SignPuddle glitch in Firefox

Sun Jun 26 23:33:39 UTC 2005

No way to work around it that I know.  I will investigate further.

Kimberley A. Shaw wrote:

>Hello all:
>this is driving me nuts, too! (as well as holding up production of my
>Stokoe index)  :-(
>Any good way to work around it?
>Best,
>Kim from Boston
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>sw-l at majordomo.valenciacc.edu on Thursday, June 23, 2005 at 6:00 PM -0500
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>>I have found a bizarre little glitch.
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>>If I'm in IE, I can open a window in SignPuddle, save
>>the graphic, and then go directly to a yahoo email,
>>and drop that graphic into the yahoo email or into a
>>MS Word document, but if I go to Firefox, I can do
>>neither without saving the graphic onto my hard drive
>>and then importing it.  IE makes SignPuddle work as
>>drag-and-drop in both Yahoo and Word, but not in
>>Firefox.
>>
>>Any clue as to what is happening?
>>
>>Charles Butler
>>
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>>--- Valerie Sutton <sutton at signwriting.org> wrote:
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>>>SignWriting List
>>>June 23, 2005
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>>>>Harmonalbert at AOL.COM wrote:
>>>>Do you have a downloadable version of your Sign
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>>>Maker program??  I  
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>>>>downloaded a copy of your Signwriting program, but
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>>>it doesn't work  
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>>>>to create signs, it works only to copy signs from
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>>>the dictionary  
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>>>>into a document.
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>>>Val answers:
>>>
>>>Hello Jerry!
>>>If you go to our downloads page:
>>>
>>>SignWriting Downloads
>>>http://www.SignWriting.org/downloads
>>>
>>>you will find a lot of programs! SignWriter DOS,
>>>Java, Tiger and  
>>>Python are all typing programs for complete
>>>documents typed in  
>>>SignWriting...SignBank is a dictionary database with
>>>the SymbolBank  
>>>database there too...SW Edit is not my program. It
>>>was developed in  
>>>Brazil...but you can download it from that web
>>>page....so there are  
>>>many to choose from!
>>>
>>>SignMaker is a part of SignPuddle, and is a
>>>web-based program  
>>>developed by Steve Slevinski...So Steve?...If you
>>>have anything that  
>>>is downloadable I will be happy to link to it, in
>>>our downloads web  
>>>page...;-)
>>>
>>>But Jerry, I believe at this time, SignMaker is only
>>>for the  
>>>web...And your description of the program above, in
>>>your question,  
>>>must be referring to SignBank? have you tried
>>>SignWriter? It is the  
>>>best for really typing SignWriting and is used all
>>>over the world...
>>>
>>>
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>>>>I found one thing that does seem to work like your
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>>>sign maker BUT,  
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>>>>I don't speak Spanish. it is your SW-Edit program.
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>>>also, that SW  
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>>>>program could use more handshapes (unless I don't
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>>>know how to get  
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>>>>to them all). Could you ask the programmer to
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>>>translate the  
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>>>>commands into English, or send me the translations
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>>>in an E-mail so  
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>>>>that I can work with the program???
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>>>SW Edit is in Portuguese, from Brazil. And it is not
>>>being further  
>>>developed, so there is no programmer to turn to.
>>>However, I believe  
>>>there is a way to switch to English in the
>>>program...I will check  
>>>that...
>>>
>>>
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>>>>Even though I am in college to learn interpreting,
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>>>I do plan to  
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>>>>learn what signs you need in your puddle and
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>>>contribute some  
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>>>>whenever I can. BUT, it would be easier for me if
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>>>I could work off- 
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>>>>line then send my feeble efforts to the sign
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>>>puddle.(only one phone  
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>>>>line, and my wife likes to have access).
>>>>        
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>>>Right. SignPuddle really needs broadband. So if you
>>>ever get  
>>>broadband you will have a better experience.
>>>
>>>
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>>>>Also, how do you incorporate "mouth morphemes"
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>>>(CHA,   PO,   PAH,  
>>>      
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>>>>etc.) into your signwriting system??
>>>>All told(according to a videotape I have on the
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>>>subject) there are  
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>>>>54 of these morphemes and some of them require the
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>>>tongue to move  
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>>>>rapidly either up&down   or  L&R  in order to get
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>>>the proper meaning.
>>>
>>>This is a different subject and I can answer that
>>>later today...
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>>>>Lastly, I have Internet explorer on my machine,
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>>>BUT, I also have  
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>>>>Firefox as an alternate browser. Would this create
>>>>        
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>>>a problem? I  
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>>>>have noticed that when I try to get onto your Sign
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>>>Maker program to  
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>>>>practice a little bit, I can't get on.
>>>>        
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>>>It is best that you use Firefox. It is faster and
>>>SignPuddle was  
>>>designed for Firefox...
>>>
>>>Thanks for your interest and questions, Jerry!
>>>
>>>Val ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Valerie Sutton
>>>Sutton at SignWriting.org
>>>
>>>1. SignWritingSite
>>>http://www.SignWriting.org
>>>Read & Write Sign Languages
>>>
>>>2. SignBankSite
>>>http://www.SignBank.org
>>>Sign Language Dictionaries
>>>
>>>3. DanceWritingSite
>>>http://www.DanceWriting.org
>>>Read & Write Dance
>>>
>>>4. MovementWritingSite
>>>http://www.MovementWriting.org
>>>Read & Write Movement & Gesture
>>>
>>>5. SymbolBank On The Web
>>>www.MovementWriting.org/symbolbank
>>>Archive For All Symbols
>>>
>>>Deaf Action Committee for SignWriting
>>>Center For Sutton Movement Writing
>>>an educational nonprofit organization
>>>Box 517, La Jolla, CA, 92038-0517, USA
>>>tel: 858-456-0098....fax: 858-456-0020
>>>
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