wwp@yahoogroups.com:
Re: QuickTime 7.1.3 changes kiosk and Flash availability
Roger Howard 2006-Sep-13 22:45:00
On Wed, September 13, 2006 1:55 pm, Caroling Geary wrote:
> QT 7.1.3 doesn't report a problem, but by default, it does not show
> Flash tracks or allow kiosk mode. To get them, you have to check
> boxes under settings in QuickTime Preferences. If you don't have QT
> Pro, can you change settings in the browser?
>
> To get them from the browser controller bar, click the right downward
> arrow, and choose "Plug-In Settings..."
>
> On the dialog that pops up, click "Advanced".
>
> Click a check box to Enable Flash. Not having this by default breaks
> many of my movies. I am very unhappy about this.
>
> Click a check box to Enable kiosk mode. Who would choose to cripple
> their options? Does this break kiosk mode as used in WWP? If this box
> is checked, people can't change settings, so if they did this before
> enabling Flash, I guess they wouldn't be able to
> Caroling Geary, www.wholeo.net
Caroling,
Apple needs to hear about this, and the best person to tell them is you,
as you have realworld examples of this update breaking existing content -
I can say for certain that is never their goal (QT has a great, though not
perfect, history of backwards compatibility).
At a minimum you should also post this to the Quicktime and QuicktimeVR
lists hosted by Apple, but that is not the right place to go if you expect
any resolution. For a real fix you should file a bug report, with samples,
at https://bugreport.apple.com/
It'll take 10 minutes or so and will ensure that it gets into the queue,
is reviewed, etc.
-R