Since Firefox seems to be the official web browser of choice of the webmasters of this site, can I then humbly suggest that the little known, yet highly Firefox supported "Canvas" tag be considered as a possible design element. To see what the new generation (HTML-5) Canvas tag can do, please go here: http://developer.mozilla.org/en/docs/HTML:Canvas
For what I seen, this mostly Firefox markup tag is very amazing. It can do things that normally, only a Java applet or Flash plug-in can do!
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Yo Unbreakable, nice dragon sketch!
And since you brought up dragons, checkout these pictures of this 3D red dragon in vrml format that I sometimes use as my avatar in the Half-Life 3D chat worlds on one of my websites:
And here are screen captures of the 3D dragon in action as my avatar as I am flying around in one of the vrml scenes. This vrml scene here happens to be one of Rimrook's maps, the one called "Sunden", which I converted to vrml and is now on my site (with permission from Rimrook!):
Now, don't get me wrong, I did not create the 3D dragon, somebody else did, I just have it available as a selectable 3D avatar on my website.
And since you brought up dragons, checkout these pictures of this 3D red dragon in vrml format that I sometimes use as my avatar in the Half-Life 3D chat worlds on one of my websites:
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To Tetsu0:
Uhmm,.....you mean pets, right? Because trust me, no kids here with me! And if my woman were to have 9 kids at once, I might shoot myself in the head. Imagine.......all those child support payments!
Uhmm,.....you mean pets, right? Because trust me, no kids here with me! And if my woman were to have 9 kids at once, I might shoot myself in the head. Imagine.......all those child support payments!
To Kraken:
Hey, when you had your jaguar dyed pink, did you get in trouble with the law? The reason I ask, is because a few months ago, I saw this news report on TV about this lady that got slapped with a $1000 fine from the city that she lives in for dyeing her dog pink also. And I also heard that in New York City anybody caught with color dyed chicks or ducklings all because of the Easter holidays, will also get a big fine.
Hey, when you had your jaguar dyed pink, did you get in trouble with the law? The reason I ask, is because a few months ago, I saw this news report on TV about this lady that got slapped with a $1000 fine from the city that she lives in for dyeing her dog pink also. And I also heard that in New York City anybody caught with color dyed chicks or ducklings all because of the Easter holidays, will also get a big fine.
To Arcan:
Normally, the puppy's mother would never be chained up during her feeding of the pups, in fact, she hardly ever is chained up at all, most of the time she's loose. But the thing is, while my brother was taking the pictures of her and the puppies, I had some visitors show up at the house, and since she does not know them at all, she would have attacked them out of jealousy for her puppies. So, to prevent a dog bite problem from happening, I had no choice but to chain her up. But the chain came off as soon as my visitors left.
Normally, the puppy's mother would never be chained up during her feeding of the pups, in fact, she hardly ever is chained up at all, most of the time she's loose. But the thing is, while my brother was taking the pictures of her and the puppies, I had some visitors show up at the house, and since she does not know them at all, she would have attacked them out of jealousy for her puppies. So, to prevent a dog bite problem from happening, I had no choice but to chain her up. But the chain came off as soon as my visitors left.
Well, since I live in Puerto Rico, I was thinking about using them as bait when next time I go deep sea bass fishing. Who knows, with that kind of live bait, I could get myself a sword fish or even a shark!
To World Crafter:
I KNEW IT!!!.......So you were the one behind that contaminated pet food scandal that killed a bunch of dogs all over the country last year!
Just kidding.
I KNEW IT!!!.......So you were the one behind that contaminated pet food scandal that killed a bunch of dogs all over the country last year!
Just kidding.
A jaguar,....Really? If so, post a photo of it, with you and the jaguar together.
Your cat owning the puppies? I don't think so. The mother of the puppies, "Freasky" has already killed two cats, and that was before she gave birth! Now, with her motherly instincts at full alert, she has a very vicious attitude to anybody she does not know, especially cats.
