[SWFObject] Script not working in IE 6.0.2800.1106 on Windows 2000

[subs at digitalheights.com]

Thanks Geoff - I had never encountered this before so I appreciate the 
background info. Good idea about the alternate link for bypassing 
detection.
Scott

Geoff Stearns wrote:
> cool...
>
> We get mails like this about twice a month or so to the list, and it's 
> always because of 'bad' installs on the system. one big culprit is 
> usually the various plugin switches that are out there. if they don't 
> do the switch the right way, your computer might think it has a 
> version of Flash Player that it doesn't really have, or it might think 
> it doesn't have it at all, when it really is there.
>
> I think that 'normal' users will very rarely encounter issues like 
> this, but for the times that they do, you can always include a 'bypass 
> detection' link in your alternate content. that way if the user 
> *knows* they have flash installed, they can click that link and still 
> see your stuff.
>
> but ultimately, if that happens, they just have some issues with their 
> plugins.
>
>
> On Apr 24, 2006, at 7:53 PM, subs at digitalheights.com 
> <mailto:subs at digitalheights.com> wrote:
>
>> Thank you Geoff - That did the trick. Looks like I had a bad install.
>> Best,
>> Scott
>>
>> Geoff Stearns wrote:
>>> How did you install the flash player? Is it possible you have a bad 
>>> install somehow?
>>>
>>> Try running the uninstaller and reinstall the latest version.
>>> get the uninstaller here:
>>> http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157
>>>
>>> You can also go to this page to see what version SWFObject detects 
>>> on your system:
>>>
>>> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/flashversion.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Apr 24, 2006, at 7:26 PM, scott at digitalheights.com 
>>> <mailto:scott at digitalheights.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>> First of all, I'd like to say thanks to Geoff & Toby for developing 
>>>> this 
>>>> great tool. Unfortunately, I encountered a potentially serious issue 
>>>> when viewing pages that use the script in IE 6.0.2800.1106 on Windows 
>>>> 2000. I visited several pages that are using FlashObject or SWFObject 
>>>> (including http://www.cartoonsmart.com and 
>>>> http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/ 
>>>> and http://www.youtube.com). These sites all display their Flash 
>>>> content 
>>>> properly in Firefox, but when in IE, the alternate text is 
>>>> displayed. I 
>>>> have javascript enabled and I also have the most recent version of the 
>>>> Flash player installed in IE so unless I'm mistaken, the script 
>>>> appears 
>>>> to be the source of the problem.
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Scott
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