Re: FLASH: small movie to determine whether user has plugin installed

[John Croteau]

Hi Jim and all,


> I may be wrong on this

Yes, you are.

The detection scheme you are using is a Flash 2 version of a jump movie.

Your jump movie will allow users with the Flash 2 plugin to go to Flash

3 content and they will get a blank picture in most cases.


A jump movie that works is outlined at 

http://colinmoock.iceinc.com/webdesign/flash/

Under: Detecting the Flash Player - use flash to detect flash


> but it seems an easier and perhaps foolproof method

> of detection is an intermediate page that eliminates the need for a user

> with the plug-in the "chore" of clicking yet again to reach your Flash. It

> contains an empty two frame .swf file that plays once visited and the

> second frame has a get URL action that automatically sends the visitor to

> the Flash content. If the plug-in is not installed (or detected) the movie

> does not play and the user is instead whisked off to a "choice page" via

> refresh tag.

> An index.html example can be found at: http://www.champer.com/monkey/

> http://www.champer.com/files/detect.zip (does not include my monkey ;)

> I've been doing this type of detection since FutureSplash when there was no

> Aftershock, which I am still trying to get a handle on, so if you see a

> problem with my rather crude example (especially you Mac's), please let me

> know.


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