Why kill them, when I can sell them and make a nice buck on the side. I do like the black one, so i might keep him.
About a month ago, my golden retriever/chow-chow mix gave birth to an astounding 9 puppies! Now, I know that it's not a world record, far from it, but it is still something. I uploaded a few high res photos and a 3 minute video in QuickTime format of one of her feeding the puppies moments, you can check it out here: http://www.virtualhl.info/FreaskyPups.htm
For the sake of ending this browser word of wars, you have the last word, Penguinboy. It's got to a point where this thread is already turned into a battle of the FF vs. IE fanboys, and as fun as it was, I got tired already. Nice come back, too. I will look into trying to come up with making my site Firefox friendly in the meantime. Have you ever tried to delete completely IE from Windows? Man, less than a week since signing up with TWHL and already I got enemies, all because of the browser that I use! You guys are too tough.
For your information, I too have Firefox installed on my PC, along with two other little known web browsers called Deepnet Explorer and Hydra. Anyway, I normally use Firefox if I am just surfing around from here and there, because I do agree that Firefox is a faster browser than Internet Explorer. But when I need to do some risky thing like transferring money from my bank account to my IRA account, logging in to my Scott Trade account's trading console or just booking an airline ticket, I will then use Internet Explorer.
For example, I was recently applying for Social Security disability benefits on behalf of an older friend of mines online about two months ago, but this federal government website made it mandatory the use of Internet Explorer! I tried using Firefox and it gave me an error. You see, these so called "badly written, malformed scripts" as you put it, are actually the norm in much of today's business, government and to some extent, entertainment websites. And the more flashier AJAX scripts, they are actually part of the W3C standards for "Web 2.0". Google it and see for yourself.
There is this website about cutting edge DHTML scripts located at: www.dynamicdrive.com It is perhaps the best bank of Dynamic HTML scripts on the net. Using Internet Explorer, I viewed the working live samples of just about all the scripts on the site with a 100% success. I will like you to try that using Firefox, to see what will be your success rate. After that, you can go ahead and tell the folks at Dynamicdrive.com that some of their scripts are badly written, I'm pretty sure they would like to hear that. Firefox is a better browser in the speed and to some extent, HTML and CSS display. But it needs to do some serious catching up on the scripting and encryption departments, and it's not me saying it, it's internet establishment saying it.
For a more further and deeper discussion on all of this with experts in the field, I recommend you checkout: www.programmingtalk.com
For example, I was recently applying for Social Security disability benefits on behalf of an older friend of mines online about two months ago, but this federal government website made it mandatory the use of Internet Explorer! I tried using Firefox and it gave me an error. You see, these so called "badly written, malformed scripts" as you put it, are actually the norm in much of today's business, government and to some extent, entertainment websites. And the more flashier AJAX scripts, they are actually part of the W3C standards for "Web 2.0". Google it and see for yourself.
There is this website about cutting edge DHTML scripts located at: www.dynamicdrive.com It is perhaps the best bank of Dynamic HTML scripts on the net. Using Internet Explorer, I viewed the working live samples of just about all the scripts on the site with a 100% success. I will like you to try that using Firefox, to see what will be your success rate. After that, you can go ahead and tell the folks at Dynamicdrive.com that some of their scripts are badly written, I'm pretty sure they would like to hear that. Firefox is a better browser in the speed and to some extent, HTML and CSS display. But it needs to do some serious catching up on the scripting and encryption departments, and it's not me saying it, it's internet establishment saying it.
For a more further and deeper discussion on all of this with experts in the field, I recommend you checkout: www.programmingtalk.com
You can have multiple browsers installed on the computer. So, if you normally use Firefox, then fine, but when a certain site shows up running advance scripts or exotic active x controls that only IE can handle, than you have no choice but to use IE. Now, it's not like you have to remove Firefox or any other non Microsoft browser from your system to switch to IE, no, just do this: If you have Firefox running, close it. Then, just find the IE desktop icon or from the programs list and launch the IE browser. Once you are done using IE, close it then go back to Firefox, it's that simple! I know a lot of people that do it this way, some in the IT field.
