FLASH: MIME is very Important

[John Croteau]

Hi all,


If you read my Tech Note on MIME you would find out that no browsers,

except MSIE 3/4 Win 95/98/NT, are immune from MIME problems. Netscape

4.04 and all non-ActiveX browsers can and sometimes are affected by the

MIME not being set for Flash. Two different people with the exaxt same

browser version visiting the same site can get different symptoms (one

could get a normal picture and the other no picture at all, for

instance).


I visit a lot of sites and on a day when the MIME not being set

(normally by uninformed newbies) has crashed my browser(s) three times I

am not be as diplomatic as I might outwise be. But a long time Flasher

should know better. Maybe he should realize that if a normal visitor

goes to his site and they see no picture or it crashes their browser

they are very unlikely to let him know even if it is possible. Not only

will people affected by bad Flash MIME avoid that site but will have a

bad taste in general for Flash. So this affects us all.


I'm not trying to mean when I point out the MIME is not set on a site.

This is a basic Web thing all file types have to have their MIME set on

the server not just Flash. Unfortunately Flash is relatively new and not

included in the standard server set-up as are .htm, .txt, .gif and

others. The MIME for Flash generally has to be added manually by the

Website administrator.


If you put Flash on a site you should be sure the MIME is set. No ifs,

ands or buts.


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


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