A tutorial explaining the HTML code used to embed the web plug-in is available here.
You have to click on the plug-in to give it the keyboard/mouse focus. This is an idiosyncracy of the plugin and can not be avoided.
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Only one plug-in can be used on the same page. Please don't try to use multiple plug-ins on one page, as it will crash your browser.
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Netscape/Linux specific:
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Resizing the Netscape window can crash the plug-in under Linux.
The Netscape/Linux version of the plug-in does not have sound support in this release.
The error message exception in thread "main" appears on some systems. This is a known problem, although not dangerous. Click on ok and everything will run fine.
If you do not have a 3D accelerated X-server the plug-in may fail.
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Like all other 3D applications, you need a 3D accelerated graphics card to get good performance. Also make sure you have installed the latest drivers for your card. In addition, make sure that the HTML code contains no frameRate parameter or that it is set to a high value.
When the 3D web plug-in refuses to install, it could be that Internet Explorer on the client system has been configured with strict security settings that prevent ActiveX controls being downloaded from the Internet. The security settings of Internet Explorer can be accessed in the Internet Options available from the Tools menu. If security settings are not the cause, check the Windows version:
Windows 2000:
On Windows 2000, the user type determines whether she or he is allowed to install ActiveX controls downloaded from the Internet. Depending on the Windows 2000 configuration, only Administrator type users are generally allowed to install the ActiveX control.
Windows 98:
Occasionally, the plug-in refuses to install on Windows 98 systems. Often, the client system has outdated or corrupt DCOM drivers. This can be solved by downloading the updated DCOM98 drivers for Windows 98 (version 1.3) from www.microsoft.com/com/dcom/dcom98/download.asp.
All Windows versions
The plug-in download is a .cab file, which should automatically expand when downloading it. If this doesn't happen, locate the file and double click it
The latest version of the plugin is 2.25, from march 2002. It is currently not being supported by the open source projects at www.blender.org. The complexity of such a plug-in system makes it unlikely that this will ever be supported again in the future.