68076 - On Mac, IPIX plugin displays initially then is unusable

Status: VERIFIED FIXED

(Core Graveyard :: Plug-ins, defect, P1)

Description

[lchiang]

Taken to open source bug database from 
http://bugscape.netscape.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3842

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hen I first tried to use the plugin, I got a message that the browser did not 
have enough memory and the program crashed (error 2). After increasing 
the memory, I tried again. The original picture loaded, but attempts to rotate 
the picture give you a monochromatic display. To duplicate, go to the Hyundai 
site, choose Sonata, choose interior, choose 360°

------- Additional Comments From shrirang 2001-02-05 20:50 -------

hm..ifI am not wrong, this was working on win/mac earlier. I see the problem 
mentioned here on mac (working fine on windows). The plugin loads, but after 
clicking with the mouse inside the plugin area, the image disappears and a 
monochromatic display is seen. Reassigning to peterl, cc:av.

------- Additional Comments From shrirang 2001-02-06 20:15 -------

I tested with a latest trunk build(20010205) on mac and this bug is present 
there. We need to move this to bugzilla.

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Comment 1

[lchiang]

reassign to peter as per the other bug

Comment 2

[Peter Lubczynski]

Like Shrirang said, seems to display fine at first, then blanks out instead of 
rotating. 

I'm going to need some help from IPIX.  Eric, do you know anyone there?

Comment 3

[lchiang]

cc: sol on this for contact information.

Comment 4

[Peter Lubczynski]

Chris, can you find someone at IPIX to contact?

Thanks.

Comment 5

[lchiang]

Peter - Sol is trying to get a contact, perhaps through Chris :-)

Comment 6

[Chris Nalls]

Phone calls have not worked - I have now spammed every possible contact listed
on their website.

Comment 7

[Chris Nalls]

from iPix on 3/8:

We are currently updating the iPIX Netscape Plugin for 3.x, 4.x and the
installer for Netscape 6. I anticipate we will have a release candidate within
the next 45 days.

Thanks,
John Fairstein
Senior Product Manager
[phone] ext. 422

Comment 8

[Peter Lubczynski]

Called John. He will very helpful and will attempted to get me in touch with the 
Mac engineer in the next week.

Comment 9

[shrirang khanzode]

cc: phil

Comment 10

[Arun Ranganathan]

peterl, did iPix ever get back to you?  nominating nsbeta1

Comment 11

[Arun Ranganathan]

I spoke to John Lousteau today.  John told me that it would take IPIX about a
month to change their installer to work with Mozilla based browsers such as
Netscape 6 (e.g. detect the new install locations, etc.).  In the meantime, I'll
try and see if I can act as the harbinger of bug 77244 to folks such as IPIX (my
previous attempts failed since John Fairstein no longer works for IPIX).  

Comment 12

[Peter Lubczynski]

What's the MIME type of IPIX? Since it works well on Windows, I can add it to 
the 4.x scan at least.

Also, Shrir, can you try this on Mac again. A check-in from last night may have 
effect this positivly.

Comment 13

[shrirang khanzode]

Sweet !! The testcase in this bug is actually working smoothly on today's latest 
mac trunk 2001051616IIPIX plugin . I see no flickering at all. It's all nice and 
clear. Will start doing further testing on this plugin since this seems fixed 
now. Marking Fixed. Can anyone verify ? 

Comment 14

[shrirang khanzode]

IPIX mime types :

application/x-ipix        .IPX

application/x-ipscript    .IPS 

Comment 15

[Peter Lubczynski]

YES!!!! IPIX now work on Mac! I think it was due to my "lost focus" Mac patch 
that went in the other day.

Arun, should we include IPIX in the "sweep".....where do we "draw the line"?

Comment 16

[shrirang khanzode]

Working...verified again on mac 2001051705