[X3D-Public] Web3D.org Front Page

[Paul Aslin]

Sorry Joe but it doesn't work at all in Firefox or IE 8.

To start with you need a Browser Sniffer, that then inserts the Object/Embed tag using Javascript, try the NIST site for this. Its the only way around IE's ActiveX sandbox.

The scene renders funny in Instant Player, I think its a bug in Instant Player itself. No logical reason why but the zdepth is set to some tiny number.

--- On Sat, 6/6/09, Joe D Williams <joedwil at earthlink.net> wrote:

> From: Joe D Williams <joedwil at earthlink.net>
> Subject: [X3D-Public] Web3D.org Front Page
> To: "X3D Graphics public mailing list" <x3d-public at web3d.org>
> Received: Saturday, 6 June, 2009, 2:14 PM
> Hi All,
> I just wanted to make sure that this would play on any
> player interested in being associated with X3D. As before, I
> salvaged pieces of this from somebody (please see comments),
> added some, and edited the original animations. I think this
> code or whatever is open and so anybody should feel free to
> use it anywhere. Not that I was holding out, but I was
> hoping to win a trip to Europe for the best cut at an X3D
> logo this year, and I still at least hope to get this on the
> front page of web3d.org, but it turns out that nobody
> announced the contest so I couldn't win. Anyway. of course
> it could be more fancy with some lighting effects and
> textures or something but just remember it's supposed to run
> anywhere X3D Interactive is supported.
> 
> Right now the only objection I am hearing for putting this
> thing on the front page of web3d.org is that if there was a
> player for .x3d or .x3dv installed, It might blow up the
> front page. I just think this example could easily work as a
> potential substitute for the 2D image of an X3D figure not
> much unlike the attached example, with a simple
> <object> element and not cause anybody any problems if
> they visit web3d.org with a reasonably recent W3C browser
> with a reasonably recent X3D 'plugin' installed.
> 
> Basically, this code, which is just a minor change from
> what is there now, would work.
> 
> <div id='exampleHomeBlock'>
>  <div class="sideblock" style="padding:0; text-align:
> center;">
>    <object id='showx3dlogo'
> class='X3D3Dlogo'
>      type='model/x3d-vrml'
> data='x3d_logo7c.x3dv'
>      style='width:176px;height:112px;'
> title'Welcome to X3D'>
>      <param name="src"
> value="x3d_logo7c.x3dv">
>      <param name="DASHBOARD"
> value="FALSE">
>        <img
> src="x3dTag_176x86.png"
>          alt="View X3D
> Content in real-time">
>        <div
> class='exampleContentLink'><a href="/x3d-content"
>          title="View X3D
> Content in real-time">View X3D Content</a>
>        </div>
>    </object>
>    <div class='exampleLink'>
>      <a
> href="/x3d/wiki/index.php/Player_support_for_X3D_components"
>        title="View X3D Content in
> real-time">Player Support</a>
>    </div>
>    <div class='exampleLink'>
>      <a
> href="/x3d/wiki/index.php/Tool_support_for_X3D_components"
>        title="View X3D Content in
> real-time">Tool Support</a>
>    </div>
>  </div>
> </div>
> 
> I think any fairly recent W3C browser will handle that html
> object element and any fairly recent X3D player is not going
> to choke on that and bring down the front page and maybe the
> host browser (I hope!).
> 
> So, I just want to pose this with the idea that we should
> progress to having some X3D on the web3D.org front page:
> Will anyone that thinks using some version of the above code
> and the attached example would be a hazard to the operation
> of web3d.org front page please speak up.
> 
> Thank You and Best Regards,
> Joe
> example at: http://www.hypermultimedia.com/credits.htm
> (tested in four major W3C  HTML browsers and four
> major W3D X3D browsers)
> 
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