I tried to get past the Word Verification feature in Safari and FF on Mac, failed 25x each. The font looked goofy in both Safari and FF, and it (they?) rendered quite differently between them.
Firefox on Windows failed, IE8 showed a completely different and finally readable font (even though an IMAGE is what's to be presented in all cases!), and it all worked.
I guess the idea is to pre-qualify enrollees, so that customers who are unfaithful to the Microsoft empire by using anything but IE8 on Windows are immediately rejected (well, at least after they have given up on trying to interpret the flawed image).
The next step will be for Sony to set up a page redirect so Mac users and Firefox traitors can be immediately sent to Panasonic.com.
2. Sony will release a new XDCAM EX camera on Tuesday at 11:00 am PDT that they think will blow away Panny's HPX300.
Sorry, that's all I can say, and I wouldn't have said even that if it hadn't been for bits and pieces having been leaked already, probably intentionally.
Registration can apparently only be done on a Windows machine in Internet Explorer.
I tried to get past the Word Verification feature in Safari and FF on Mac, failed 25x each. The font looked goofy in both Safari and FF, and it (they?) rendered quite differently between them.
Firefox on Windows failed, IE8 showed a completely different and finally readable font (even though an IMAGE is what's to be presented in all cases!), and it all worked.
I guess the idea is to pre-qualify enrollees, so that customers who are unfaithful to the Microsoft empire by using anything but IE8 on Windows are immediately rejected (well, at least after they have given up on trying to interpret the flawed image).
The next step will be for Sony to set up a page redirect so Mac users and Firefox traitors can be immediately sent to Panasonic.com.
2. Sony will release a new XDCAM EX camera on Tuesday at 11:00 am PDT that they think will blow away Panny's HPX300.
Sorry, that's all I can say, and I wouldn't have said even that if it hadn't been for bits and pieces having been leaked already, probably intentionally.