One other note: If you ever decide to do some online banking, stock trading, online gambling, booking a flight or doing a secure remote server management protocol, then chances are the only browser for the job on a capability and security stance, will be....You guessed it......IE. You see, a lot of these financial websites use some hard core security javascripts and AJAX scripts that some times even Firefox can't execute properly.
One other note: If you ever decide to do some online banking, stock trading, online gambling, booking a flight or doing a secure remote server management protocol, then chances are the only browser for the job on a capability and security stance, will be....You guessed it......IE. You see, a lot of these financial websites use some hard core security javascripts and AJAX scripts that some times even Firefox can't execute properly.
To Captain Terror:
Thanks for the info.
And you are right about using Internet Explorer when it comes to the browser plugins. In fact, it is just better to start off using Internet Explorer altogether on my website since a mash-up of custom javascripts are running on my site too.
Thanks for the info.
And you are right about using Internet Explorer when it comes to the browser plugins. In fact, it is just better to start off using Internet Explorer altogether on my website since a mash-up of custom javascripts are running on my site too.
To SpaG:
Okay, first....which plugin are you talking about, is it the BS Contact or the ABNet Client or both?
And second, I am not sure of what you are referring too when you say you are running "FF 3". Can you please elaborate a bit further?
Okay, first....which plugin are you talking about, is it the BS Contact or the ABNet Client or both?
And second, I am not sure of what you are referring too when you say you are running "FF 3". Can you please elaborate a bit further?
To MuzzleFlash:
I tell you what, go to this website: http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=45
Then, download the program there called "Crafty" and then install it. Make sure you read the descriptive info on the Crafty website so you know what it can do. Now, try to open any Source map with Crafty and see if it lets you. If it does, and you can see the textures, then yes, Source maps can be converted to VRML from the .OBJ format that Crafty exports to. Converting from the .OBJ 3D format to the VRML format can be done by any number of 3D modelers out there. I will get more on this on my future tutorial.
I tell you what, go to this website: http://nemesis.thewavelength.net/index.php?p=45
Then, download the program there called "Crafty" and then install it. Make sure you read the descriptive info on the Crafty website so you know what it can do. Now, try to open any Source map with Crafty and see if it lets you. If it does, and you can see the textures, then yes, Source maps can be converted to VRML from the .OBJ format that Crafty exports to. Converting from the .OBJ 3D format to the VRML format can be done by any number of 3D modelers out there. I will get more on this on my future tutorial.
To MuzzleFlash:
If you want to know how I converted the .bsp map files to the vrml format, I will gladly tell you. But here's the thing: I want to do a good step by step tutorial on the method used and the particular programs that I used to accomplish this and where to download them. I am going to need to ask you if you give me 2 or 3 days for me to gather and type up the information needed for this quick tutorial. I will then post it on my website. In the mean time, try to see if you can log in, maybe I might be lucky enough to meet you there and other from this forum. Another fun thing about the VRML maps, are all the different, whacky animated 3D avatars you can choose to navigate these VRML worlds. I made available a few of them that you can choose from, so check them out. I will be adding more in the next few days, also some new maps too.
If you want to know how I converted the .bsp map files to the vrml format, I will gladly tell you. But here's the thing: I want to do a good step by step tutorial on the method used and the particular programs that I used to accomplish this and where to download them. I am going to need to ask you if you give me 2 or 3 days for me to gather and type up the information needed for this quick tutorial. I will then post it on my website. In the mean time, try to see if you can log in, maybe I might be lucky enough to meet you there and other from this forum. Another fun thing about the VRML maps, are all the different, whacky animated 3D avatars you can choose to navigate these VRML worlds. I made available a few of them that you can choose from, so check them out. I will be adding more in the next few days, also some new maps too.
To MuzzleFlash:
Did you download and install on your computer the VRML viewer "BS Contact" and the "ABNet client"?
