<HTML><BODY style="word-wrap: break-word; -khtml-nbsp-mode: space; -khtml-line-break: after-white-space; ">cool...<DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>We get mails like this about twice a month or so to the list, and it's always because of 'bad' installs on the system. one big culprit is usually the various plugin switches that are out there. if they don't do the switch the right way, your computer might think it has a version of Flash Player that it doesn't really have, or it might think it doesn't have it at all, when it really is there.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>I think that 'normal' users will very rarely encounter issues like this, but for the times that they do, you can always include a 'bypass detection' link in your alternate content. that way if the user *knows* they have flash installed, they can click that link and still see your stuff.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV>but ultimately, if that happens, they just have some issues with their plugins.</DIV><DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"></DIV><DIV><BR><DIV><DIV>On Apr 24, 2006, at 7:53 PM, <A href="mailto:subs@digitalheights.com">subs@digitalheights.com</A> wrote:</DIV><BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"><BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> Thank you Geoff - That did the trick. Looks like I had a bad install.<BR> Best,<BR> Scott<BR> <BR> Geoff Stearns wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE cite="mid069756A6-E263-4815-9FCC-DE0D0F32EA44@deconcept.com" type="cite">How did you install the flash player? Is it possible you have a bad install somehow? <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"> </DIV> <DIV>Try running the uninstaller and reinstall the latest version.</DIV> <DIV>get the uninstaller here:</DIV> <DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><A href="http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157">http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14157</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"> </DIV> <DIV>You can also go to this page to see what version SWFObject detects on your system:</DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"> </DIV> <DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><A href="http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/flashversion.html">http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/flashversion.html</A></SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><SPAN class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 12px;"><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"> </SPAN></FONT></DIV> <DIV><BR class="khtml-block-placeholder"> </DIV> <DIV><BR> <DIV> <DIV>On Apr 24, 2006, at 7:26 PM, <A href="mailto:scott@digitalheights.com">scott@digitalheights.com</A> wrote:</DIV> <BR class="Apple-interchange-newline"> <BLOCKQUOTE type="cite"> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">Hi,</DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">First of all, I'd like to say thanks to Geoff & Toby for developing this<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">great tool. Unfortunately, I encountered a potentially serious issue<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">when viewing pages that use the script in IE 6.0.2800.1106 on Windows<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">2000. I visited several pages that are using FlashObject or SWFObject<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">(including <A href="http://www.cartoonsmart.com">http://www.cartoonsmart.com</A> and <A href="http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/">http://www.loc.gov/bookfest/</A><SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">and <A href="http://www.youtube.com">http://www.youtube.com</A>). These sites all display their Flash content<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">properly in Firefox, but when in IE, the alternate text is displayed. I<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">have javascript enabled and I also have the most recent version of the<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">Flash player installed in IE so unless I'm mistaken, the script appears<SPAN class="Apple-converted-space"> </SPAN></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">to be the source of the problem.</DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">Any thoughts?</DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">Thanks,</DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">Scott</DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">_______________________________________________</DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;">SWFObject mailing list</DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;"><A href="mailto:SWFObject@lists.deconcept.com">SWFObject@lists.deconcept.com</A></DIV> <DIV style="margin: 0px;"><A href="http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com">http://lists.deconcept.com/listinfo.cgi/swfobject-deconcept.com</A></DIV> </BLOCKQUOTE> </DIV> <BR> </DIV> <PRE wrap=""><HR size="4" width="90%">_______________________________________________
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