[SWFObject] bypass detection

[Geoff Stearns]

well the problem is that the object/embed tags don't have the  
download information for the browsers to get the latest versions of  
the plugin.

I've always preferred to place custom instructions there with a link  
to adobe.com, as many people don't like installing things from the  
activex window because of all the spyware/malware out there these days.

firefox does have a pretty slick installer, though.

if you wanted to trigger the installer, you could just place a small  
1x1 flash movie on your page somewhere.



On May 4, 2006, at 12:28 PM, Reed, Scott wrote:

> 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
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> Ben & Jerry's Homemade, Inc.
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