Firefox issue in Pano2VR 4.0 beta

[keith@fachwen.org]

Testing output from Pano2VR 4.0 in most browsers seems to be fine on Mac and PC. One issue has come to light with FireFox on a PC, the pano aren't tiling properly on screen. Default output is HTML, with Flash fallback.

Test site is here: http://www.fachwen.org/beacon

ScreenCap as well:

[Hopki]

Hi,
Firefox is trying to use CSS3D, if you go into Firefox settings you can force WebGL, then it works.
Just type in about:config in the URL and then search for WegGL, Find Force WebGL and set for True.
Do this at your own risk.
Regards,
Hopki

[smooth]

Check your Firefox browser version 16.0.2 on PC works fine with your tour for me.

Regards, Smooth

[Hopki]

Hi Smooth,
I have only ever seen this with XP, vista and 7 both work OK.
Thomas and I are amazed that you can still purchase it, its 11 years old...
Regards,
Hopki

[smooth]

Yes, I just fired up an old computer running Windows XP and updated the Firefox browser to 16.0.2 and it fails.
Time to update your seriously outdated operating system.

Regards, Smooth

[keith@fachwen.org]

Thanks for the replies guys, I'm using XP in Parallels on my Mac - just for testing. I guess I should use Winoze 7 or something? At work most machines (5000+) are still running XP though!

Would it make a difference I wonder if I made Flash the default tour with HTML 5 being the fallback?

[smooth]

The only reason I can see for using HTML5 is for mobile devices.
It is a platform lacking features and performance. It is still very much in the development stage.

If Apple and gutless mobile devices were not about, then I doubt HTML5 tours would even get a foot hold.

Make Flash your preference and HTML5 the fallback.

Regards, Smooth

[keith@fachwen.org]

I've now setup Windows 8 in Parallels on my Mac and tested the tour http://www.fachwen.org/beacon on 4 different browsers. I've re-created the tour with the latest beta: 4.0beta3 ?Rev 3038/4.8.3 Nov 5 2012

The results so far...

With no flash installed, IE and Chrome work fine, Firefox, no, so it's no not that good at HTML 5? Opera - nothing!
With Flash installed, IE and Chrome - fine as before, FireFox - still not working well and not loading the flash version, Opera - loads Flash version fine.

I'm enclosing a screen shot of my Pano2VR project window too.

A workaround may be to setup the project so that Flash is loaded by default with a HTML fallback if needed for other browsers. But I'm not exactly sure on how to do this in version 4 of Pano2VR. There isn't a 'Prefer Flash' option in the HTML Output Tab as there is in version 3; only 'Flash fallback player' is this the same thing?

Thanks for any support!

[keith@fachwen.org]

Problem sorted, thanks Martin. The elusive 'Prefer Flash if available' button' was lower down the scrollable window.... which I hadn't noticed....

So, my tour now works on most browsers on a PC as Flash is used before HTML. HTML 5 works fine on iOS. Customer now very happy!