[Xerte] Re: Safari question

Wed Jul 9 11:53:41 BST 2014

We have huge issues with jwplayer as it wants to open all videos in
quicktime on apple stuff (so we make content in an "apple format" to allow
for this)

Might be quickest to say "if apple have display in quicktime link"

On Wed, Jul 9, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Smith, John <J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk> wrote:

> Ah so it's not iPad but Mac... that's an interesting bug that I've not
> seen before. Most likely it is to do with the mediaelements plugin so I
> will investigate and report an issue there.
>
> For info, it also manifests in Chrome, although slightly differently (see
> screenshot). If you have it fullscreen and the video stop and then you
> press esc or the fullscreen button then you return to the LO but the video
> is scaled wrongly and you can't get it to return to correct scaling without
> refreshing the LO.
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> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Douglas Brown [
> dbrown61 at une.edu.au]
> Sent: 08 July 2014 00:19
> To: ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk
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> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Safari question
>
> Try pressing the ESC key at the end of the presentation.
>
> Douglas Brown
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> On 7/07/2014 5:47 pm, "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
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> >Like John I've never seen that and can't reproduce that on Safari on iPad,
> >Windows or Mac OS. Perhaps try clearing the safari cache and try again.
> >Ron
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk
> >[mailto:xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Douglas Brown
> >Sent: 07 July 2014 02:13
> >To: Xerte discussion list
> >Subject: [Xerte] Re: Creating Animation
> >
> >John,
> >
> >I ran the
> >
> >http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_10711
> >
> >
> >In Google Chrome and Firefox and it didn¹t happen. The culprit was Safari.
> >
> >What¹s unfortunate is that Safari tends to be the only browser one can run
> >with the earlier versions of iPads. But since it seems to be Safari that
> >is
> >causing the issue, I suppose there¹s nothing the good people running Xerte
> >can do to overcome it :/
> >
> >Cheers,
> >
> >Douglas Brown
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> >
> >
> >On 7/07/2014 10:11 am, "Smith, John" <J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>Hi Douglas
> >>
> >>That is not normal behaviour so i'm curious as to where you are loading
> >>that learning object from. Is Xerte running locally on your Mac or are
> >>you loading it from a server?
> >>
> >>Also, which browser are you using? I use Xerte on a Mac and have never
> >>seen that behaviour before so would advise you ti check the developer
> >>console for errors or missing (404) files.
> >>
> >>Regards
> >>
> >>John Smith
> >>Learning Technologist
> >>School of Health and Life Sciences
> >>
> >>Sent from Samsung Galaxy SII
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>Douglas Brown <dbrown61 at une.edu.au> wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>While I have been impressed with Xerte¹s functionalities, I find this
> >>one small aspect a bit distractingŠ see the Screen Capture of what I see.
> >>
> >>[cid:4602426C-B965-4360-8221-186F3CEB44F8]
> >>
> >>I just imagine the Learner feeling a bit anxious about the fact that
> >>once the Video closes you can¹t simply click and drag it open. And
> >>there is whole pile of white space where the Video could sit.
> >>
> >>I¹m running a Mac.
> >>
> >>Something to fix in the next version, eh?
> >>
> >>Cheers,
> >>[cid:FEBFE5A2-C9CE-4291-8271-18390C45B296]
> >>
> >>Douglas Brown
> >>Online Learning Designer
> >>Learning Innovations Hub
> >>
> >>Parramatta Future Campus
> >>Level 2, 232 Church Street
> >>Parramatta NSW 2150 Australia
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> >>Phone  0477 740 230
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> >>From: Julian Tenney
> >><Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:Julian.Tenney at nottingham.ac.uk>>
> >>Reply-To: Xerte discussion list
> >><xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>>
> >>Date: Friday, 4 July 2014 6:48 pm
> >>To: "Xerte discussion list
> >>(xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>)"
> >><xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk<mailto:xerte at lists.nottingham.ac.uk>>
> >>Subject: [Xerte] Creating Animation
> >>
> >>I¹m just wondering what approaches people use for this sort of thing:
> >>we have a lecturer who wants to create animation simply. He¹s currently
> >>using powerpoint to create this sort of thing:
> >>http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/toolkits/play_10711
> >>
> >>I think the results are really good, and it¹s taken some time to get
> >>right. I¹m interested in optimising the approach a bit, to make it fast
> >>and efficient: maybe this is the best way of doing it, maybe there are
> >>others?
> >>
> >>What I¹m interested in is what approaches / tools do people use for
> >>this sort of thing? It doesn¹t have to be high end output: it could be
> >>a mixture of screen capture, whilst dragging things around and
> >>narrating the process for example. We¹re not looking to turn staff into
> >>Flash developers, it¹s more about simple approaches that are easy and
> >>quick to do.
> >>
> >>Ideas?
> >>
> >>Thanks,
> >>
> >>Julian
> >>
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