183240 - Chime plug-in doesn't install, but works under Netscape 4.x

Status: RESOLVED WONTFIX

(External Software Affecting Firefox :: Other, defect)

Description

[xspuente]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; ast-ES; rv:1.0.0) Gecko/20020530
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Win 9x 4.90; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

Chime is a plug-in that allows 3D visualization of protein structures. This
plugin used to install without problems in Netscape 4.x, but it doesn't
recognize Mozilla. Somebody wrote a workaround that works for Mozilla, but you
need to install first in Netscape 4.x and then copy some files to the Mozilla
plugins directory.
Check this URL for instructions:
http://courses.chem.psu.edu/chem38/technical/technical-instalations.html

Can you check if this problem can be solved and this plugin can be directly
installed in Mozilla?



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Try to install Chime
2. It doesn't recognize Mozilla and it doesn't install.
3.

Actual Results:  
It didn't install. But following the suggested workaround worked.

Expected Results:  
Check what works in Netscape 4.x and doesn't in Mozilla, and fix it.

Comment 1

[rubydoo123]

After reading the information on the referenced page, they are aware of their
installation issue and stated that they are working on resolving their install
issues. Since the plug-in wrks after the movement of the files, then there isn't
much we can do here. The vendor needs to modify their install script.