Screensavers will only work for PC's with Windows 95 or greater (and they may not ork at all in Vista or Windows 7, they were made a while ago-- I'll make new ones eventually). They will not work for Mac's. To save a screensaver, just click on it, and your PC will ask you what you want to do: save it to disk is the correct option. It will ask you which directory you want to save it to, select one and it will download automatically. These screensavers will install automatically after you have downloaded them and click on the .exe file where you have saved it. Then just go to your START button, select Settings and then Control Panel and follow the instructions.

The sound bytes on these pages are all WAV files, saved in 8 bit mono format to save space. The ones in the consoles SHOULD play automatically when you click the "start" button on the console image, AFTER the page has loaded completely (you can see a white strip on the console indicating the clip has finished loading). Most PC and Mac users will have no difficulty playing these whether you use Netscape or Explorer. Most problems arise when you don't allow the page to finish loading. If you have Windows Media Player as your default browser player the player will show as small version of that player. If your default browser player is Ouicktime, the player will be a bit narrower with a white strip above and below it. If you get no player image see "Plugins" in the section below. I have changed most audio links here to simple links, no consoles, to load faster.

If you still need help, email me and I'll try to figure it out with you.

Txt Files:

WAV Files:

The text files (interviews and such) are located in a separate directory and directly linked: simply click on the underlined text link and the file will open. If you want to save it to your hard drive, with a PC you would click the right mouse button and select "save file as". For a Mac you would simply drag it to your desk top.

Screensavers and Wallpapers

The video clips on this site are in QuickTime format. You will need to have QuickTime to view them. You MAY need to download them to your hard drive before you can play them: they will only "stream" online if you have a Broadband Connection (hint: if your computer uses a modem and a phone line to access the web, you don't have Broadband).

Video  Files:

PC: RIGHT click to download
MAC: drag to desktop to download

REMEMBER

If you don't have QuickTime or you have an older version that gives you an error message Click here to download the latest version free.

PC: RIGHT click to download
MAC: drag to desktop to download

Wallpapers are just .jpg images and will work for any PC or MAC. Downlaod as you would any file, then use your computer's Control Panel to make it the desktop image. (You can use any image as your desktop, even animated .gifs. Try it and see.)

Seeing the page:

All of the pages in this website have a very dark blue background with light blue or aqua lettering. If you have "images off" in your browser, you won't be able to see much on this site. The internet is very graphic: turn your images on to enjoy it. The light lettering on the dark background is better for your EYES which don't have to stare into a bright white background for hours at a time (like staring into the sun): your retinas do not come with built in screensavers :)
Also your screen resolution must be AT LEAST 800x600 pixels. It isn't possible to design a web page for all possible formats and resolutions. If you have a greater resolution, the page will look fine, just a bit more to the left of the screen. If you have it set to less than 800 x 600, the text and images will overlap and I am sorry there is nothing I can do about it. If you have it set this way due to vision problems, all I can recommend is to buy a larger monitor and then set the resolution to the standard 800 x 600.

Navigating:

First off, you need to have JAVA enabled in your browser for any of the navigation menus to work or even be visible to you. Make sure Java is enabled.

Plugins

Browsers use little bits of code called "Plugins" to open certain files, such as audio and video files. Netscape (and Mozilla) seems to prefer Quicktime plugins for most audio files although it supports three or four others. Explorer preferentially uses Windows Media Player, but again you can choose others if you know how. If your browser has not been set up with the appropriate plugins you'll get a blank space or a box with an x (or a puzzle piece for Netscape users) in place of the embedded audio player. Often clicking on that space will redirect your browser to the manufacturer's site page containing the needed plugins and instruction for how to install them.

In general, Explorer should not need "plugins" because it comes with default plugins already installed. See section on "default players" for help with Explorer problems.

Default Players

To make the embedded players show OR to make the pop-up players "play":

I only know how to reset for Windows PC, Macs are on your own here.
In Vista, go to your START button (lower left of desktop screen), select "Control Panel" and then select "Default Programs". Click on the "Associate a File Type or Protocol with a Program" tab and then use the scroll bar to scroll to the PROGRAM that you want to use as your default player for whatever file type (.wav, .mid., rm., ra., etc) that you are trying to access. To the right of each it will indicate which file types that program is already configured to open. Click on "Change Program" and it will open a window with the recommended program for that file type. If it isn't what you want click "other programs" and if the one you want STILL isn't there click on "Browse" and go find it. A program that opens files must end with .exe. When you find it, select it. Click OK and then there is a button lower left that says "set default". Check this box and it will make your chosen program the default for that file type. You're done, click OK or Close and open your browser again. (In some cases you may need to reboot, but as long as the browser was not open, it shouldn't be necessary).

If you use EXPLORER:
At the top of the browser window where it says "File Edit View" etc pull down the one that says TOOLS and select INTERNET OPTIONS. When this window opens up select the TAB at the top that says ADVANCED. On this area scroll down until you see the section called "Microsoft VM" and make sure all three Java related buttons in this section have "checks" in them (this means they are enabled or turned ON), Then click OK or save or whatever. It will probably tell you to reboot or restart your browser to catch these new settings you have just changed. Do that and you'll be able to see what the rest of us can.

If you are using MOZILLA or NETSCAPE
Click on "Edit" and "Preferences."
Expand the "Advanced" group by clicking on the little triangle.
Click on "Scripts & Plug-ins" and make sure the box for "Enable JavaScript for Navigator" is checked.

If you are using MOZILLA FIREBIRD
Go to "Tools | Options" from the main menu.
Choose "Web Features" TAB.
Select "Enable Java".

If you are using OPERA
Go to "File" from the main menu.
Go to "Quick Preferences".
Select "Enable Java".

The .wav files linked to the Audio page and the little headset images will play in your own computer's default media player (it will "pop up" as soon as you click on the link). How fast they load will depend on your internet connection. Whether they play automatically or not depends on how your default player is set up: some set ups will require you to click the start button on your player. See section below on DEFAULT PLAYERS if you have a problem.

Mozilla is a different animal. When you set your Vista defaults, those will apply to Explorer. Firefox you have to set separately. I'll add those instructions later.  It's somewhat intuitive, but not totally so. If you click on Tools in Firefox and "manage add-ons" you'll some to a window with tabs. I believe it was under advanced where there was a list of file types, and dropdowns to the right of each where you could designate a different program (such as Media Player") for each. HOWEVER, IF you have the plugins installed, they should default correctly anyway, so it is most important with Firefox to simply HAVE the right plug-in. I don't even use Media Player anymore except for demo purposes, so if you have QuickTime plugin and the latest version of Flash Player, you should be good to go.