Re: REPOST: FLASH: Flash 4 plugin detection (for the gazillionth time).

[Gregg Caines]

Thanks for the info... very informative.  I'm trying the

self-detecting sniffer method, without any hint of

javascript anywhere, and not getting positive

detections from Mac IE 5.  With this new info I can

only suspect that it is a MIME problem that is

allowing my redirect to occur before the getURL.

I had previously ruled it out, since the method

currently works on Opera, Netscape, and IE on the

PC, so even now I'm not convinced.  I know my

server doesn't have the MIME set exactly as it should,

so I'll try to get that rectified before I think of other

options...


Thanks!


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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> At 9:50 AM 8/7/0, Gregg Caines wrote:

> > Okay I know everyone's sick to death of plug-in detection...

>

> ... because no matter how many times it's typed out, it will still occur

in

> the list three times over the next week.... ;-)

>

>

> > Mac IE: GetURL does not work

>

> It generally does work. You may be able to find a particular case where

the

> browser acts differently... connecting via SSL encryption to LoadVariables

> via a redirected domain into a dynamically loaded level or something like

> that, for instance.

>

> Just on a hunch, you might be trying to use a "javascript:" protocol

> pseudo-URL there. Not all browsers support this from objects... some do,

> some don't. Some of the browsers offer documented and supported methods

for

> script/object intercommunication, and these are available to the

Macromedia

> Flash Player through the FSCommand mechanism.

>

>

> > Plug-ins cannot be detected via clientside scripting      (T)    (F)

>

> IE5/Mac was the first to offer a valid navigator.plugins array, and so

will

> reveal its installed Netscape Plugins to JScript. (It still doesn't offer

> JavaScript/plugin *communication*, though... you can tell whether the

Flash

> Player is there, but you can't tell it what to do, can't catch events from

> it.)

>

>

> jd



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