OmniWeb 3.1 plugins

[Peter Aamodt]

Charles,

Thanks for your quick response.  I did have the right directory name down to
the appropriate capitalization of "PlugIns."  However, my flash plugin was
referring to the wrong OmniHTML.framework bundle version.  It referenced
1999C, while OW 3.1 rc2 uses version 2000A.

So, now it loads properly.  My only problem is that it doesn't seem to work,
at least not on the two flash-enabled sites I've visited thus far.  Perhaps
this is an indication of the limited implementation you mentioned.  Oh,
well...  BTW, the version of OmniWeb I'm using no longer generates the
framework registry messages in the console.

Many thanks again for your useful tip.

Peter


> From: Charles R Wiles <charles at teaching.physics.ox.ac.uk>
> Date: Wed,  7 Mar 2001 12:05:54 GMT
> To: OmniWeb List <omniweb-l at omnigroup.com>
> Cc: Peter Aamodt <aamodtpw at email.uc.edu>
> Subject: Re: OmniWeb 3.1 plugins
> 
> Peter,
> 
> Peter Aamodt spoke thus at 22:08:40 on Tue, 06 Mar 2001:
> 
> } I am using OmniWeb 3.1 under OS4.2.
> 
> Likewise (or, at least, I think it's 3.1--it's been some time since I
> installed it--and I have a vague recollection that 3.1's info panel still
> said 3.0!).
> 
> } I have two questions re: the unsupported plugins (e.g., Flash, QuickTime,
> } etc) available on the OmniGroup web site:
> }
> } 1. Where is the proper place to install these plugins?  Is it
> } /LocalLibrary/Plugins, in the .app directory itself where the other
> } (supported) plugins are, or someplace else?
> 
> I think you can put them in several places (including within the app
> wrapper), but the most sensible place is probably: /LocalLibrary/PlugIns/
> 
> It works for us, though do note the capitalisation of "PlugIns": I initially
> tried "Plugins" and it didn't work! :->
> 
> } 2. Has anyone successfully used the unsupported Flash plugin with 3.1, or
> } is it incompatible with version 3.1? (when I look at the plugins loaded
> } with OmniWeb, the app reports that the plugin is invalid.)
> 
> We do have a Flash.plugin which is happily registered by OmniWeb: I'm not
> sure if it's necessarily a full implementation of Flash (though I could be
> wrong).  Within the Flash.plugin directory/wrapper you'll see a Resources
> directory.  In that is an Info-nextstep.plist file.  At the bottom is a line
> something like:
> 
> OFRequiredSoftwareVersions = {OmniHTML = 1999C; };
> 
> When you launch OmniWeb, look in the Console for the line:
> 
> OFBundleRegistry: Registering
> /LocalApps/OmniWeb.app/Resources/OmniHTML.framework (version 1999C)
> 
> You may need to edit the Info-nextstep.plist file if its version number
> doesn't match that of the OmniHTML.framework bundle.
> 
> } And of course, there's always one more
> } vote in favor of a finished OmniWeb version 3. Thanks in advance.
> 
> Ditto: though I guess the guys are rather pre-occupied with OS X.  It is a
> shame that OWeb 3 has never quite been finished: there's still the spinning
> cursor annoyance due to the multi-threading problem.
> 
> regards,
> charles
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