[SWFObject] bypass detection

[Jim Berkey]

I could be wrong, but my understanding of the bypass link is for the rare
case when alternate content is shown instead of loading the swf, but the
user is certain that they have the required flash version. It will bypass
the detection and load the swf regardless of the version that was detected.

 

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From: swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com
[mailto:swfobject-bounces at lists.deconcept.com] On Behalf Of Reed, Scott
Sent: Thursday, May 04, 2006 12:29 PM
To: swfobject at lists.deconcept.com
Subject: [SWFObject] bypass detection

 

I've been working with SWFObject and replaced most of the previous detection
code I was using but I think I might have missed something
very basic. The default behavior in IE and Firefox (at least the latest
versions) seems to be to initiate the install/upgrade and then load the
content all very seamlessly. I find this to be a better experience that what
I am doing. In most cases I am displaying alternate content in the
div tag that instructs the user to click on a button which points to the
upgrade page on Macromedia. This initiates a much less user-friendly
install experience because of redirects/opening and closing of windows, etc.
I was thinking that I could replace my link to Macromedia with the
bypass link and get the best of both worlds, but the bypass link seems to
still stop the automatic browser install. I'm just using a link back
to the current page with ?flashDetect=false. Am I missing something about
the intent of this or doing something wrong?

 

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Scott Reed

Sr. Web Developer

Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.

802-846-1547 x7859

 <http://www.popsicle.com/> 

www.benjerry.com <http://www.benjerry.com/> 

 

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