As you may know, people in the RealMac support forum revealed incompatibility of PostcardViewer plugin under Firefox (Mac OS X) and Camino. For more detail please refer known problem part of PostcardView plugin page. I postpone the improvement of the SimpleViewer plugin (including Blocks support), and am researching problem of the Overlay and Launcher style on Firefox (Mac OS X) and Camino.
According to my researching until now it has been discovered that Firefox (Mac OS X) cannot display the Flash by transparent style.
I think it's specification of Flash player (or plugin) for Firefox (Mac OS X) and Camino, because Firefox for Windows can display Flash with transparent style. Simultaneously, this means I have no chance to implement HTML of Overlay style and Launcher style for Firefox (Mac OS X) and Camino.

As a tentative measure, I will add a new parameter that sets the overlay block transparency. (In current version, this parameter is fixed to 0.6) If you set this parameter to over than 1.0, the overlay block will be solid black. You will obtain compatibility in Firefox (Mac OS X) and Camino instead of losing a cool transparent background.

I think Firefox (Mac OS X) and Camino's share of browser market is very few... I don't like this kind of rotten excuse (moreover, I'm Mac user). However please accept my plugin specification for some time to come.

tag : postcardviewer

Today I release the PostcardViewer plugin v1.0u.
This version include new style which is named Launcher style as already webloged.
The Launcher style is required to be used with the Page Block of the Blocks plugin which developed by YearHead.
I'm heavy user of Blocks. So I like the Launcher style in the styles.

Therefore, The use of the Launcher style might be a little difficult because you have to know function of Blocks.
Unfortunately, I don't have enough time to make the manual for this. However I release this for the meantime. The manual will be added all in good time.
Also this version includes some bug fixes.
Please download and enjoy !

tag : postcardviewer

I'm working to make the PostcardViewer plugin support the Blocks now. (The Overlay mode of current version doesn't work in Blocks) Also it's including cool new feature too.
Therefore, I'm exchanging about it with Isaiah who is a developer of the Blocks via mail several times.
I exchange mail with an overseas engineer on business occasionally. However, it's the first time in such a personal case. It's very happy to exchange not only a technical topic but also personal topics.

Almost Japanese people make "Japanese only" website. (Of course, I'm managing "Japanese only" websites like other people) Inevitably, almost people who access a Japanese website are Japanese.
However, English is a de-facto international language in internet. I feel internet is really connected to international as I made this English based website after all. And it's really exciting to make a plugin with collaboration with overseas people.

Also I thank Felix (the web creator who allowed the bundle of his cool Flash application), Charlie (the theme developer who cooperated for testing under his theme) and the RealMac forum people for positive cooperation !

tag : postcardviewer

In my case, there are a lot of people who develop excellent software in the person who likes music or who plays music.
I heard Alan Kay who is a great software developer whom I respect is a Jazz player.
Actually, I seem the development of software looks like music.

• It is not a physical object.
• It follow the sort of mathematical theory.
• It can be described in a some kind of document.
• It changes as the seconds tick away.
• It is important about user experience.
• It needs some tension occasionally.
• It exists depending on creator's sense.
• It requires a some kind of skill and training.
• etc...

I'm not only a "Sunday Xcode programmer" but also a musician.
I love not only the iMacG5 but also music !
I had stopped the amateur rock band live performance since university student. However, I restarted the amateur rock band after an interval of ?? years in the wake of alumni association.

I make a belated attempt to add a photo album of the "Debut live on 17th Sep. 2006" of my amateur rock band to my band website, because it was so busy with development and announcement of my RapidWeaver plugins. Of course, it's made by my new PostcardViewer plugin !

P.S.
BTW, my band website includes the discussion board which made by alpha version of the RapidWeaverBBS. Unfortunately, this discussion board only allows Japanese language because we had a lot of spam from foreign countries. (This function is depending on a parameter of the RapidWeaverBBS.)

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