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1.1 Technical Specifications
System Requirements
• Mac OS X 10.3.9 or OS X 10.4.3 or OS X 10.5.2 or later.
• Universal Binary support for Intel-based Macs and PPCs.
• Internet connection and web host space for uploading web sites. ShutterBug
supports .Mac accounts, WebDAV, FTP/SFTP, and Export to a Folder on your
computer.
Notes:
1. Testing on anything less than 10.3.9 has been discontinued. Upgrading to 10.3.9
(Panther) or 10.4.5 (Tiger) or 10.5.2 (Leopard) is recommended for optimal
performance.
2. If you are performing a custom install of the operating system, make sure you
leave the BSD subsystem box alone. When doing a custom install, Apple allows the
option of not installing the BSD subsystem. Do not uncheck the box. The BSD
subsystem is a toolbox of Unix utilities that many applications use, including
ShutterBug. The BSD subsystem is installed by default when you install OS X - this
means if you do not perform custom installs, then you don't need to worry about
this point.
3. Right to left text processing is known not to work properly in 10.3.9. You must
upgrade to 10.4 in order to use right to left text processing.
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Image File Format Support
ShutterBug can import JPG, GIF, TIF, PNG, and BMP file formats. For images with
transparent backgrounds, ShutterBug's Layout window supports GIF and PNG (JPG
recommended for images without transparent backgrounds).
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Browser Compatibility
ShutterBug websites can be viewed properly by all modern browsers and computers.
ShutterBug sites (V2.4.5 and above) also render properly in iPhone/iPod Touch
browsers. If a visitor to your site reports problems viewing your web pages, please
check the following requirements and ensure they are using the latest version of their
browser. Browsers not mentioned on this list, may or may not work. JavaScript must be
enabled in the browser to view slideshows properly.
ShutterBug output has been tested for compliance on the following platforms:
Mac OS X
• Safari 1.3 or better is best (early 10.2.8 versions of Safari have rendering issues with
most of the web).
• Mozilla 1.6 or better
• Firefox 1.0 or better
• Opera 6.0 or better
• IE 5.X for the Mac is no longer supported - While the new code might still work, we
no longer test compatibility with this browser (Microsoft has discontinued support
and development of IE for the Mac).
Mac OS 9
• IE 5.0 or better
• Netscape 6.0 or better
Windows
• IE 6.0 or better
• Firefox 1.0 or better
• Netscape 6.0 or better
Web pages are best viewed when the browser is displaying text size at Normal or
100%. Increasing or decreasing the text size via the browser controls will result in a
look that is inconsistent with the preview inside of ShutterBug.
Other Notes:
• ShutterBug has not been tested with the AOL browser. It should work, but the
number of versions and variations of this browser make it impossible to know
what kind of browser AOL users are really using.
• IE 5.0 and 5.5 on Windows should work, but ShutterBug is not tested for either one.
• Netscape 4.7 has no chance of ever working.
• OmniWeb is an interesting browser, but ShutterBug does not support it. It may, or
may not work.
• iCab definitely doesn't work.
• ShutterBug is occasionally tested with Linux. The latest Linux browsers appear to
work.
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HTML & CSS Output
ShutterBug outputs HTML 4.01 Transitional and has been tested and validated by the
W3C Markup Validator. The CSS output is CSS Level 1 & Level 2, and has also been
tested and validated by W3C CSS Validator. You can visit these links and enter the
URL of your site to check it for valid HTML and CSS. ShutterBug file encoding is
UTF-8.
PLEASE NOTE:
We do not recommend that you hand edit the final HTML output of ShutterBug.
The HTML output has been carefully computed to render correctly on all
platforms. Additionally, we do not recommend post-processing of the HTML
output with 'optimizers' as this could result in incompatibilities. We do not
support problems that result from hand editing or post-processing of
ShutterBug output.
We strive for rendering excellence. If ShutterBug outputs HTML that is not being
rendered correctly, please let us know at the ShutterBug support forum or by sending
an email to support@xtralean.com.
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