Authorware Web Player in Safari 4 is not detected

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Authorware Web Player in Safari 4 is not detected

Has anyone been able to get this to work?

I'm running Safari 4.0.3 and OS 10.5.8. Intel Mac.

Firefox 3.5.3 runs and detects Authorware. They are both set to Rosetta Mode. Safari 3.2.3 on OS 10.5.7 runs and detects Authorware.

You can use this page for testing: http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/welcome/authorwareonly.html

iMac, Mac OS X (10.5.8), Intel C2D 1.83GHz

Posted on Oct 27, 2009 1:25 PM

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Answer 1

Oct 27, 2009 1:52 PM in response to domochome

HI and Welcome to Apple Discussions..

If you want to install the plugin then just click Go. Apparently you need to install the plugin order to use the Authorware.

If gives you the option to install Flash also.

Download Time Estimate: 13 minutes @ 56K modem
Version: 7.0 (complete)
Platform: Mac OS X
Browser: Internet Explorer, Netscape and Safari
File size: 5069 K
Date Posted: 2/5/2004
Language: English

Read the End User License Agreement
*Need a different player?*

http://www.adobe.com/shockwave/download/index.cgi?P1ProdVersion=ShockwaveAuthorware

Considering this post goes back to 2/5/2004, it may not be compatible with Safari 4.0.3 / Mac OS X 10.5.x

Carolyn 🙂

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domochome Author

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Oct 27, 2009 2:00 PM in response to domochome

That doesn't work. It will appear to install but Safari 4 still won't detect it.

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domochome Author

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Dec 14, 2009 10:07 AM in response to domochome

bump

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Answer 4

Jan 5, 2010 11:40 AM in response to domochome

That's really strange. Safari 4 on 10.5 is a Universal Binary, and should work with PPC plugins the same as Safari 3.

Safari 4 on 10.6, on the other hand, is Intel only, which is very annoying.

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Answer 5

Jan 21, 2010 8:02 AM in response to domochome

It seems that Safari 4 does not support PPC plugins, even in Rosetta mode. Only known workaround is to revert to Safari 3.

http://support.plato.com/kb/SupportArticles/11543.asp

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