This page should hopefully answer any questions or vague issues
you may have concerning the program. Please read this
question-and-answer listing thoroughly before submitting any new
questions you may think you have, as it may be answered somewhere on
this page. If, after this, you do have a new question, please submit
it on the Feedback page.
Does TextTone make use of any proprietary HTML
code to implement it's effects? If so, which browsers are
compatible?
The program does not use any kind of proprietary
or browser-specific code to create the colouring effects. What it
does use are certain aspects of version 3.2 of the standard HTML
specification. However, this is implemented by all the major (and
minor) web browser software packages available today, so browser
compatibility is a minor issue. The only forseeable problems that
could arise are that certain first-generation browsers that
implement older versions of the HTML specifications (such as
Netscape v1.1) would not understand the generated code at all, and
display just standard, unformatted text.
Does TextTone work under Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4,
2000 or XP?
Yes! The program is known to run on all these
versions of Windows. If you do experience problems with any newer
versions of Windows, please report them using the form on the
Support page and they'll
probably be looked into, time and resources permitting.
Can I use TextTone in chat rooms or with instant
messaging? How about with AOL Instant Messenger, for example?
To be honest, I don't know, and have no intention
of finding out. I don't (and never will) use any kind of proprietary
chat program or network such as ICQ, AIM, MSN or Yahoo. If, however,
the chat/messaging facilities in any of these programs supports
pasting in HTML code from the clipboard to format your messages
with, then I suppose the answer could be "Yes".
Are you sure I don't need to pay anything for
TextTone? Is it really free?
Yes, it certainly is free of charge. This
principle is known as 'freeware' (as opposed to 'shareware', which
is a try-before-you-buy kind of system). However, freeware is not
the same as 'public domain' - with freeware, the author still
retains all rights to the software, such as copyright and
distribution/licencing restrictions. For more information on what
the licencing agreements are for TextTone, please see the Readme
file.
Does the TextTone setup program have an
uninstall feature?
Yes. You can fully uninstall TextTone from your
system, from Control Panel's 'Add/Remove Programs' feature.
I only have a 16-colour capable display. Will
the program still work?
Yes, although previews of finely colour-shaded
text will not look quite right due to the display only being capable
of 16 colours. The two screenshots below illustrate this more
clearly:
As you can see, with the 256 colour screenshot,
windows is able to display all the colours of the effect - and it
fades from yellow to dark orange clearly - but with a 16 colour
display, which is not capable of showing all the colours, the
preview gets degraded to just yellow and orange.
However, even if your own display is only capable
of 16 colours, this issue does not effect the end-resultant HTML, as
the display of the text on a web page depends on the end-viewer's
display capabilities.
I notice TextTone uses a setup package called
Inno Setup - where can I get it?
Inno Setup is a solution for creating basic
installations for both 16 and 32-bit Windows applications, created
by Jordan Russell. It can be obtained from his web site at
http://www.jrsoftware.org/.
It is also free.
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