Fractal Viewer Plug-In for Netscape Navigator on Macintosh
Version 1.0b12 - Read Me File
Copyright 1994, 1995, 1996 Iterated Systems Inc. All Rights Reserved
Iterated Systems Inc.
Seven Piedmont Center, Suite 600
3525 Piedmont Road
Atlanta, Georgia 30305-1530
WWW: http://www.iterated.com
Tech Support: support@iterated.com
Covered by one or more of the following U.S. and international patents: U.S. 5,065,447;
U.S. 5,347,600; U.S. 5,384,867; U.S. 5,430,812; Aus. 623,333; Europe 0480941. Other
U.S. and international patents pending.
Version 1.0b12 Release Date: September 5, 1996
Installation Instructions
Depending upon how your browser is set up, the 'fvp11mac.hqx' file will either unstuff automatically, or download as a file. Unstuff the file manually, if necessary.
After unstuffing the file, perform the following steps to complete the installation.
1) Quit Netscape.
2) Drag the Fractal Viewer Plug-In (the file 'ViewFIF') inside the folder named 'Plug-ins' inside your Netscape folder.
3) Change the Netscape preferred memory size. (Highlight the Netscape icon, then select File/Get Info in the menu bar.) You should set the preferred memory size at least 2500 KB greater than the suggested memory size.
4) Restart Netscape.
Then, fire up your Netscape browser and try Fractal Viewer in our Fractal Image Galleries!
Online Help on the Web
See our online manual at: http://www.iterated.com/fracview/help/macns/fv5help.htm
Limitations/Known Problems
1) Netscape Navigator v2.0x and FIF files embedded in Frames or Tables. Web pages that contain embedded FIF files inside HTML frames or tables sometimes cause Netscape version 2.0x to pass incorrect information to the plug-in. This can cause the Fractal Viewer plug-in to crash. This is a known problem with Netscape version 2.0x and is fixed in version 3.0. (Note: the "Images USA" and "What FIFs Can Do" links on the Iterated web site use FIFs embedded in tables.)
2) Netscape Navigator v2.0x caches previous JPEG images in memory, but does not release them when a Plug-in requests memory (it does release them for other JPEG images). This can lead to situations where the ViewFIF plug-in cannot display FIF images if you've previously browsed a large number of JPEG images. Netscape version 3.0 releases cached JPEG images for all types of memory requests.
File List:
Read me - This file
License - Fractal Viewer License Agreement
SKIER.FIF - Sample FIF file.
ViewFIF - Fractal Viewer Plug-in for Netscape
About the Sample Image:
The image SKIER.FIF is from Professional Photos CD-ROM from Corel Corporation.
For information concerning Corel's Professional Photo CD-ROM
Products, contact:
Corel Corporation
1600 Carling Ave.
Ottowa, Ontario K1Z 8R7 Canada
(800) 836-3729 (inside US)
(613) 728-3733 (outside US)
Use of this image outside of this Fractal Viewer is prohibited.