
WebSpace Navigator 1.0
Known Problems and Workarounds
- SOCKS proxy entry of preferences menu must have an internet domain number, not a domain name. Use the nslookup command to find number and type that in.
- Webspace core dumps if the Camera Switch contains any node other than camera. These files canot be read. Authors should remove these from their VRML files.
- Webspace locate highlights incorrectly after a window resize. Stowing and unstowing the WebSpace window to force a redaw corrects the rendered image.
- If a scene is loaded while the Show Hot Links option is on, hot linked objects may not highlight correctly. To fix this visual artifact, turn the Show Hot Links option off and on again.
- Webspace cannot follow relative links if started from Mosaic, because Mosaic does not pass the base URL to WebSpace. Instead, use Netscape or type URL directly into Webspace Open Location dialog.
- Anchors can locate highlight through opaque walls. This is not harmful. It is just a visual artifact.
- On sites using mime-multipart feature of Netscape, Back, Forward and Reload sometimes do not work.
- WebSpace does not handle Netscape's dynamic documents correctly in all situations. The Back, Forward, and Reload buttons sometimes do not work.
- URLs with non-alphanumeric characters sometimes cannot be added as a Bookmark from WebSpace. Add these URL's directly in Netscape.
- Multiple webspace viewers can be started when using the "server push" feature of Netscape. Exit the extra viewers.
- Webspace must be restarted after changing SOCKS server in the preferences dialog.
- Objects sometime clip when moving close to them. Seeking to the object or choosing a new view from the Viewpoints menu often fixes the problem.
- When using the trackball (Examiner Viewer) dragging far away from ball can cause jittery movement of object. It is best to stay within a 1 diameter distance from the trackball when moving.
- Locate highlight of an object under the dashboard can pop on top of dashboard momentarily. This is not harmful. It is just a visual artifact.
- The vrmllint utility can hang after finding some errors. Cancel vrmllint (control-C) and fix the errors in the VRML file, then retry.
- In the "Viewing Objects in the Examiner Viewer" section of the Help document, the keyboard shortcut for "Viewing an Object Closely or From a Distance" is incorrectly specified as dragging while holding down the Alt key, left and right mouse buttons. The correct shortcut is to drag while holding down the Alt key, left and middle mouse buttons.