OS X Lion and Flash - allowing Eyejot to use your camera and mic

Some users have experienced problems configuring Adobe Flash to allow the use of their camera and mic with Eyejot (and other sites) under OS X Lion. One possible solution to this problem is to use the new Adobe Flash System Preferences panel to configure a site-specific override.

To get started, click on System Preferences in the Apple menu on your Mac. Then, locate and click on the Flash Player icon. It will likely be on the last row, labeled Other. If you don't see this icon be sure to upgrade your version of Adobe Flash to the latest version. Click here for more information.

To add a site-override setting so that Eyejot can use the camera and mic on your computer click the button labeled Camera and Microphone Settings by Site... and then, in the new window, add eyejot.com and www.eyejot.com.

Eyejot for Educators

One of our users, David Taylor, has produced some exceptionally detailed and visually stunning overviews of Eyejot features that are available on YouTube. In one video, aimed at educators, David walks users though steps necessary for creating and sending Eyejot messages. He utilizes screencasting techniques in a highly artful and effective manner.

We'd like to thank him for producing these videos and for supporting Eyejot. We're glad our platform has helped both educators and students alike communicate with one another.

You can view his recent video aimed at educators here.

Solving a Leopard DNS Issue with Eyejot

Some OS X users have experienced slow starts when recording new messages in Eyejot. The problem appears to be related to the new Leopard release. We experienced the same thing the day we upgraded. Leopard is handling DNS lookups in a different way - a way that introduces delays if your ISPs DNS server isn't properly configured.

One solution, as we demonstrate in the screencast below, is to reconfigure your network DNS settings to manually use servers operated by OpenDNS. Beside making Eyejot operate faster, you may experience faster browsing for all the sites you visit, especially if your ISPs DNS servers aren't as robust and quick as the ones operated by OpenDNS. The OpenDNS site has intsructions for most of the popular platforms and accessories. The one for Leopard is here.

If you'd like learn more about what's bugging everyone under Leopard this blog post provides some details.

Inserting the Eyejot widget in a web page, blog

This screen-cast will show you how easy it is to insert the Eyejot widget into a web page or blog. In just a few short steps you'll be able to do this yourself. Of course, you'll need to have an Eyejot account first and also to record a video profile.