In Cut Flower Exports of Africa you will find an interactive key, fact sheets, descriptions, and flower images to aid in the identification of African cut flower exports. The interactive key is a Lucid3 Java Applet. Lucid3 (Lucid version 3) is software for creating and using interactive identification keys. Lucid is developed by the Centre for Biological Information Technology at the University of Queensland in Australia. Visit the Lucidcentral website for more information on Lucid and Lucid3.
HTML pages in Cut Flower Exports of Africa other than the Lucid3 interactive key are viewable without the Lucid3 Applet Player and are all accessible from the Home Page (link below). Check the Lucid3 system requirements below if you want to use the interactive key.
Lucid3 system requirements
Requirements
Operating System: Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/2003/Vista, Mac OSX, Linux, Solaris.
System Memory: 128MB RAM (256MB or greater recommended).
Web browser: Java-enabled web browser such as Internet Explorer, Firefox, Netscape, Opera, or Safari.
NOTE: web pages such as fact sheets attached to items in Lucid3 interactive keys may be considered pop-ups by certain browsers (such as Internet Explorer) when clicked on by users. If your browser blocks these popups, in your browser's internet settings you should allow pop-ups for this Lucid tool. Additionally, Internet Explorer may block "active content" on web pages or interactive keys. To allow active content, in Internet Explorer, under Tools, Internet Options, Advanced tab, Security category, the box next to the setting, "Allow active content to run in files on My Computer," should be checked.
Software: The Lucid3 interactive key will run embedded within a web browser as a Java applet Player. Java Runtime Environment (JRE) version 1.4.2 (1.5 or greater recommended) must be installed on your computer for the Lucid3 Applet Player to run successfully.
If in the box above you see text that says your Java
status is version 1.4.2 or greater from Sun Microsystems Inc., and your
computer meets the Lucid3 system requirements, proceed to the key's home
page:
Java information
If you don't see the necessary text in the box above, if the version number displayed is less than 1.5, or you receive an error message stating "Java is an unknown command", you can download and install (make sure to uninstall old versions) the latest Java Runtime Environment version from the Java website at
Note: Some Java versions greater than 1.5 may have bugs that affect operation of the interactive key. This can usually be cured by downloading the latest Java Runtime Environment version from the Java website.
You can verify your Java installation status by doing the following:
Windows
Type "java -version" at a Command Prompt window. You can get to the Command Prompt window by either going to Run from the Start button and typing "cmd" or by selecting the Command Prompt menu option from Accessories.
Mac OSX, Linux, Unix and other platforms
Type "java -version" at a terminal window.
Note to Macintosh users: OSX comes pre-installed with the JRE and is accessible using Safari. Ensure you have the latest version of JRE by running the software update utility. Internet Explorer version 5.2.3, which is the latest version of IE for the Mac, does not support JRE, nor does Opera. If you use Firefox, Mozilla, or Camino as your browser, there is a Java Embedding Plugin that will enable them to access JRE and run the Key. See the links below for information regarding installation, compatibility and updates for the plugin. The Java Embedding Plugin does not work with Explorer or Opera.
Information and Installation instructions for the Java Embedding Plugin can be found at:
http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/Readme.html
To download the plugin go to the Java Embedding Plugin Summary at:
If Java version 1.4.2 or greater is now installed
on your computer, proceed to the key's home page:
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