First, this website as a whole and Equation Editor(WebEQ) in particular
requires a JavaScript-compatible browser. Secondly, Equation
Editor requires a JDK 1.1-compliant Java Virtual Machine (JVM),
either built-in to the browser or installed as a plug-in. Despite
the similarity in their names, Java and JavaScript are separate,
unrelated technologies and enabling one does not do anything
for the other. In addition, Cookies must be enabled to ensure the session
tracking, too. Finally, it is strongly recommend to install the
Browser Control, which will copy the necessary files locally,
and therefore will dramatically reduce the time to load the equation
editor while taking tests. (Always consult your System Administrator
before installing or changing settings).
If you see a green message "JavaScript
is enabled" on the first line, a green message "Cookie
is enabled" on the second line and a blue message "Java is working"
on the third line above, you should be able to use Equation Editor on Mac.
If you do not see all three messages, please scroll down to
the section of your browser version (if JavaScript is not enabled)
or select your browser from the drop-down list on the top-right
corner (if JavaScript is enabled).
In order to use Equation Editor properly, after all the configuration, you need to
restart your browser and re-login the Web site.
For Mac OS 8.6 - 9.x: Internet Explorer 5.0 and later, Netscape
4.76 and later.
For Mac OS X 10.2 and later: Internet Explorer 5.0 and later,
Netscape 6 and later.
Browser Control Installation is recommended for all the browsers
above.
If your current browser is not among the supported list above,
we suggest you to upgrade or change your browser.
If you do not see a green "JavaScript is enabled" above,
you need to enable the JavaScript on your browser.
On the menu bar:
Edit >> Preferences... (under Mac OS 8.6 - 9.x)
or Explorer >> Preferences... (under Mac OS X)
Expand the Web Browser in the left panel
and highlight the Web Content label . In the Active
Content panel on the right, locate the checkbox marked
Enable scripting and make sure it is checked. Click OK button.
Reload the browser.
Enabling Cookies
If you do not see a green "Cookie is enabled" above,
you need to enable the cookies on your browser.
On the menu bar:
Edit >> Preferences... (under Mac OS 8.6 - 9.x)
or Explorer >> Preferences... (under Mac OS X)
Expand the Receiving Files in the left panel and highlight the
Cookies label. Select Never ask in the drop-down list
on the right. Click OK button.
Reload the browser.
Installing Java
Mac OS X ships with a complete implementation of Java 2 Standard Edition(J2SE)
version 1.3.1. Therefore, there is no need to do extra configuration under Mac OS
X environment.
If Java is not installed under Mac OS classics (8.6 - 9.x) environment, consider
installing the latest version of Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ). See
the instructions to install MRJ.
Installing Browser Control
It is strongly recommended to install the Browser Control,
which will copy the applets locally, and therefore the time
to load the Equation Editor during the course of taking
tests will be dramatically reduced. See the instructions
to install Browser Control.
If you do not see a green "JavaScript is enabled" above,
you need to enable the JavaScript on your browser.
On the menu bar:
Edit >> Preferences...
Highlight the Advanced label in the left panel. Locate
the checkbox marked Enable JavaScript for Navigator
and make sure it is checked. Click OK button.
Reload the browser.
Enabling Cookies
If you do not see a green "Cookie is enabled" above,
you need to enable the cookies on your browser.
On the menu bar:
Edit >> Preferences...
Expand the Privacy & Security in the left panel and
highlight the Cookies label. Locate the radio button
marked Enable all cookies and make sure it is checked.
Click OK button.
Reload the browser.
Installing Java
Mac OS X ships with a complete implementation
of Java 2 Standard Edition(J2SE) version 1.3.1. Therefore,
there is no need to do extra configuration under Mac OS X environment.
If Java is not installed under Mac OS classics (8.6 - 9.x) environment,
consider installing the latest version of Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ).
See the instructions to install MRJ.
Installing Browser Control
It is strongly recommended to install
the Browser Control, which will copy the applets locally,
and therefore the time to load the equation editor during
the course of taking tests will be dramatically reduced.
See the instructions to install Browser Control.
If you do not see a green "JavaScript is enabled." above,
you need to enable the JavaScript on your browser.
On the menu bar:
Edit >> Preferences...
Highlight the Advanced label in the left panel.
Locate the checkbox marked Enable JavaScript and
make sure it is checked. Click OK button.
Reload the browser.
Enabling Cookies
If you do not see a green "Cookie is enabled" above,
you need to enable the cookies on your browser.
On the menu bar:
Edit >> Preferences...
Highlight the Advanced in the left panel.
Check the radio button marked Accept all cookies
in the Cookies panel on the right. Click OK button.
Reload the browser.
Installing Java
The Equation Editor requires Java 1.1
and by default, Netscape 4.x on the Mac only provides
Java 1.0.2 implementations of key user interface components.
However, Netscape and Sun have worked together to provide
a method of upgrading the Netscape Java implementation.
The upgrade consists of two parts. First, users must first
install a current version of Java. For Mac OS classic users,
this is accomplished by downloading the MRJ;
see the instructions to install MRJ. For Mac OS X users, we
recommend you to upgrade your Netscape 4.x to Netscape 6.x
or later.
Installing MRJ Plugin
The second part of the upgrade is that users must install a MRJ plug-in
from Netscape 4.x, which instructs the browser to use the MRJ.
See the instructions to install MRJ Plugin.
Installing
Browser Control
It is strongly recommended to install
the Browser Control, which will copy the applets locally,
and therefore the time to load the equation editor during
the course of taking tests will be dramatically reduced.
See the instructions to install Browser Control.
Problems with resizing in Navigator 4.X
Navigator 4.X is known to have a bug
with window resizing and DHTML in which content sometimes
disappears. User has to reload the page when they
resize the window. Unfortunately, entered form data may
be lost. Therefore, we recommend you not to resize or reload
your page while you are taking tests.
If you do not see a blue message "Java is working" above,
you need to install Mac OS Runtime for Java (MRJ).
MRJ is Apple's implementation of the Java Virtual Machine.
It provides the runtime software needed to run Java applets.
You can download the latest version of MRJ (2.2.5 at the
time of this writing) from here.
Follow the instructions given in the installation process.
Java applets are designed to be automatically downloaded
with HTML pages, and run in a Web browser. In practice,
however, downloading applets over real-world network connections
is slow and somewhat undependable. The WebEQ Browser Control
is approximately 500KB, which takes 3 minutes or more over a 28.8 kbs modem line.
Caching helps alleviate the problem of slow connection,
but caching Java applets is complicated and doesn't work
very well. Users may occasionally find their browsers downloading
the applets several times in a single browser session.
The best solution to slow downloading and poor caching
is to have users install the WebEQ Browser Control locally
into their Web browsers.
Once the installation is complete, the Web browser will
use the local copy of the WebEQ applets. In general, a Web
browser encountering a page using the WebEQ applets will
check its local files to see if the WebEQ applets have been
installed. If it finds the local files, the browser uses
them. If it doesn't find them locally, it then attempts
to download the necessary program files from the server.
In this way, users who have the Browser Control installed
and those who don't can both read a page that makes use
of the WebEQ applets. The only difference is that the users
who do not have the Browser Control installed have to wait
longer while downloading the applets.
Checking Browser Control
Check if the Browser Control has already been installed
on your browser by clicking
here.
Installing and Removing Browser Control
Download and install Browser Control from here
if it has not been installed on your browser yet. You can
also find information about how to remove Browser Control.
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