midi+animations+synchronized sounds

I just turned on some of the midi files on my website. About a year ago, I
needed to turn off pretty well all of the midi files, since versions 2.x of
Netscape Navigator and Internet Explorer that were current at that time didn't
cope well with midi+animations, but versions 3.x and particularly versions 4.x
are able to cope with a lot more, i.e. they play midi+animations+synchronized
sounds quite well now (what a nice surprise!) Of course, having a reasonably
fast computer helps too! You may like the enhancements, see for example:

http://members.aol.com/petecasso
select: The Javasteins and then select the titles
Never Ever Ask Me For My Name! or
Valentine's Day

       Enjoy!
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IE4 doesn't like something... whenever I try to scroll down on your page
(and only your page) it crashes so hard the cursor doesn't move... it
doesn't even beep when I push keys...

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PeteCasso wrote in message
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>I just turned on some of the midi files on my website.

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I've got IE 4.01 on a Win '95 OSR2 system with 64 megs of EDO RAM and an
AWE 64 Gold...memory doesn't seem to be the problem :) It's probably a
Java incompatibility, as you mentioned...

Keep up the good work, and maybe one day my computer will grant me
mercy... :D
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PeteCasso wrote in message
<199...@ladder02.news.aol.com>...
>>IE4 doesn't like something... whenever I try to scroll down on your
page
>>(and only your page) it crashes so hard the cursor doesn't move... it
>>doesn't even beep when I push keys...
>
[snip]

>In short, the more capable your computer is, the more you will
see/hear/play on
>my website. And if that does not sound very nice to you, well, there
are many,
>many, many websites designed that way (but do not state things as
frankly as I
>have done.)
>
>Also, I realize very well, that the implementation levels of new web
>technologies can be quite dissimilar (worst of them all is Java VMs)
but that
>has been my choice, the upside being that this allows for pushing the
ascii
>envelope in ways that would not be possible otherwise.


[snip]

>IE4 doesn't like something... whenever I try to scroll down on your page
>(and only your page) it crashes so hard the cursor doesn't move... it
>doesn't even beep when I push keys...

Nevertheless, this is not necessarily IE4, it could be any of the myriad of
computer configuration issues. A wild guess would be: you don't have enough
RAM. There is basically nothing that I can do on my part. Same like the comment
about not hearing the background music and/or the sound accentuations (such as
the rooster) at the same time. If your computer is not equipped with two sound
channels (like most Macs) or if your sound card is not able to mix two sound
sources, then that's what will happen (or similar issue, I misplaced the
comment, I just came back from a place where there is no Internet yet, I had a
lot in my inbox and I also deleted a lot quite quickly.)

And responding to yet other comments (that I may or may not have deleted), I am
primarily publishing on the web (and not in newsgroups or email discussion
groups.) The static comic strips on my website require the first generation of
web browsers, i.e. versions 1.x of Netscape Navigator or Internet Explorer. The
movie clips in GIF require the second generation, and the interactive pieces in
Java and Shockwave require the third generation of web browsers. I did not plan
things that way BTW, I merely took advantage of the technological advancements
of the publishing medium (i.e. the web) as they became available. 

In short, the more capable your computer is, the more you will see/hear/play on
my website. And if that does not sound very nice to you, well, there are many,
many, many websites designed that way (but do not state things as frankly as I
have done.)

Also, I realize very well, that the implementation levels of new web
technologies can be quite dissimilar (worst of them all is Java VMs) but that
has been my choice, the upside being that this allows for pushing the ascii
envelope in ways that would not be possible otherwise.

This also explains why I am not interested in Javascript at all, it does not
allow you to push the ascii evelope beyond, for example, what has been possible
with (the non-web technologies) VT100 or ANSI decades ago. True, Javascript as
announced in this newsgroup (and published on the web, BTW) has definitely lots
and lots of room for lots and lots more sophistication, I don't deny that
either, but then, why use Javascript in the first place? Why not use Java in
the first place? And that is (one of the things) that I have done, it allows
you to go past previous confines ...

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This also explains why I am not interested in Javascript at all, it does not
allow you to push the ascii evelope beyond, for example, what has been possible
with (the non-web technologies) VT100 or ANSI decades ago. True, Javascript as
announced in this newsgroup (and published on the web, BTW) has definitely lots
and lots of room for lots and lots more sophistication, I don't deny that
either, but then, why use Javascript in the first place? Why not use Java in
the first place? And that is (one of the things) that I have done, it allows
you to go past previous confines ...
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Just as I hit the send button, it occurred to me that I have an older cartoon
to go with the above (my own) quoted statement, enjoy!

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02                                                                    02
03  Frogstein and Birdstein, Hi-Tech                                  03
04  by Pete Casso 970814                                              04
05                                                                    05
06               Grandpa Devilstein! Don't you want                   06
07                to go with the times and use hi-tech?               07
08         ,,      \                                                  08
09        ( ">       oo.                                              09
10       ,(->)->    (-  )                                             10
11      (  ^^        " "                                              11
12                                                                    12
13              But I do! My handarrows ARE hi-tech!                  13
14             /                                                      14
15            /          How do they work?                            15
16         ,,           /                                             16
17        ( ">       oo.                                              17
18       ,(->)->    (-  )                                             18
19      (  ^^        " "                                              19
20                                                                    20
21             Like this!                                             21
22            /                         Ha ha, you missed me!         22
23         ,,                          /                              23
24        ( ">   whoosh     ~ ~ ~  .oo                                24
25       ,(->)---------->  ~ ~ ~  (  -)                               25
26      (  ^^                      " "                                26
27                                                                    27
28               I also have hi-tech pitchforks!                      28
29              Same idea, longer reach!                              29
30             /                                              Ouch!   30
31            /                                              /        31
32         ,,                                             ,,          32
33        ( ">              W H O O O O O O S H          ,@@          33
34       ,(=E)=========================================E(  ^)         34
35      (  ^^                                            " "          35
36                                                                    36
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Well, I would NEVER use Java, because unless you have a Pentium-200, it's
as slow as hell

also... nice cartoon :)

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PeteCasso <pet...@aol.com> wrote in article
<199...@ladder03.news.aol.com>...
> ***********************
> This also explains why I am not interested in Javascript at all, it does
not
> allow you to push the ascii evelope beyond, for example, what has been
possible
> with (the non-web technologies) VT100 or ANSI decades ago. True,
Javascript as
> announced in this newsgroup (and published on the web, BTW) has
definitely lots
> and lots of room for lots and lots more sophistication, I don't deny that
> either, but then, why use Javascript in the first place? Why not use Java
in
> the first place? And that is (one of the things) that I have done, it
allows
> you to go past previous confines ...
> ***********************

PeteCasso (pet...@aol.com) writes:
> allow you to push the ascii evelope beyond, for example, what has been possible

Look at me!  I am high-tech!  I am pushing the ASCII envelope. :-)

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replies to two comments, preserving bandwidth

>Well, I would NEVER use Java, because unless you have a 
>Pentium-200, it'sas slow as hell

I designed my Java movies to play adequately on the oldest Pentium and the
oldest PPC (for the Mac), the simplicity of ascii (and the 'steins) makes that
possible. But that is indeed a minimum requirement for the computing platform.

>It's probably a Java incompatibility, as you mentioned...
>Keep up the good work, and maybe one day my computer will
>grant me mercy... :D

It can take a long time before a standard is accurately implemented. I
discovered inaccurate implementation of gif89a in IE as recent as last year, 8
years after the standard has been published ...

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