Re: New Tutorial: Flash 2/3 Detection

[Colin Moock]

flashershocker [dot] com

,Internet writes:

>im thinking about changing the refreshlink in the meta tag

>to a page that implies that javascript is turned off

It's probably true that most users that land on the

"unabletodetectflash.html" page will have ended up there because they

have manually disabled JavaScript. So you could safely put a notice

like "JavaScript Not Available--Please enable JavaScript in your

browser, or visit...etc.". That way, you address the majority

specifically, while also giving less common browsers accurate

information about what's going on. I felt the

"unabletodetectflash.html" page was really important for old or

uncommon browsers. We're used to a high level of technology in North

America, Europe, Asia etc, but some parts of the world have a much

slower adoption rate...



>-maybe not the best way. is there any otherway to check

>if javascript is turned off?

You can't really use JavaScript to detect JavaScript (like you can't

turn the light on so you can find the light switch...). I think you're

pretty much stuck with putting alternative content either on your

javascript page or on a different page you link to with META.


Anyone else have ideas?


-Colin


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