Just wanted to note that the Medieval Interiors content that was recently posted is IE-only. Bit of a problem for us Firefox users, especially those of us who are not using Windows either.
I'd suggest that in the future, proprietary formats such as powerpoint should be exported to PDF of something similar before posting them to the web.
Medieval Interiors content is IE-only
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I also considered mentioning this when I was unable to view the presentation in Safari or Firefox. Then I remembered that I have PowerPoint, so I just downloaded the presentation.
That worked for me, but I know there are people out there without IE or PP. For those people, and to keep the web as standards-compliant as possible, I'd like to add my voice in agreement with the thread starter.
FWIW, it took me about 30 seconds to convert the presentation into a PDF, and I'm willing to volunteer my services to convert any PPT files into PDF if my assistance is needed or requested.
That worked for me, but I know there are people out there without IE or PP. For those people, and to keep the web as standards-compliant as possible, I'd like to add my voice in agreement with the thread starter.
FWIW, it took me about 30 seconds to convert the presentation into a PDF, and I'm willing to volunteer my services to convert any PPT files into PDF if my assistance is needed or requested.
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Powerpoint presentations
Well, I was able to view the document using OpenOffice. But saying "IE is available" or "Powerpoint (viewer) is available" is missing the point a bit; the web is built upon open standards and there's no reason that "presentation" needed to be delivered in PPT or IE-specific HTML (though I can appreciate why it may have been originally written in PPT).
Anyway, it wasn't a show-stopper for me (this time) but for all the Linux and Mac users, IE-specific web pages are not helpful, and PPT is only useful to people who have MS Office, or sometimes for people with OpenOffice (depending on what features of PPT are used).
Anyway, this isn't a huge problem or anything, I just thought it worth mentioning that this content wasn't easily accessible to all users, unlike the rest of CC.com. This is a great site, and I'd hate to see it require proprietary software to access it.
Anyway, it wasn't a show-stopper for me (this time) but for all the Linux and Mac users, IE-specific web pages are not helpful, and PPT is only useful to people who have MS Office, or sometimes for people with OpenOffice (depending on what features of PPT are used).
Anyway, this isn't a huge problem or anything, I just thought it worth mentioning that this content wasn't easily accessible to all users, unlike the rest of CC.com. This is a great site, and I'd hate to see it require proprietary software to access it.
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This has now been corrected as a pdf is available. The main problem is that ppt can not be converted to a universal web format. Hand writing the html version of a very large ppt is too time consuming. We do understand that our users have a variety of computers, OS systems, web browsers, etc. This is why the presentation is now a pdf which can be seen by MAC and PC users without a different browser.
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