Macromedia's Shockwave for FreeHand provides the capability to display native graphic files within your Netscape Navigator 2.0 browser.
Shockwave for FreeHand is distributed in two main packages:
Version 5.0 Beta 2 of the Shockwave Plug-In is optimized for performance on Macintosh 68k and Power PC systems. It is specifically for users of Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later on Macintosh System 7.1 or later.
Special Note
This is "PRE-RELEASE" software and as such is unsupported by Macromedia.
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Known Problems
The following problems are known to exist with this software:
System Requirements
A MacOS-compatible Color system
5 MB of free disk space
8 MB RAM
MacOS 7.1 or later
Netscape Navigator Release 2.0 or later
Installing the Shockwave for FreeHand Plug-in
From the uncompressed folder "Shockwave for FreeHand"
drag the file "NP-MacFat-FH-Shockwave" into your Netscape "Plug-ins" folder.
For optimum performance when viewing FreeHand files in Netscape, it is recommended that you increase Netscape's preferred memory partition size. To do this follow these steps.
To confirm that your plug-in installation was successful, you can select "About Plugins..." from the Apple menu. You should see "image/x-freehand" listed on the "Netscape Plugins" window. If you do, then you have installed the Plug-In correctly.
Activating Hotlinks
When viewing a FreeHand document in Netscape, the pointer cursor will change into a "pointing finger" cursor any time it is moved over a FreeHand object which has an attached URL. To go to that URL, simply click on the object while the "pointing finger" cursor is visible.
Zooming
Shockwave for FreeHand uses zoom tools similar those found in FreeHand.
Once a FreeHand document is opened in Netscape, you may zoom in and out
(up to 26,500%), or zoom to a defined area. When active, the zoom tool looks
like a small magnifying glass with a '+' or '-' in it, showing whether you
are about to zoom in or zoom out.
To activate the Zoom tool in the Macintosh version of Netscape, hold down
the Command key and click your mouse button to zoom in on the desired area.
Holding down Command-Option on Mac will zoom out. If you hold down Command-shift and click, the view will return to its original magnification.
To zoom in on Windows, simply click your right mouse button over the portion
of the document you want to zoom in on. To zoom out, hold down the Alt key
as you click.You can also hold down control while clicking the left mouse
button to zoom in; control-alt with the left button to zoom out. Shift-control
or shift-right click will return the view to its original magnification
You can also define a rectangular zoom area using the zoom tool. With the
zoom tool active, just click and drag the mouse to draw the area that you
want to magnify. That area will zoom to fill the entire space of the original
FreeHand document.
You can pan or move around within the FreeHand document by dragging it with the "Grabber
Hand" tool. To use the Grabber Hand, hold down the Control key (spacebar
for Windows) as you click and drag with your mouse. The FreeHand document
will be moved in the direction you drag.
Note: Since zooming ability is new to the World Wide Web, many sights containing FreeHand files will include the following graphic as a reminder that you may zoom and pan any FreeHand file in that site.
The version of Shockwave for FreeHand that is currently being distributed is a beta version, not a final release. Here's a list of current bugs of which we are aware, and features that are planned for the final version, but are not yet implemented.
Macintosh bugs
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Windows bugs
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Unsupported features
These are features that will be included in Shockwave for FreeHand, but are not yet supported in Version 5.0 Beta 2.
Please do not call Macromedia Sales or Support to report bugs in this Beta software. Bugs and comments about Shockwave for FreeHand can be forwarded via an email message to
FHShockwave@macromedia.com