 | I see an "Up" button on the top
of some pages but not on others. My browser always
displays a "Back" button. What is the difference
and why use one instead of the other? |
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The "Back" button always
takes you back to the page you were on before clicking on whatever
link brought you to the current page. The "Up"
button is only displayed when the current page is a sub-section of
another section.
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| I clicked on an image that is supposed to
play a video. The video loaded and began playing but there wasn't any
sound. Do I need special software on my computer to hear
the soundtracks to videos played on the internet? |
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Many internet videos require Macromedia's
Flash Player. This is a free multimedia utility that can
be downloaded and installed on your computer by clicking on the
"Free Software" link at the top of this page and then the "Macromedia
Flash Player" icon.
If you use Netscape Navigator for your
browser, soundtracks do not always play correctly even if you have the
appropriate software installed. Try updating
your browser to the most current version.
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| The buttons on the Navigator Bar displayed
down the left side of many pages don't always show the same special
effect when the mouse pointer hovers over them. Sometimes
the button lights up and sometimes it doesn't.
Is something wrong with my computer? |
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Depending
on the web browser you use, certain areas within this web site may behave
differently. If you use Netscape Navigator,
the buttons on the left vertical navigation bar sometimes act erratically
by not illuminating when the mouse pointer hovers over them.
Sometimes the button will not even display. If this happens,
refresh the page by clicking on the "Reload" button and they should then
display. Even after refreshing the page they still
won't always illuminate correctly. Try updating
your browser to the most current version.
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| I was reading a section that displayed a bulleted list of links to
specific sections within the page. When I clicked on
one of the links it look me
to the correct section but when I clicked on another one
it took me to the end of the page. Why don't all of the
links work correctly? |
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Links to sections within the same page are called Bookmarks. If you use Netscape
Navigator, Bookmarks seem to work sometimes but not
others. Try updating
your browser to the most current version.
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| I selected a Video to view but it took so long to begin playing that I didn't wait for it to
finish loading. Is there something wrong with my PC? |
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These movies are standard video files (they
end in .wmv) and can be quite large. They are displayed on
your computer with whatever video player you have installed such as
Windows Media Player. Because some users are connected
thru slower dial-up modems and others thru much faster cable or DLS
connections, you must click on either Dial-Up or Cable
(click Cable for all high-speed connections) to make your
selection. Dial-Up selections are condensed and therefore
not as large so they transmit to your PC much faster. It
does not hurt anything if you connect with a dial-up modem and select
Cable but it will take a long time to transmit before playing.
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| I selected a Video to view and it started playing but kept stopping every several seconds while
something called "buffering" occurred. Can I prevent this? |
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Because videos must be transmitted to your PC
for playing by your video viewer and because video files can be quite
large, most video viewers will attempt to start playing
once enough of the video has been received while continuing to receive
ongoing transmission that it buffers (holds in memory).
If your Internet connection is fast enough you will never experience
pauses every several seconds but if the video transmission is slower
than the video player is playing, the player must pause from time to
time while additional pieces of the video are received.
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| I have never played a video on my PC and do
not know if I have a good viewer installed. Where can I get one? |
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There are many good video players.
The movies in the "Movie Theatre" have been tested using Microsoft's
Windows Media Player. For best results you may
download Microsoft's Windows Media Player (there are versions for IBM
and Apple compatible computers) free of charge.
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