[SWFObject] Flash Player 9

[Geoff Stearns]

swfobject is fine with flash 9, and should be fine until adobe makes  
a major change to the plugin identification.

with that said, flash player 9 does introduce new security stuff, so  
there are bound to be some quirks that you may have to work around,  
but i don't anticipate anything huge.

there is one big update in the Express Install functionality - the  
current way swfobject handles that isn't compatible with flash player  
9 if your content is published for flash 9... so i'll be updating it  
to support that soon. I'm thinking that this will be a major change,  
and i'll change some of the other core stuff while i'm adjusting that.

the main new feature i want to add will be named arguments... so  
you'll be able to do:

new SWFObject("mymovie.swf", {bgcolor: "#000000", width: 300, height:  
400, id: "mymovie"});

or

new SWFObject("mymovie.swf", "mymovie", 300, 400,  
{ useExpressInstall: true });

etc. etc. - basically so you can pick and choose which named  
arguments to use - sIFR currently uses a method like this and I  
really like the flexibility it offers, and it also makes it much  
easier to remember the arguments when you are using it.

the new Express Install will be much easier to use 'out of the box'  
as well, as i'll be bundling a expressinstall.swf that you can just  
drop in. (or you can modify it if you want a custom upgrade message)

but all of this will have to wait a few weeks, as i'm heading to  
europe for 2 weeks next friday, and will be trying to relax as much  
as possible :)



On Jun 30, 2006, at 2:09 PM, Matt S. wrote:

> Do I have to do anything to make it work with F9, or am I all good?
> I'm using a version of swfO I downloaded a month or so ago.
>
> And while we're at it, anyone know what the major differences are  
> in 9?
>
> thx,
>
> .m
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