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Installing the Flash Plug-in
This Website was coded in Macromedia® Flash
6®.
Users of older versions of Netscape® Navigator®
must go to the Macromedia®
Website and download and install the plug-in manually. The
appropriate ActiveX will install itself automatically if you are
using
Microsoft® Internet Explorer® (it
will ask you for permission before doing so).
Enabling Pop-Up Windows
Newer versions of Mozilla®, Netscape®, and
Microsoft® Internet Explorer 6 (specifically running on Microsoft
Windows® XP with Service Pack 2) offer users the
opportunity to block pop-up windows that often contain advertising
on commercial Websites. Some of these browsers turn on pop-up blocking
by default. All of these browsers offer the option to exclude user-specified
sites from pop-up blocking. It is imperative that exceptions be
allowed for ucar.edu domain to open pop-up windows as they are extensively
used in COMET Web modules to display content (no ads, really!).
You may also want to allow pop-ups from other domains as well, e.g.,
noaa.gov, af.mil, navy.mil. Refer to the "Help" pages
of your specific browser for instructions on how to perform this
step (which varies greatly by browser, but is generally associated
with privacy settings for that browser).
ActiveX Controls for Download and CD/DVD Archive Versions
Additionally, users of download versions (and CD/DVD archives)
of COMET Web modules using Internet Explorer 6 on a PC with Windows
XP, Service Pack 2 will also need to allow ActiveX controls to run
from the local hard disk (wherever you installed the download) or
from the CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive from which you are viewing archive
discs. COMET Web modules use the Macromedia Flash Player to enrich
your multimedia experience. All browsers except for Internet Explorer
use a plug-in for this functionality. Internet Explorer uses ActiveX
controls versions of the Flash Player. Due to more stringent security
measures implemented by Service Pack 2, most users will get a warning
or error message alerting them to the fact that an application is
trying to use an ActiveX control from a local disc and is being
blocked by default. If you do not allow this access, Flash-based
Web modules will not run; however, in a corporate or government
computing environment, individual users may not have permission
to change this setting unless they have "Administrator"
level computer permissions. Individuals in those computing environments
should coordinate this activity with management and their IT department.
To enable ActiveX controls in files on hard disc and and from CD
ROM (applies only to computers running Windows XP, Service Pack
2), click "Tools/Internet Options/Advanced" and scroll
down to "Security." Click the checkboxes for allowing
ActiveX on CD and in files on My Computer (click the Apply and OK
buttons, then exit). Please realize that other downloaded software
and CD-DVD ROMs could contain "hostile" ActiveX controls
that could damage your system so you might prefer to turn these
checkboxes back on when viewing html content from other sources.
last revised: 04 Nov 04
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