July 25, 1996

This readme is for version 1.7 of the 16-bit Windows Plug-in, compact.

Note: The full version of this decompressor package, with demonstrations, and
loaded using Installshield rather than PKSFX is still available.  The
version you have is designed for users who want to download the bare minimum
needed to view coded images with netscape.

Installing the plug-in...

1. Since you are viewing this readme, you have already executed ls16tiny.exe.
2. Be sure to read, understand, and accept the conditions of license.txt
   prior to using this software.
3. The other file ls16tiny created is NPCOD16.DLL.  Simply place this file in
   the plug-ins directory of your 16-bit Netscape.  Depending on the version
   of Netscape you are running, you may need to modify the Options / General
   Preferences / Helpers to include image/cis-cod and NPCOD16.DLL as the
   viewer for that MIME-type.



What's New? (Additional information is at end of file)

Version 1.7

    Enhancement: 
	         Lightning Strike Plugin-in specific html for this
                 version:  

		 MIME type: image/cis-cod

		 new ->   colormap    =   <TRUE or FALSE>
   introduced in 1.5 ->   dither      =   <TRUE or FALSE>
   introduced in 1.5 ->   incremental =   <TRUE or FALSE>

Colormap Information:

                 A fixed colormap is used by default for displaying 24-bit
                 images on monitors capable of only 256 colors.  This makes
                 all images look as good as possible without degrading other images.
                 If you have images that have the same colors throughout then you
                 may want to use a custom colormap (colormap=false).  

                 You may force a custom color map by setting colormap = FALSE.
                 Using a custom colormap makes the quality of 24-bit pictures 
                 higher.  The cost of the increased quality is a degradation
                 in any other pictures on the page (the Netscape symbol will
                 change colors as well when a custom palette is forced).

     HTML Example:

                 <embed width=510 height=168 colormap=false incremental=false src="file.cod"> 
                 </embed>
                  
                 Show picture with best possible colors and only show final picture.

           Errata:

                 These are bugs in Netscape and/or the plug-in API's, that we cannot resolve
                 without Netscape first fixing their product.

                 Printing with an embedded image will cause the image to 'dissappear'.

		 The following HTML is known to cause the problem to occur when the Netscape 
                 window is resized.  (Atlas public release 2 is supposed to fix the table 
                 problem).

                 <table border=4>
                 <th align=right>
                 <embed width=510 height=168 src="file.cod"> 
                 </embed>
                 </th>
                 </table>               

		 You can use borders in the embed statements, but inserting
                 embedded items in tables can cause problems. 

Version 1.62

	Bug Fix: Netscape will call two instances of the plugin
		 under unknown circumstances normally causing
		 a GPF, the GPF condition is circumvented, although
		 an error message is now displayed.

		 The following HTML is known to cause the problem to
		 occur under unkown circumstances.

		 <table border=4>
		 <th align=right>
		 <embed width=510 height=168 src="file.cod"> 
                 </embed>
		 </th>
		 </table>


Version 1.6

	Bug Fix: Under the 16-bit plugin in a 256 color environment
		 using a picture that had width or height not
		 divisible by 16 the picture would be displayed
		 incorrectly.

Version 1.5

    Enhancement: Files can be saved as native Lighting Strike (*.cod)
		 or Windows BMP files (*.bmp).

	Bug Fix: Pictures that had a compressed size of > 64k would
		 be incorrectly decoded, sometimes resulting
		 in a GPF in the 16-bit plugin.  This was not
		 prevalent as most compresed file would be smaller
		 than 64k.

	Bug Fix: Incremental display of some pictures would
		 have a 'rainbow' effect.


We appreciate your interest in our Lightning Strike
decompressor plug-in for Netscape. This technology represents
the leading edge in wavelet image compression.

The Lightning Strike image compressor allows Web content 
developers to compress images for Web use.  This software
comes bundeled with an unlimited distribution agreement 
for the decompressor plugin (we advise using a link to 
our site so you provide the latest available plugin).

A single royalty free license for the Lightning Strike image
compressor, version 2.5 is available for $99.95 to commercial organizations.
Please see the licensing agreement from Infinop for a full list
of terms.  A Lightning Strike SDK is also available for licensing.

Non-profit organzations may use the Lightning Strike image
compressor for free.  Our only request is that you drop us a line 
and let us know the URL where you are displaying Lightning Strike 
images. 

Lightning Strike is a trademark of Infinop, Inc.

How to contact Infinop:

        3401 East University, Suite 104
	Denton, TX 76208
	Attn: Craig Fisher

	voice:                  (817) 891-1538  
	fax:                    (817) 484-0586
	software orders:         800  816-4774

	Sales/Marketing
	email: craig@infinop.com

	Technical issues:
	email: tsupport@infinop.com