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Re: MCL Netscape Plugin?
At 11:09 AM 7/1/96, Rainer Joswig wrote:
>...(John C. Mallery and I) just have written
>a VRML generation macro library for use with CL-HTTP
>(available with the latest devo version).
>
Great! I hope everyone makes use of it and adds VRML content to their web pages.
>Mac-native means using QD3D?
>
Mac-native means developed entirely on the Mac (in MetroWerks C++). The Mac
Live3D that we have shipped is partially developed with Microsoft's Visual
C++ Cross-platform development environment, whose run-time system is having
serious problems.
The rendering engine we use is Renderware (by Criterion). Its speed seems
comparable to QD3D (Apple's QuickDraw 3D) and it is available for the 68K
Mac also; something that is important to us. We have structured Live3D so
that other renderers, such as QD3D, could be programmed in instead, e.g.,
to take advantage of hardware accelerators.
>My example page with embedded VRML files keeps crashing my Netscape3.0b5
>(using 20 MB RAM).
>
"Cross-platform" Live3D may not work with Netscape3.0b5 and System 7.5.3.
The best current environment for Live3D is System 7.5.2 (on a PCI Apple
PowerMac) and Netscape3.0b4 with a partition size of at least 16MB.
In a few weeks we'll release Mac-native Live3D for the PPC (and probably
68K also). Live3D is currently available for Win3.1 and Win95, and is being
developed for UNIX.
Regards,
Steve steve.mitchell@pobox.com
Live3D Mac Support Netscape (formerly Paper Software)
Visit the Live3D site at: <http://home.netscape.com/eng/live3d/>