Browser Plug-ins
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Browser plug-ins add new functionality to your web browser . Some handle video, video and graphics files, others support interactive multimedia or 3D models. Most plug-ins work with (or are available for) Mozilla and Internet Explorer. The plug-ins below are the most popular and commonly required plug-ins for the internet.
When a plug-in installer refers to the "Netscape" family of browsers, or being "Netscape-compatible", this usually means Mozilla Firefox , Mozilla (1.x) , Mozilla Seamonkey , Opera , and derivations of these programs.
Note: These plugins are NOT supported by the IT Service Desk.
QuickTime and iTunes QuickTime is a set of system components which lets your computer handle a wide range of multimedia types, including music, sound, graphic and video files from various platforms, streaming audio and video, VR scenes and objects, 3D objects and digital video. It also includes a plug-in for your web browser which lets you view multimedia inline.
With iTunes for Windows and Mac OS X, you can subscribe to DSO podcasts, manage, update and watch them, and sync to your iPod. Phoenix Desktop users should install iTunes from the Software Catalogue.
QuickTime
QuickTime 7.3
iTunes
iTunes 7.6
Flash, Shockwave and Authorware Shockwave and Flash deliver multimedia content, including audio, graphics and interactivity but deliver it in very small download space. Shockwave movies may range from advertisements to games and interactive simulations to simple navigation guides.
The Authorware plug-in lets you view and interact with content created using Macromedia's Authorware product, which is primarily used for designing online educational content.
Flash, Shockwave and Authorware
Flash Player 9.0
Shockwave 10.0
Authorware Web Player 7.0
Java Java enables small applets or full-scale applications to be delivered through your web browser, and is required for access to Deakin Studies Online (DSO) and other web-based services at Deakin.
Java
Sun JRE 1.5.0_05
Apple Java
VLC Media Player VLC Media Player is an open-source media player for many different file and media types. It can play DVDs, CDs, VCDs, MPEG-4, MP3, Ogg Vorbis, AAC and many more. The Windows version installs a plug-in for your web browser to allow it to use VLC Media Player for playing online content.
VLC Media Player
VLC Media Player 0.8.6b
Microsoft Windows Media Player Firefox Plug-In This plugin is used for playing Windows Media Player video and audio files through the Firefox browser. It is commonly used in the Deakin Library's subscription to Informit Media .
Microsoft Windows Media Player Firefox Plug-In
Mozilla Firefox plugin for playing Windows Media files.
Download: Windows
Size: 1.0MB
Date: 22/07/2008
Chime Chime is a plug-in for your web browser for displaying chemical graphics within web pages. It supports most of the popular structure display formats that scientists use including MDL Information Systems' Molfile and Rxnfile and many of the popular 3D display formats such as the Brookhaven Protein Databank (PDB) format (3D rendering and RasMol scripting code courtesy of Roger Sayle.)
Chime
Chime Plug-in
Download: Windows
Version: 2.6
Size: 3.1MB
Date: 7/10/2002
Download: Mac OS 9
Version: 2.6
Size: 1.3MB
Date: 7/10/2002
Support: Chime Website
Autodesk DWF Viewer Autodesk's DWF Viewer is a free plug-in for Internet Explorer that allows it to display design content, such as building diagrams created from CAD applications.
DWF Viewer
DWF Plug-in 7.0 (Internet Explorer ONLY)
