What is the new MetraStream site doing? The plug-in viewer doesn't work for me. It won't display the cube. I keep getting an "invalid broadcast key" message. Maybe the site's not really up yet. I wish I hadn't stumbled into it. It seemed to download stuff on my harddrive when trying to install the new plug-in viewer; but it just won't work. And I can't find the files that it may have installed, so I haven't been able to uninstall them. Has anyone else had this problem, or had success installing it? My system exceeds the minimum requirements.

I think that it only works with IE 4 or better, no Netscape or Macintosh support yet, were you using Netscape or a Mac? It was a very confusing download for me but I was able to view it in IE 5. In addition to the Metastream 3.0 update I also had to download some kind of component, I think it was svgml, though I dont really remember. Once the download is complete the Demo was very impressive. The objects load very fast and have great detail. bob

Thanks for the feedback. I'm running IE 5. Still couldn't get it to work. There are sure not going to get wide adoption until they smooth things out. Maybe I'll try again, if I can work up the nerve aAND patience. Seedpress

Tried again to download the MetaStream 3.0 plug-in, and also the other download for "partners?" (to create stuff). Both downloads are on the same page. I clicked them and got this message: "the broadcast key for this page is invalid" Can't they even put a broadcast key on their own web page? BOB--Try to view the "cube" again and let me know if it works, please (if you have tyhe time). Thanks, seedpress

Yes I was able to see the cube. In my earlier post I said that Navigator was not supported, I was in error. So I tried to instill the Metastream 3.0 plugin for navigator and was successful. I cant find where it is embedded for IE5, but the plugin for Netscape is called Mime Type application/x-mtx Description MetaStream Plugin File Suffixes Mtx If you type about:plugins in the URL field of navigator you can see what plugins you have. I went to http://www.metastream.com/download.html then followed the link Download the MTS3 partner release: A little Java app launches asking to install the software. Then a dire warning pops up about installing software, I clicked yes anyway. A dos window popped up and installed the plugin. A Netscape window then popped up asking if I wanted more information about plugins. I closed that and went back to the demo page and successfully viewed the Demos. After my earlier post I remembered something that happened when I first installed Metastream 3.0 that seemed a little funky. The first time I clicked on a demo I got a pop up window asking to install a Windows component off my D: drive. If this happens to you, click the triangle by the drive name and chose install from Internet. I hope this helps, I know how frustrating it can be when you want to do something and the technology fails. Let me know how it goes bob

I had no trouble downloading the player (I'm on Netscape here, but I downloaded in an IE window at the time), but had to right click on the download links and "Save Target As" to get the PDF and tools.

Bob, Thanks. The download site that YOU referenced worked for me. I am now running MetaStream 3.0 with no problems. I didn't even have the "quirky" problems that you had downloading. I guess the problem was that I was trying to download from the site mentioned in a previous message in this forum. That site is different and its downloads didn't work for me. Again, many thanks for the help!

Meta seems to work fine for the Mac version of Netscape--however, there are certain things that just don't work for the Mac IE (trying to place the model in the center of the page creates all sorts of headaches when you try to view the model remotely)