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Introduction
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To make the best use of our online courses you will need certain tools, such as an
up-to-date web browser or media player. This page describes the miniumum system
requirements, what browsers My Education Connection has been tested on, and allows
you to test your system just by viewing this page. These quick tests can help to
determine if your system can handle the demands of online learning courses. If you
need a new or updated browser these links will take you to some common web browsers:
* Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 Service Pack 1 * Firefox * Netscape * Mozilla |
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Minimum System Requirements
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Mac* OS 10.2.8 or later (Recommended 10.3.9) 128 MB RAM 65MB virtual memory 604 PowerPC* (400 MHz or better) Internet connection with Web browser Microsoft Internet Explorer* 5.5 or later , Netscape 6.0 or later, or Mozilla 1.4 or Later |
500MHz IntelŪ PentiumŪ processor or equivalent, 128MB of RAM, 56Kbps modem, 16-bit sound card and speakers 65,000-color video display card (video) Windows 98 operating system or newer Internet connection and either Internet Explorer 5.5 or later, Netscape 6.0 or later, or Mozilla 1.4 or Later. |
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Browser Testing Results
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Below is a listing of systems and browsers in which we have tested My Education
Connection modules on. From these tests a decision was made as to whether we could
support users that had a particular setup. This means that for systems that are
"Not Supported" it does not mean that is can not function, but that we can not support
users that wish to run these particular setups. *Video playback capabilities were not
a consideration in overall compatibity tests.
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| Windows XP | |
| Internet Explorer 5.5 | Supported w/ Java 1.4.1 or later Runtime Installed |
| Internet Explorer 6.x | Supported w/ Java 1.4.1 or later Runtime Installed (RECOMMENDED) |
| Netscape 7.x | Supported w/ Java 1.4.1 or later Runtime Installed |
| Mozilla 1.4+ | Supported w/ Java 1.4.1 or later Runtime Installed |
| Firefox 1.5.x | Supported w/ Java 1.4.1 or later Runtime Installed |
| Opera 8.x | Not Supported |
| Opera 9.x | Not Supported |
| Netscape 6.2x (6.2.3) | Not Supported |
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| Macintosh OS X | |
| Safari 2.0 | Supported w/ Java 1.4.1 or later Runtime Installed (RECOMMENDED) |
| Firefox 1.5.x (Only) | Supported |
| Netscape (Any Version) | Not Supported |
| Internet Explorer (Any Version) | Not Supported |
| Safari 1.0.3 | Not Supported |
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| Other Systems | |
| Solaris SPARC | Not Supported |
| Solaris x86 | Not Supported |
| All Linux Systems | Not Supported |
| Systems or browsers not listed | Not Supported |
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Browser Test 1 - Java
PART 1
Do you see the scrolling menu?
PART 2 |
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Browser Test 2 - JavaScript
Do you see the current time?
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Browser Test 3 - Flash
Do you see the flash (.swf) animated image below? If you do not see a section that says what version of flash you have we recommend |
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Browser Test 4 - Video
Do you see a 320 X 240 size video?
Our videos are currently encoded as Windows Media Video(WMV). This means you need
to have a browser capable of playing these types of videos either by default or
an installed plugin. If you do not see the video or it is distorted then it most
likely means that your current browser does not support the play back. Feel free
to contact us for any questions.
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Other Issues
My Education Connection is designed to be as platform independent as possible so
it should run on any computer with a browser that supports Java. However system
capabilities do vary, so some features may not work correctly in some browsers.
We strive hard to work around any problems that we find. Keeping up with new versions
of browsers is quite a job, so let us know if you find any problems.
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