[SWFObject] detection script issue with Flash 9.0.16 and IE 6.0.2900

[Geoff Stearns]

ah, so this makes it more interesting...

it's possible that if the IT dept. does the flash player install by  
pushing it out with an admin tool (or bundled somehow with IE), they  
may have botched it, so everyone has one of these 'corrupt' installs...

if that's the case, there isn't really anything you can do about it  
but not use swfobject and just use a normal object/embed method.




On Nov 10, 2006, at 4:31 PM, Rick Chasin wrote:

> Let me be specific about this issue. The problems are all occurring  
> in a
> corporate environment, where all pc's are controlled by the IT dept  
> and
> have a standard load. Perhaps they have blocked javascript somehow in
> this instance, although the player works fine once they get in the
> application. In my own case, it may be solved with an uninstall of the
> player. I haven't had time today to try that yet.
>
>
> On 11/10/2006 3:17:33 PM, Geoff Stearns (geoff at deconcept.com) wrote:
>> How frequently has it been happening?
>>
>> Most of the time when I hear about it,
>> it's a Flash developer asking about it, which leads me to believe
> they screwed up their Flash Player when switching to older plugins for
> testing...
>>
>>
>> Also: There are a number if extremely high traffic sites that use
> SWFObject - YouTube and NBC.com's
>> video player just to name a couple, and
>> I'm sure if they were seeing problems with IE  users I would hear
> about it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 10, 2006, at 3:53 PM, Alessio Pellegrini wrote:
>>
>> Yes, but why it is happening so frequently? And only with swfobject?
>>
>> I don't
>> really like the idea that a lot of my users will have this  
>> problem, and
>> I'm sure they will not be able to reinstall flash player, so I'm
> wondering
>> if there is a way to avoid this issue without asking to unistall
>> reinstall the flash player.
>>
>> Thanks
>>
>> Alessio
>>
>> Geoff Stearns ha scritto: if you are having this issue, run the adobe
>> uninstaller and reinstall the flash player... this usually fixes it.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Nov 9, 2006, at 9:18 PM, Sue Stev
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