You need both of these to get on the ABNet multi-user server and view the VRML worlds. I do provide the two links on my site for these two downloads. Also, always make sure when you go through the login process, never click on your browser's back button and repeat a selection, this will mess up your login. If need be, just click on the "New Login" link on top of the page to start over.
If anybody else here has already downloaded the two needed plugins and successfully logged in to the online VRML map worlds, please let it know on this thread as an example that it can be done. Thank you.
Did you download and install on your computer the VRML viewer "BS Contact" and the "ABNet client"?
You need both of these to get on the ABNet multi-user server and view the VRML worlds. I do provide the two links on my site for these two downloads. Also, always make sure when you go through the login process, never click on your browser's back button and repeat a selection, this will mess up your login. If need be, just click on the "New Login" link on top of the page to start over.
If anybody else here has already downloaded the two needed plugins and successfully logged in to the online VRML map worlds, please let it know on this thread as an example that it can be done. Thank you.
I assure you they are Half-Life & Counter Strike maps, or at least until they were converted to the VRML format. As for getting the detailed skies and dynamic lighting, the VRML editors that I use to straiten up the maps will give by default, a uniform and balanced lighting accros the board, it's all done automaticly by the program. Also, the rendering settings on the BS Contact browser plugin has a lot to do with this too.
A while back, I created a website of having to do with a concept of giving alternate uses to custom made Half-Life maps. My idea was to convert Half-Life maps to the web-3d format called VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language), upload them to my website and have these virtual Half-Life game levels as 3D chat worlds on the Blaxxun multi-user server. But now, apparently the Blaxxun server is down, maybe for ever. So, I went ahead a did a major re-make of my Half-Life / VRML website and switch over to another multi-user server platform called ABNet.
Anyway, if any of you here made maps with custom textures and would like the opportunity to see your map (minus the map's entities) as an online multi-user 3D chat world where others can visit and interact with each other, let me know, I might be able to use your map. But before you do, go and check out my website first at: www.virtualhl.info so that way you can see for yourself what I am talking about. As of right now, I have 5 Half-Life maps on my site running as multi-user VRML worlds, but I will be adding more later. This is an excellent way of show casing your Half-Life maps in real time 3D glory, not just mere pictures to the rest of the world. Even people that don't have Half-Life game installed on their computers, will be able to venture inside your maps! Once more, the URL: www.virtualhl.info
Anyway, if any of you here made maps with custom textures and would like the opportunity to see your map (minus the map's entities) as an online multi-user 3D chat world where others can visit and interact with each other, let me know, I might be able to use your map. But before you do, go and check out my website first at: www.virtualhl.info so that way you can see for yourself what I am talking about. As of right now, I have 5 Half-Life maps on my site running as multi-user VRML worlds, but I will be adding more later. This is an excellent way of show casing your Half-Life maps in real time 3D glory, not just mere pictures to the rest of the world. Even people that don't have Half-Life game installed on their computers, will be able to venture inside your maps! Once more, the URL: www.virtualhl.info
Wow, those are some oldies gems! That "Freedom Fighters" book had to be one of the strangest titles ever from DC comics. The first time that I ever heard of the Freedom Fighters was when they were featured in the first Crisis On Infinity Earths series back in the late 80's. And if my memory serves me correct, I think they were from an alternate planet Earth called "Earth X", and they were all destroyed along with their Earth X too.
Hey Unbreakable, If you really want to impress, then get your self a mint, first edition copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spiderman's 1st appearance). Nah, just joking........If you really did get that legendary comic, you would be considered a god in the comics business! All kidding aside, you have there a damn good selection of books to display.
Hey Unbreakable, If you really want to impress, then get your self a mint, first edition copy of Amazing Fantasy #15 (Spiderman's 1st appearance). Nah, just joking........If you really did get that legendary comic, you would be considered a god in the comics business! All kidding aside, you have there a damn good selection of books to display.