Re: FLASH: Macintosh problem

[Teresa Velasco]

Thank you John. Your test files work great. Thank you very much once again.

Regards


John Croteau wrote:


> The problem is the MIME is not set.

>

> MIME is required to be set on the server for all file types and is used

> with all browsers except MSIE Win 95/98/NT.

>

> Failure to have the MIME set properly can result in some visitors

> getting a blank picture or other symptoms including crashing browsers. A

> visitor who gets one of these symptoms is rarely happy and most often

> just goes away. This is something most of us want to avoid.

> Unfortunately, since Flash is relatively new, many servers do not have

> the MIME set for Flash and this needs to be taken care of.

>

> Another problem is just viewing a site does not tell you whether or not

> the MIME is set properly. There is no way to tell which visitors are

> going to have problems or even what problems they will have if the MIME

> is not set. Two different visitors with identical browsers can get

> completely different symptoms (including seeing a normal picture).

>

> You should get the ISP or web server administrator to set the MIME type

> for Flash before a site goes live.  Meanwhile, if your MIME is not set,

> please warn the list members when you post here that it is not set --

> since it has this tendancy to give these erratic viewing results and

> occasionally will crash browsers. Warning us that the MIME is not set

> won't stop us from viewing your site, but it will make it easy for us to

> switch browsers or make sure a crash won't make us lose work.

>

> Note, it is easy to check the MIME youself and

> there are two ways to check it from your desktop:

> 1)http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/mimetype_check.htm

> 2) The second way is a special set of test files to upload to your

> server to make it quick and easy to keep checking the MIME while you are

> waiting for the administrator to set the MIME.

> http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/Server/MIME_Test.htm

>

> If you have any questions about whether the MIME is setup correctly,

> upload the test files and relay the URL to the person responsible for

> getting the MIME set. The test files provide a unequivocal answer to

> whether the MIME is set or not.

>

> For more info on setting the MIME type, go to

> http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/Server/index.htm.



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