Re: FLASH: MACROMEDIA ANNOUNCES FLASH PLAYER FOR LINUX

[John Dowdell]

At 4:19 PM 11/24/98, Nigel Randsley-Pena wrote:

> Downloaded it and tested it on my current Linux setup :

> Redhat 5.2 Extreme. It works !

> So I guess we'd better start changing those detection scripts


Good point... this has already come up in the conversation at

http://www.slashdot.org/ on the topic.


If your site checks for specific browsers, rather than specific

capabilities, then it would be good to add Linux to the list of possible

environments. It's *possible* to automatically route these people

elsewhere, but then you'd be opening yourself to email.... ;)


Rephrased, if your site page has a "If you can't see the animation then you

don't have Flash" advisory, rather than a JavaScript platform-detection

routine, then this may make it easier for audience members on Linux boxes

to enter, thanks.


jd




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