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- July 25, 1996
-
- This readme is for version 1.7 of the 16-bit Windows Plug-in, compact.
-
- Note: The full version of this decompressor package, with demonstrations, and
- loaded using Installshield rather than PKSFX is still available. The
- version you have is designed for users who want to download the bare minimum
- needed to view coded images with netscape.
-
- Installing the plug-in...
-
- 1. Since you are viewing this readme, you have already executed ls16tiny.exe.
- 2. Be sure to read, understand, and accept the conditions of license.txt
- prior to using this software.
- 3. The other file ls16tiny created is NPCOD16.DLL. Simply place this file in
- the plug-ins directory of your 16-bit Netscape. Depending on the version
- of Netscape you are running, you may need to modify the Options / General
- Preferences / Helpers to include image/cis-cod and NPCOD16.DLL as the
- viewer for that MIME-type.
-
-
-
- What's New? (Additional information is at end of file)
-
- Version 1.7
-
- Enhancement:
- Lightning Strike Plugin-in specific html for this
- version:
-
- MIME type: image/cis-cod
-
- new -> colormap = <TRUE or FALSE>
- introduced in 1.5 -> dither = <TRUE or FALSE>
- introduced in 1.5 -> incremental = <TRUE or FALSE>
-
- Colormap Information:
-
- A fixed colormap is used by default for displaying 24-bit
- images on monitors capable of only 256 colors. This makes
- all images look as good as possible without degrading other images.
- If you have images that have the same colors throughout then you
- may want to use a custom colormap (colormap=false).
-
- You may force a custom color map by setting colormap = FALSE.
- Using a custom colormap makes the quality of 24-bit pictures
- higher. The cost of the increased quality is a degradation
- in any other pictures on the page (the Netscape symbol will
- change colors as well when a custom palette is forced).
-
- HTML Example:
-
- <embed width=510 height=168 colormap=false incremental=false src="file.cod">
- </embed>
-
- Show picture with best possible colors and only show final picture.
-
- Errata:
-
- These are bugs in Netscape and/or the plug-in API's, that we cannot resolve
- without Netscape first fixing their product.
-
- Printing with an embedded image will cause the image to 'dissappear'.
-
- The following HTML is known to cause the problem to occur when the Netscape
- window is resized. (Atlas public release 2 is supposed to fix the table
- problem).
-
- <table border=4>
- <th align=right>
- <embed width=510 height=168 src="file.cod">
- </embed>
- </th>
- </table>
-
- You can use borders in the embed statements, but inserting
- embedded items in tables can cause problems.
-
- Version 1.62
-
- Bug Fix: Netscape will call two instances of the plugin
- under unknown circumstances normally causing
- a GPF, the GPF condition is circumvented, although
- an error message is now displayed.
-
- The following HTML is known to cause the problem to
- occur under unkown circumstances.
-
- <table border=4>
- <th align=right>
- <embed width=510 height=168 src="file.cod">
- </embed>
- </th>
- </table>
-
-
- Version 1.6
-
- Bug Fix: Under the 16-bit plugin in a 256 color environment
- using a picture that had width or height not
- divisible by 16 the picture would be displayed
- incorrectly.
-
- Version 1.5
-
- Enhancement: Files can be saved as native Lighting Strike (*.cod)
- or Windows BMP files (*.bmp).
-
- Bug Fix: Pictures that had a compressed size of > 64k would
- be incorrectly decoded, sometimes resulting
- in a GPF in the 16-bit plugin. This was not
- prevalent as most compresed file would be smaller
- than 64k.
-
- Bug Fix: Incremental display of some pictures would
- have a 'rainbow' effect.
-
-
- We appreciate your interest in our Lightning Strike
- decompressor plug-in for Netscape. This technology represents
- the leading edge in wavelet image compression.
-
- The Lightning Strike image compressor allows Web content
- developers to compress images for Web use. This software
- comes bundeled with an unlimited distribution agreement
- for the decompressor plugin (we advise using a link to
- our site so you provide the latest available plugin).
-
- A single royalty free license for the Lightning Strike image
- compressor, version 2.5 is available for $99.95 to commercial organizations.
- Please see the licensing agreement from Infinop for a full list
- of terms. A Lightning Strike SDK is also available for licensing.
-
- Non-profit organzations may use the Lightning Strike image
- compressor for free. Our only request is that you drop us a line
- and let us know the URL where you are displaying Lightning Strike
- images.
-
- Lightning Strike is a trademark of Infinop, Inc.
-
- How to contact Infinop:
-
- 3401 East University, Suite 104
- Denton, TX 76208
- Attn: Craig Fisher
-
- voice: (817) 891-1538
- fax: (817) 484-0586
- software orders: 800 816-4774
-
- Sales/Marketing
- email: craig@infinop.com
-
- Technical issues:
- email: tsupport@infinop.com
-
-