AOL and pictures

[Bernd]

I created a web site in Pub 2003. Coverted it to a web
page using the Pub 2003 and uploaded it. Problem: AOL
people can not see the pictures. MS wanted me to change
settings on AOL computers (how many computers would I
have to reset?)Had problem before with Pub 1997 but with
getting service pack 1 and 2 problem solved. So I am
opening my Pub 2003 creation file using Pub 1997, convert
it to a web page using Pub 1997 and upload. Result: AOL
people now can see pictures. There are drawbacks doing
this, like printing many emty pages when printing the web
site and/but I really would like to use the Pub 2003 for
conversion. What can I do? Bernd

 

[analog]

What's amatter with changing the settings on all those AOL computers? I am sure
one setting M$ would like changed is the default browser on those machines.
Another setting would be their ISP...

It is interesting that after all the anti-trust problems M$ had, they still say
crap like that. Publisher 2003 is meant to work with IE, and only IE,
apparently.

 

[David Bartosik - MS MVP]

I've experienced Publisher customers complaining about the AOL browser for
years now in all the Pub versions. I myself have never used it nor tested in
it but have always recommended to the customer to "dumb down" their
Publisher web publication in the effort to try and obtain better browser
support. The extent to which there exists a "dumbing down" differs by
version. In v.2003 you can only turn off PNG and VML support under Tools,
Options. One thing to note is that AOL is using IE as the browser engine and
indeed is licensed to do so for the foreseeable future. So it's not really
the browser at issue, it's AOL's proprietary system of image compression and
caching that's built on. If you currently are using the VML option turn it
off and resave and republish. The irony is that VML is at odds with AOL- VML
is technology to create a richer higher fidelity image while AOL wants to
strip an image to the bare bone.

--
David Bartosik - MS MVP
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[JoAnn Paules]

What is truly ironic to me is that AOL acquired Netscape in 1999 and yet
continues to us IE as its built-in browser.