Lucid Viewer Beta & Demo

A Lucid Viewer 2.0 beta is now available at http://www.lucid.it/lucid.zip

A preview site can be viewed at http://www.lucid.it/beta

This site requires Flash, version 9.0.115 or higher. http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/alternates/

We are in the process of testing several things. The first is better Flash detection using SWFObject, version 2.0. In particular we're using what is called 'express install', which should check the browser version and prompt the user to upgrade if the minimum is not found. In this case, version 9.0.115. A windows should appear allowing the user to upgrade automatically without leaving the browser window or having to download and install anything manually. A fallback is also implemented whereby an icon or text will appear if the 'express install' fails, it should fall back to an icon or text prompting to update manually. I'm anxious to hear feedback on this. It should be noted that version 9.0.115 is required because in this version of Flash, we are able to directly use QuickTime H.264 files within Lucid Viewer. Prior versions do not support this. The beta site contains several QuickTime demo files in addition to standard Flash video files and .jpg photo files.

The second thing we're testing is performance on Internet Explorer. We've seen some unusual results on this particular browser. We've received reports that IE (version 7) doesn't perform well. We've been trying to narrow down what exactly this issue is. We believe it is one of several things: Some kind of Active X configuration, anti-virus interference or something unchecked (or unchecked) in IE which 'breaks' proper Flash implementation.

So, what that said. Feel free to explore the beta and the demo site. Your feedback, especially in regards the the IE issue, are highly appreciated. I'm targeting a formal release next week.

Regards,

Jason Villmer

www.villmer.com

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Skype: villmer