Re: Using AOL on local files

Just wanted to share a few observations that I have
had with AOL.  When I use Dreamweaver, I can preview
the page in AOL 5.0 without actually dialing up. 
However, this is not really of much use.

My experience has been similar to Paul's in that the
main thing AOL does is distort some photos and
graphics.  But you only see this distortion when using
AOL as your Internet Service Provider and viewing a
live connection of something you've uploaded.

Something I find interesting also but cannot explain
is that I can take a photographic .png file and export
it as a static .jpg or .gif and it distorts in aol,
such as on this page: http://www.fallenmartyrs.com

(Note, the above should only be distorted if viewing
through AOL as the ISP.)

However, I also started with the same .png file and
used it in a Flash movie which is exported as a .swf
file.  Within that movie, that same photographic will
not be distorted, even when viewed through a live AOL
connection.  That example is at: 
http://www.fallenmartyrs.com/flashmartyrs.htm

(Again, unless you're using AOL to connect, you won't
be able to view the differences I'm referring to, and
it will just seem like I'm rambling.)

Regards,
Susan V.


--- Paul Wilson <webguroo(at)tampabay.rr.com> wrote:
> I use AOL to test files, but do so after it is
> uploaded.  I have never
> figured out how to keep it from dialing up, or in my
> case accessing the
> cable modem.
> 

> The worst part about AOL now is what they do to your
> graphic files because
> they convert graphics to their own format to save
> bandwidth and some of them
> come out looking bad.  This is made worse because
> they set up the AOL
> browser default graphics at 256 colors and what this
> does to some images
> can't be repeated in polite society.
> 

> > Amy Gosse
> > Children's Hospital of Wisconsin:
> > Is anyone using the AOL browser to see local files
> before they are
> > published to the Internet?  We would like to do
> this with files that are
> > developed on an internal, networked web server,
> but these files aren't
> > available on the public Internet.  Every time I
> try to do this with an
> > AOL browser, it wants to dial up.  Do you have to
> have an AOL account to
> > do absolutely anything with the browser?
> >

 


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