[Xerte] Re: Safari question

Thu Jul 10 10:26:08 BST 2014

New South Wales, Alistair, New South Wales

On Thu, Jul 10, 2014 at 8:19 AM, Alistair McNaught <
Alistair.McNaught at heacademy.ac.uk> wrote:

> > I think Xerte is pretty damn awesome.
>
> It's getting awesomer too. Some great things in the pipeline.
>
> It's now almost available in Welsh as well (a few tweaks remaining)... not
> that that helps an Australian very much :-)
>
> Alistair
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk [mailto:
> xerte-bounces at lists.nottingham.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Douglas Brown
> Sent: 10 July 2014 01:36
> To: J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk
> Cc: Xerte discussion list
> Subject: [Xerte] Re: Safari question
>
> John,
>
> Yeah I didn’t try it on the iPad which of course runs Safari.
>
> Despite my whinging, I think Xerte is pretty damn awesome. I love how it
> runs without issue on an iPad 1.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Douglas Brown
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> On 9/07/2014 7:57 pm, "Smith, John" <J.J.Smith at gcu.ac.uk> wrote:
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> >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.
> >
> >Regards,
> >
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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
> >Cc: Xerte discussion list
> >Subject: [Xerte] Re: Safari question
> >
> >Try pressing the ESC key at the end of the presentation.
> >
> >Douglas Brown
> >
> >Online Learning Designer
> >Learning Innovations Hub
> >
> >Parramatta Future Campus
> >Level 2, 232 Church Street
> >Parramatta NSW 2150 Australia
> >
> >Phone  0477 740 230
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> >On 7/07/2014 5:47 pm, "Ron Mitchell" <ronm at mitchellmedia.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> >>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
> >>
> >>Online Learning Designer
> >>Learning Innovations Hub
> >>
> >>Parramatta Future Campus
> >>Level 2, 232 Church Street
> >>Parramatta NSW 2150 Australia
> >>
> >>Phone  0477 740 230
> >>
> >>www.une.edu.au <http://www.une.edu.au/>
> >>
> >>CRICOS Provider Code 00003G
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>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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> >>>[cid:9377AD25-F3FB-4131-BAC9-EA2D7791196E]
> >>>
> >>>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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