[SWFObject] Refreshing page before Flash movie appears

Tue Jun 27 19:35:23 PDT 2006

Follow-up to previous email: I've just installed the latest Flash
Player, version 9 Beta. I had to install two versions, one for IE, the
other for Opera and every other browser. Opera 9 still requires click
activation. You can check this out by comparing
http://www.caveboy.com.au/test/bliptest4.html (click activation) to
http://www.caveboy.com.au/test/loadtest4.html (no click activation).
Also it doesn't say anywhere on the http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
page to include the first JavaScript link within the <head> tags. Maybe
it would be a good idea to mention this?

Cheers

Daniel

On Wed, 28 Jun 2006 11:41:45 +1000, "Daniel Klein"
<danielklein at airpost.net> said:
> Hi Colin,
> 
> Thanks for the heads up. I thought I had inserted the code as described
> on the site but I was in a hurry. I will try it at the first
> opportunity.
> 
> 
> Hi Geoff,
> 
> I need the site to work identically :) in all browsers so SWFObject
> still makes sense. I'll try reinstalling the Flash Player, however,
> Opera 9 has only been out for less than a week. Has anyone else tested
> it or noticed different behaviour from it?
> 
> Cheers
> 
> Daniel
> 
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 10:02:16 -0400, "Geoff Stearns"
> <geoff at deconcept.com> said:
> > opera doesn't require the click to activate - there must be something  
> > funky going on in your browser.
> > 
> > if you ever have issues, you can always do this:
> > 
> > 1) check my test/example page - make sure that my page works, if it  
> > does and yours is broken, then there's something wrong with your code.
> > http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/swfobject.html
> > 
> > 2) uninstall and reinstall the flash player - often times the player  
> > gets corrupt from switching versions around or installing new  
> > browsers that we as developers often do.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 09:30:56 +0100, "colin @ spikemultimedia.co.uk"
> <colin.murdoch at spikemultimedia.co.uk> said:
> > Hi Daniel,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > <script type="text/javascript" src="swfobject.js"></script> -> needs to
> > be
> > within the <head>.....</head>
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Regards
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Colin Murdoch
> > 
> >  
> > 
> >                               
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
> > [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Klein
> > Sent: 27 June 2006 08:26
> > To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> > Subject: Re: [SWFObject] Refreshing page before Flash movie appears
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Hi Marc,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Opera usually uses the Netscape plugin, however, I haven't checked this
> > 
> > recently for Flash Player. I've used every version of Opera 8 up until
> > 
> > the last (8.54) before version 9 came out and none of them needed click
> > 
> > activation. But on to the important issue! The address is
> > 
> > http://www.caveboy.com.au/test/loadtest4.html It's still under
> > 
> > construction which is why it's in the /test/ directory so if a couple of
> > 
> > things don't work in the movie you can either ignore them or tell me
> > 
> > what doesn't work so I can debug it :) If you can work out why it
> > 
> > doesn't show first time I would be very grateful!
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Cheers
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Daniel
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > On Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:04:59 +1000, "Marc Castles"
> > 
> > <marc at peaksoftware.com.au> said:
> > 
> > > Daniel,
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Just so you know.. Opera uses the internet explorer flash plugin. That
> > 
> > > is why you are getting the activate option in opera. Have you got a link
> > 
> > > to the page that is causing the error?
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Regards,
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Marc
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Marc Castles
> > 
> > > Peak Software 8 Field Street, Ballarat Vic 3350
> > 
> > > PH: 03 5334 4752
> > 
> > > FAX: 03 5333 7411
> > 
> > > MB: 0421 636 775
> > 
> > > www.peaksoftware.com.au
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > 
> > > From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
> > 
> > > [mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Daniel Klein
> > 
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 27 June 2006 5:01 PM
> > 
> > > To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
> > 
> > > Subject: [SWFObject] Refreshing page before Flash movie appears
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Hello!
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > I noticed that IE required clicking on content to activate and I just
> > 
> > > assumed it was Microsoft stupidity. However, I downloaded Opera 9 a few
> > 
> > > days ago and it does the same thing now! I found SWFObject just in the
> > 
> > > nick of time (totally by accident). However, since inserting the code in
> > 
> > > the html page the Flash movie won't display the first time but will on
> > 
> > > each subsequent occasion (e.g. refreshing the page). This happens once
> > 
> > > on every computer I've tried after changing and re-uploading the Flash
> > 
> > > movie. It does this in Safari under Mac OS 10.3, and on PC: IE, Opera
> > 
> > > and Firefox using everything from Windows 98 to XP. Do you know how I
> > 
> > > can fix this? Apart from this SWFObject is great!
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Cheers
> > 
> > > 
> > 
> > > Daniel
> > 
> > > 
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