Re: WebCat and Flash

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2000


It keeps the original formatting.
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texte = on 3/21/2000 10:22 AM, John Davies at jd@professionalideas.com wrote:> Hello All, > > Is it possible to use WebCat to detect if a user has the current Flash > plugin on their machine, and show the appropriate graphics depending on the > result? > No, but that sounds like a professional idea, though. (sorry, couldn't resist :) Browser scripting is the only way to detect Flash. Check the code generated by Flash 4's publish output. It works fairly well, except for Explorer on Mac. I tend to use the Flash generated detection in combo with checking the [browsername] in webcat for Mac Explorer. When I detect that browser, I include a small flash movie in the page that is a single frame with a get url action that takes the browser to the flash based site. So if they have flash, they will jump to the flash page. If they don't, they will see the current hard coded page and a small broken plugin icon, which is not a bad compromise.Mike ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Associated Messages, from the most recent to the oldest:

    
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on 3/21/2000 10:22 AM, John Davies at jd@professionalideas.com wrote:> Hello All, > > Is it possible to use WebCat to detect if a user has the current Flash > plugin on their machine, and show the appropriate graphics depending on the > result? > No, but that sounds like a professional idea, though. (sorry, couldn't resist :) Browser scripting is the only way to detect Flash. Check the code generated by Flash 4's publish output. It works fairly well, except for Explorer on Mac. I tend to use the Flash generated detection in combo with checking the [browsername] in webcat for Mac Explorer. When I detect that browser, I include a small flash movie in the page that is a single frame with a get url action that takes the browser to the flash based site. So if they have flash, they will jump to the flash page. If they don't, they will see the current hard coded page and a small broken plugin icon, which is not a bad compromise.Mike ------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Mike Davis

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