Post by: bellbram on March 30, 2003, 03:55:00 AM
I've searched the net (via Google) for my original set of smilies (which included a lovely worm in love with his rear end) but can't find it anywhere. The only active smilies I've found are apparently only for Windows.
Anyone know where I can download a collection that will work with Jaguar.
Feel a bit stupid asking such a mundane question when others have real problems, but that's the nice thing about being anonymous
Post by: snuffysbluff on March 30, 2003, 06:29:00 AM
The worm and others are at the website below.
thanks for the compliment...I like getting a"lovely".
By the by...what are the BG's really like?
Gary B
Post by: kelly on March 30, 2003, 09:10:00 AM
These are just links to items on a web site.
Gary has graciously made many that we all link to.
They aren't something that you can use seperate from a web link.
Hmm. Snuffy and gracious. As in full of grace.
Whatever.
Post by: snuffysbluff on March 30, 2003, 09:58:00 AM
The App I used to make 'em hasn't been released in a version for OSX.
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Kelly..."Gracious" is OK...I'll take it although it makes me feel a need for a tastefull string of cultured pearls
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Post by: bellbram on March 30, 2003, 11:25:00 PM
Am sure I downloaded the entire collection in one go, but your BUG site would seem to suggest downloading one at a time. Even so, I couldn't even do that. What's the secret?
As for the BeeGees, they're not my scene, so can't help you there. Sorry.
Post by: snuffysbluff on March 30, 2003, 12:01:00 PM
Worked fine. Just clicking on the downloaded GIFF opens it in PictureViewer and you only get one frame..
Worked for me in 9.1...But then...Life is much less complicated on the trailing edge.
Going back up and read that part about "genius" again.
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Post by: bellbram on March 30, 2003, 12:59:00 PM
I might add that I'm also getting no joy with OS9.2 which I've still got. (And I wish I'd never heard of Jaguar)
I know we're a bit in the boondocks here on the Isle of Man, but I thought we had the same wizard technology.
Mind you, at my age (77) is it any wonder?
Dear me
Post by: Xairbusdriver on March 30, 2003, 01:16:00 PM
All you need to view these images in X, Jag, or any other OS is a program that can display animated gif's. Must be something in Jag, but I think Graphiconvertor has an X version. And even IE could be used, if you type in the file link/path in the Location box.
As for downloading as snuffy suggested, you may need to be a little more precise about where and how long to hold down the mouse button. If the file name is 'highlighted' you are simply clicking on the text link for the file, but that will probably only open it in a wundow. However, it may also download it for you, depends on what the site creator makes it do.
What I think snuffy wants you to do is to click on the image itself. But hold down the button. In a few seconds or less, you should see a short mini-menu with at least one choice saying "Download Image to Disk." That should work for any image of any kind on any site (secure ones excepted). That is the simplest way to steal...I mean borrow some image. Exactly where it is downloaded is up to you. There should be a preference setting in your browser that allows you to specify what folder to send these to. I cleverly named mine "Downloads!"
Let us know if there are still problems. And maybe some one with X can share a few titles of programs that can easily display animated gif's.
Jim C.
Post by: bellbram on March 30, 2003, 01:50:00 PM
Peter W.
Post by: Bruce_F on March 30, 2003, 02:11:00 PM
If you're trying to get animated gifs to animate in OSX Mail, forget it. Mail doesn't support animated images, yet. It doesn't even do a good job of supporting images... period.
If the next version of OSX Mail doesn't get some fixes for this, I'm going to stop using it.
Use Netscape or Mozilla Mail to send and receive images with the best image support going.
Post by: krissel on March 30, 2003, 11:16:00 PM
Drop it in ImageReady or GraphicConverter (yes, there is a version for X) also to animate, to work on the layers or add some of your own.
Right, Snuffy ?
Post by: sunset on March 30, 2003, 11:44:00 PM
Don't know what email program you're using--I use N/7 in 10.2.4 and had, what I thought, was the same problem for a while. That was very disappointing cuz I really enjoyed using 'smilies', etc., in my messages. However, I discovered that when I used them in N/7, they did 'just sit there' in the message but the receiver was able to see the 'action'!!
Krissel is right... if you want to see if they work/do their thing, just open a blank browser page and drag & drop one of them onto it. If you're using N/7, you'll see its animation. Almost all of the ones I used in N/4xx work in N/7. Strange thing is, though, that they don't 'save' the same way, i.e., as gif's. They save as 'clippings' or ??? when they're dragged to the desktop. I always rename them right away so I know what they are. If you're using them in anything other than N/7, I don't know if they work the same.
Post by: Bill on March 31, 2003, 12:13:00 AM
Post by: snuffysbluff on March 31, 2003, 12:27:00 AM
quote:
Originally posted by krissel:
If you are using Netscape you have to mousedown to get the mini menu and save to disk. In Explorer all you need do is click and drag the image off the page to the desktop and the whole animated file downloads automatically. Drop it in any browser window to see it animate.
Drop it in ImageReady or GraphicConverter (yes, there is a version for X) also to animate, to work on the layers or add some of your own.
Right, Snuffy ?
I wish I'd said that...wish I'd known that.Leave it to a teacher for a succinct explaination.
"mousedown"...beeyoodifull !
Post by: snuffysbluff on March 31, 2003, 12:31:00 AM
Post by: Bill on March 31, 2003, 09:43:00 AM
quote:Talkative ain't I
Originally posted by snuffysbluff:
Bill...You blockhead! Avatarically speaking.
Post by: bellbram on March 31, 2003, 10:41:00 AM
Had no joy with GraphicConverter. And here's another odd thing. Have also got the smilies file on my G4 Laptop. All the animations work perfectly when copied to an open Eudora message window.
Using a crossover cable, copied the smilies file from laptop to G4 desktop. They don't animate in Eudora from there.
Why not? What do you think is missing on the desktop that I have on the laptop? Have scanned thru laptop apps and can't find anything that looks likely. Any ideas?
Post by: Diana on March 31, 2003, 11:21:00 PM
this gets curiouser and curiouser.
I'm not sure about Eudora on a Mac...but on a PC, Eudora can be set to use a browser to view mail. This allows HTML mail and images, including animated ones, to show. Maybe your laptop has this viewer enabled but your desktop does not?
Have you tried just viewing those smilies from your browser? You obviously can't edit them from a browser, but any browser should allow you see them move. I'm assuming you can see all the moving gifs here at TS. If your browsers won't display the movements, then I'm totally stumped. That would only seem to leave a possible browser setting that prevents looping. If these little smilies are prevented from looping, then there will only be one instance of movement and then it will stop. The one movement may happen so fast you don't see it and all your left with is a static image.
I'm grasping at straws here...don't give up..
see ya