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I talked to Michael Prais in December and he assured me that
the Real plug in will be installed in all the general access
labs by the end of spring semester. I have been meeting with
him and his staff at regular intervals to discuss media
related plugins. I will definitely bring this one up as
well. Are there any others out there that warrant
discussion?
Jay Orbik
Multimedia Coordinator
Media Services
>>> Steven Bachrach <smb@smb.chem.niu.edu> 01/12/98 09:37am
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The larger issue here, and it is an important one, is what
plugins and
helper applications will ACS support and instal?. I am
suprised that
Acrobat isn't a standard issue, given how widespread pdf has
become.
What about RealAudio and RealPlayer? Is there a standard
VRML plugin
installed?
Last semester, I asked ACS to install a chemistry-specific
plugin which
they were happy to do for me. I'm not convinced however,
that this
request-only behaviour is really best or manageable.
Does ACS have a plan here? Is there some official way for
faculty to
request software installations?
Steve
>Warner Winborne wrote:
>
> Well, you've pretty much done that. Students can't read
> .pdf files because this requires the Acrobat Reader, which
> isn't installed on the GA servers. The solution is to
> request that this software be installed. Since Michael
> Prais is one of the subscribers to this list, you've
already
> let him know your desires.
>
> Regards,
>
> Warner Winborne
> University Honors Program
-- Steven Bachrach Department of Chemistry Northern Illinois University DeKalb, Il 60115 Phone: (815)753-6863 smb@smb.chem.niu.edu Fax: (815)753-4802