Subject: Re: Create Install Disk
From: Gordon Neault (gordo-x@shaw.ca)
Date: Tue Jan 08 2002 - 10:34:27 MST
Okay, I've edited the filename; I get it with the correct icon and it
opens fine in IE5.
Please note: when I changed the filename, the link no longer worked. I
updated the page, and iTools assigned a new URL which is:
http://homepage.mac.com/wollyworld/FileSharing2.html
On Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 11:22 AM, Gordon Neault wrote:
> As a test, I downloaded the file (now grown to a whopping 11K) and
> double-clicked it. To my suprise it opened in Acrobat with the original
> text formatting intact (font, etc). I'm sure plain HTML is better for
> most users, but Acrobat reader is pretty common too. Again, your
> experiences are welcome; I want this to be readable by pretty much
> anyone (Mac, Linux, Windows, text-based browser,etc).
>
> On Tuesday, January 8, 2002, at 11:08 AM, Gordon Neault wrote:
>
>> I have created a quick guide to burning the YDL install disk. It's
>> available at:
>> http://homepage.mac.com/wollyworld/FileSharing1.html
>> The file is entitled: burn_iso_ppc and is a whopping 9K.
>>
>> It would be useful if some of you could have a look at it; I'm pretty
>> sure you can see the homepage but I need to know the following:
>> Can you open and read it in your browser? Does your browser launch if
>> you double-click in MacOS?
>> I created it very quickly in AppleWorks and saved it as .html, but I'm
>> not sure the file extension is there or correct. It opens in IE for
>> me, but the default is in AppleWorks (which I don't want).
>>
>> Comments, suggestions are welcome re: the content.
>>
>
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