[DM-MUG] Is Flip 4 Mac a cruel joke?

[Jeff Muller]

Well, my issue isn't that I can't get weather info. I can, and do, from other sources. And your link works fine but that's the icon labeled "Local Radar" and I haven't had any trouble accessing it. It's the one labeled "Live Radar" that tells me to get Flip4Mac in order to see it.

I guess my main issue is with the Flip4Mac downloading and my secondary issue is that, in my experience, the #1 TV station in town, which constantly promotes its weather coverage and its web site, has some info that is apparently not available to an up-to-date Mac. I thought we were way past all of this so that's why I'm wondering if anyone else has encountered this. Schlepping this rather large iMac out to the AS will be a last resort.

Thanks,
Jeff

On Aug 20, 2010, at 4:49 AM, John Eller wrote:

> i'm a dummy about tech stuff.  if i were having the issues you've described, i'd make an appointment at the genius bar and drag my machine out there and have them figure it out.  i've had no issues of the sort you're describing.  here's the weather link i use - gives many choices of maps.  they all work on my system:
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> http://www.kcci.com/weather/grid.html#HEARSTWX=http%3A//www.kcci.com/weather/555464/media.html%3Fqs%3D%3Bref%3D/weather/16031929/media.html%3Blongname%3DLocal%2520Radar
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> On Aug 20, 2010, at 12:01 AM, Jeff Muller wrote:
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> I'm using a 1-year old iMac, running 10.6.4, the latest. But I can't uninstall Flip4Mac because I can't download it. That's where I run into a roadblock. I'm hopeful that if I could d/l it, it might work. But so far every attempt falls short.
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> Maybe it's something on KCCI's site. There are no problems watching video on it or seeing the static radar photo but when I click on the "Live Radar" button, it gives me a message saying I need a plug-in for my browser. Following that path thru several web pages always results in the error page on Safari.
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> On Aug 19, 2010, at 10:14 PM, Christopher Kavanaugh wrote:
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>> What kind of mac are you using? I havent had any video problems using safari or firefox on kcci or any site that uses flash or wmv's for a while now, maybe uninstall flipformac and see how it works without it.
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>> Also I think that google analytics is not good for normal browsing, like "enable java error messages" grinds you to a halt if you are just surfing. 
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>> If I download a vid I too use VLC because it seems to have a usable version of most of the codec's out there. 
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>> Good luck, Chris
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