From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Mon, 20 Aug 2007 00:00:36 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1537 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Sunday 19 August 2007 Number 1537 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Re: Router : Peter L Allen" 2 Re: Helper applications in Firefox : Peter L Allen" 3 Re: Helper applications in Firefox : Peter Moylan **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 18:01:16 +1000 (EST) From: "Peter L Allen" Subject: Re: Router On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 09:20:00 +1000, Ed Durrant wrote: >Peter L Allen wrote: >> >> OK - I can see some possible utility for WiFi, BUT, OS2 drivers for PC adapter cards?? >> >> Have been able to connect directly with Injoy pppoe client - lot slower than XP - due to >> old tcpip stack, 4.02y ??? >> >> Did the 4.1 version go public at some stage? >> >> Regards, >> allenpl >> > > >WiFi PCI / Mini-PCI / PCMCIA OS/2 drivers - the Genmac wrapper driver >series supports some cards, more being added all the time. The other >simple alternative is to use an external ethernet to WiFi box as used >with game consoles. The OS/2 system then simply see an ethernet connection. > >My reference to Injoy was that you could run an OS/2 PC as a router >using Injoy Firewall software (which I did for a couple of years) - it's >fast stable and reliable. However once the Wifi Router boxes, such as >the Linksys WRT54G came on the market, they were simply a cheaper solution. > >In short - there's lots of options out there for routers / with and >without WiFi, all should work with OS/2 and Windows systems without >issues as you simply see the ethernet connection. > >Cheers/2 > >Ed. >> OK, have now got tcpip32 from Ian Manners running - download speed same as XP. Ed, understood your ref to Injoy - setup PPPoe - works same as dialup and indicates to me the system is fairly "normal". Had no idea of WiFi to ethernet boxes - looks the way to go if required. Linksys WRT54G looks a go, Regards, allenpl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 19:16:25 +1000 (EST) From: "Peter L Allen" Subject: Re: Helper applications in Firefox On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:18:37 +1000, Peter Moylan wrote: Does this address the query? http://www.os2bbs dot com/os2news/Warpzilla.html them "mailcap" Regards, allenpl ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 3 ==========================** Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2007 22:57:53 +1000 From: Peter Moylan Subject: Re: Helper applications in Firefox On 19/08/07 19:16, Peter L Allen wrote: > On Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:18:37 +1000, Peter Moylan wrote: > > Does this address the query? > > http://www.os2bbs dot com/os2news/Warpzilla.html > > them "mailcap" Initially I thought it would; but then I noticed a recommendation on the same page for a Firefox extension called "Media Player Connectivity", and when I looked at the discussions on the "Firefox Add-ons" web site, I found an article entitled "Stupid websites checking for plugin", and finally everything fell into place. In fact I _do_ have a helper application for streams of type audio/mpeg (namely Z!) installed in Firefox, and on many web sites the audio plays perfectly. On some web pages, however, the page author is explicitly checking whether I have Windows Media Player installed, and because I don't it displays the "click here to get plugin" instead of letting me have the mp3 file! This is like problems we used to have with web pages that checked which version of Internet Exploder we were running, and refusing to operate because we were using a non-Microsoft browser. Or, going back further in time, all those web sites that started the browser wars by saying "Best viewed with Netscape". I've now installed the "Media Player Connectivity" add-on, and it solves the problem with the page I originally mentioned. I still have to configure it for most media types, but the mp3 problem is gone. I'll try it out with other pages and media types when I have more time. This still leaves the fact that Firefox has two bugs: 1. In the Tools/Options notebook, the part that is supposed to display the installed helper applications gives an empty list, so we can't see what helpers we have installed. (Although they do remain installed even if they're not on the list, provided that they were installed in an earlier version of Firefox.) Note that this bug is NOT present in Thunderbird, yet Thunderbird is one place where we don't really need media players. 2. Even in the older versions of Firefix where the list displays correctly, there is no "Add new application" entry. The only time we're allowed to add a new application is where an unknown file type is encountered, and we're asked whether we want to save it or specify an application to use to open it. In many cases only the "save" option is enabled, because Firefox tells you that this is a binary file that should not be opened. (How does it know? More to the point, why does it think it knows when I know the opposite?) Peter -- Peter Moylan peter at pmoylan dot org http://www.pmoylan dot org Please note that my e-mail address has changed yet again. Some of my older addresses still work, but it is not certain when they will be phased out. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------