Re: Mathematica 8 browser plugin and Firefox 3/4
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- Subject: [mg115765] Re: Mathematica 8 browser plugin and Firefox 3/4
- From: Armand Tamzarian <mike.honeychurch at gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2011 06:29:27 -0500 (EST)
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On Jan 19, 9:24 pm, thinline <nman... at gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone confirm that the browser plugin which comes with Mathematica 8= works with either Firefox 3.6.x or 4 beta? I've only tried it with the lat= ter and it seems to not work for me. > > When I go to this demonstration, for example:http://demonstrations.wolfra= m.com/IkedaDelayDifferentialEquation/ > and click on the static image of the demo, a little popup offers to "down= load live version with active controls". Upon choosing this, I get the spin= ning wheel progress indicator and a "Loading" message, followed by a notebo= ok graphic with "Loading file..." in the center of the browser. Nothing mor= e happens after this point. > > I don't have a 3.6 version of Firefox to try this on, but I have also tri= ed it with the nightly Chrome and the behavior there is the same - i.e. it = doesn't work. With IE 8, the demo does load as it should, but this doesn't = tell me anything about where the fault lies (Firefox or Mathematica) as the= interface to Mathematica in IE is not done through the same plugin, but ra= ther an ActiveX control. > > Cheers, > Adrian On Mac 10.6.6 with Firefox 3.6.x it works nicely. Mike