C4 upgrade issues

[curiousprojects]

Contribute 4 issues i've noticed:

1. Images do not resize like c3 - images are resized in code not the actual
image, this leads to poor quality and larger download times. This is a big step
backwards from vrsion 3 - is there a setting to correct this or is it the new
standard?

2. Contribute 4 will not install on XP64 - our office is upgrading to 64 bit,
but we have to now keep a couple of the old systems around for contribute
training with the 32 bit - how long until Contribute catches up with other
Adobe products and can atleast operate in a 64 bit environment.

3. Contribute does not always play well with the Active-X java script code
needed to fix microsofts IE disaster, we have a couple clients who get a white
bar.

If any one has any info on issue one, i'd love the infor or feedback - issues
2 and 3 are more FYI.

Bill

[Arun Kumar M]

curiousprojects wrote:

> Contribute 4 issues i've noticed:
>
> 1. Images do not resize like c3 - images are resized in code not the actual
> image, this leads to poor quality and larger download times. This is a big step
> backwards from vrsion 3 - is there a setting to correct this or is it the new
> standard?
>
> 2. Contribute 4 will not install on XP64 - our office is upgrading to 64 bit,
> but we have to now keep a couple of the old systems around for contribute
> training with the 32 bit - how long until Contribute catches up with other
> Adobe products and can atleast operate in a 64 bit environment.
>
> 3. Contribute does not always play well with the Active-X java script code
> needed to fix microsofts IE disaster, we have a couple clients who get a white
> bar.
>
> If any one has any info on issue one, i'd love the infor or feedback - issues
> 2 and 3 are more FYI.
>
> Bill
>

1. Images resizing behavior remains same both in C4 as well as in C3.
Here is how it works:
a) Insert an image from your computer
b) publish the page (your image name will be image.jpg (say) )
<img src="images/image.jpg">

c) Edit the same page
d) Select the image, Double-Click on the image and Alter the
Width/Height parameters, click Apply and publish. You will see that it
will not publish a new image but it will modify only the html attributes.
<img src="images/image.jpg" width=40 height=40>

e) In edit mode, select the image, click on the Resize icon in the
Image toolbar, you will see a square resizing control surrounding the
image. Alter the size of the image by holding it with your mouse and
resize the image. Image gets resized. Publish the page. Now an image
with similar name will be created and published to the site with resized
image attributes.
<img src="images/image_000.jpg" width=xx height=xx>

Notice the image_000.jpg as new resized image published to the site
without altering the original image.

f) Please note that the behavior is same both in CT 3 and CT 4.Nothing
has changed.


2. C4 does not claim to support XP64 bit. However if you have any
problem with the msi, try to unzip the msi using winzip and install
using the setup.exe. I am yet to try on that.

3. Not sure what is the exact problem. Contribute 4 however has support
for IE Activex security update (EOLAS). Can you check if it is problem
only with specific machines or all of them? Can you check the version of
flashplayer plugin...

- Arun