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i have switched to using mozilla, but noticed that if i need to see launch
video,
eg. reading a news article am today , i clicked launch to see video and
page pops up , as usual, to download
ie 5 or higher
or windows player
or realplayer........ i have them already
why is mozilla asking to download. when i go and click on my desktop ie and
go to same article msnbc or whatever i am able to click launch video and
view piece. thank you

mozilla is my default browser

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boni wrote:
> i have switched to using mozilla, but noticed that if i need to see launch
> video,
> eg. reading a news article am today , i clicked launch to see video and
> page pops up , as usual, to download
> ie 5 or higher
> or windows player
> or realplayer........ i have them already
> why is mozilla asking to download. when i go and click on my desktop ie and
> go to same article msnbc or whatever i am able to click launch video and
> view piece. thank you
>
> mozilla is my default browser
>
>

Those pages are for when the video is embedded in the webpage. What
you're missing is the browser plug-ins for Mozilla(/Netscape). Usually
if Mozilla catches it there's a yellow bar across the top that says
"This page needs a plug-in to work properly"(or something like that), or
at least in Firefox it does; clicking on the "Get plug-in" will send you
over to Netscape's site where you can download and install.

RealPlayer probably has the plug-in packaged with the standalone player,
though beats me as to how to install it (I rarely use plug-ins and never
use RealPlayer).



Rick

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Rick T wrote:
> boni wrote:
>
>> i have switched to using mozilla, but noticed that if i need to see
>> launch
>> video,
>> eg. reading a news article am today , i clicked launch to see video and
>> page pops up , as usual, to download
>> ie 5 or higher
>> or windows player
>> or realplayer........ i have them already
>> why is mozilla asking to download. when i go and click on my desktop
>> ie and
>> go to same article msnbc or whatever i am able to click launch video and
>> view piece. thank you
>>
>> mozilla is my default browser
>>
>>
>
> Those pages are for when the video is embedded in the webpage. What
> you're missing is the browser plug-ins for Mozilla(/Netscape). Usually
> if Mozilla catches it there's a yellow bar across the top that says
> "This page needs a plug-in to work properly"(or something like that), or
> at least in Firefox it does; clicking on the "Get plug-in" will send you
> over to Netscape's site where you can download and install.
>
> RealPlayer probably has the plug-in packaged with the standalone player,
> though beats me as to how to install it (I rarely use plug-ins and never
> use RealPlayer).

or if this didn't make sense to you, post a URL of an example and I'll
try it out in Firefox.

Rick

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thank you for response....
q. how do i post a URL to show example .

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In the Mozilla slot for the URL (www.microsoft.com for example), highlight
it with your cursor, right click and click on Copy and then go to a post to
this news group, click your cursor in this part of the post and click on
Paste above in the taskbar. You can also right click in the body of the
message and click on Paste.

Heather

"boni" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> thank you for response....
> q. how do i post a URL to show example .
>
>

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http://video.msn.com/s/us/i/req.gif

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boni wrote:
> thank you for response....
> q. how do i post a URL to show example .
>
>
type it...

http://like.this/I/mean/type/the/webpage.address





Rick

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boni wrote:
> http://video.msn.com/s/us/i/req.gif
>
>

that doesn't contain a link to a video stream, that's just an (animated)
gif. If that's your problem, look in Mozilla's options for "animated
gif" and change it to "cycle" or "repeat".


Rick

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http://video.msn.com/s/us/i/req.gif this?

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No. That's a... well, just read my previous post again.

what *webpage* are you having problems with and what portion of that
webpage.




Rick
back in a few hours.

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http www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8909497/
that is the page.

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"Rick T" <plinnane3REMOVE@NOSPAMyahoo.com> wrote in message
news:%2307N78QoFHA.1480@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> boni wrote:
> > thank you for response....
> > q. how do i post a URL to show example .
> >
> >
> type it.... ....Which means, you must know it precisely.
Harry....
>
> http://like.this/I/mean/type/the/webpage.address
>
>
>
>
>
> Rick

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boni wrote:
> http www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8909497/
> that is the page.
>
>

oh.

Looks like M$ wants you to install IE6 and the latest WMP.

<shrug>

your choice if you want to or not; whether the stuff would run under
your current browser and media player is immaterial as apparently they
check to see what browser you're running, first.


Rick

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note. i have ie6 and wmp 9.0.
on my computer. except that when i am using mozilla firefox as a browser i
am unable to launch video and need to click my ie instead to view it. that
was my original question.

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Boni.......there is an *extension* in Firefox called IE View that you can
use for pages that FF doesn't work with......look under Bookmarks for Themes
and Extensions.

Heather
"boni" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
newsRWQj%23UoFHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> note. i have ie6 and wmp 9.0.
> on my computer. except that when i am using mozilla firefox as a browser i
> am unable to launch video and need to click my ie instead to view it.
that
> was my original question.
>
>

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oh, this is interesting...

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/upgrade/

I smell a large corporate-sized rat


Rick


Heather wrote:
> Boni.......there is an *extension* in Firefox called IE View that you can
> use for pages that FF doesn't work with......look under Bookmarks for Themes
> and Extensions.
>
> Heather
> "boni" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> newsRWQj%23UoFHA.3120@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>
>>note. i have ie6 and wmp 9.0.
>>on my computer. except that when i am using mozilla firefox as a browser i
>>am unable to launch video and need to click my ie instead to view it.
>
> that
>
>>was my original question.