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Subject: Re: NO MIME Flash Sites - Week 1
From: Ben Rogers
Date: Tue, 26 May 1998 17:04:49 +0100

Hi John

Thanks for alerting us to this problem.

We now use the extra tag in our Flash html:

TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"

...but we also realise that this is not a cure-all for every Flash capable
browser. I made a test site weeks ago with this tag missing & sure enough,
testing today, the page does not load the .swf file in Netscape 3.02,
whereas it will with the extra tag (in other pages). So this indicates to me
that the MIME type is not set correctly on our server.

We contacted the company who host our sites & explained that the above test
had been made in the past and worked and that it now didn't work... even
though *we* had changed nothing. Furthermore we explained that someone else
had noticed the absence of the MIME type setting (you). They are adamant
that it *is* set correctly, even in the face of all this evidence. They are
not even prepared to try any sort of troubleshooting.

I would be very grateful if you could suggest anything which we could say to
them to a) prove the point without question, & b) some kind of remedy that
they seem to have missed.

Many thanks in advance,

Ben

-----Original Message-----
From: John Croteau <croteauaterols [dot] com>
To: flasheratshocker [dot] com <flasheratshocker [dot] com>
Date: Sunday 24 May 1998 1:43 AM
Subject: NO MIME Flash Sites - Week 1


>Hi All,
>
>I have compiled a list of sites that display Flash but do not have the
>MIME set on their servers. To the best of my knowledge everyone in this
>NO-MIME List has been notified of their problem. All sites were retested
>today and they either did not have the MIME set or did not display Flash
>in Netscape on my test browsers. All sites have been confirmed
>previously to not have the MIME set on their server. If anyone believes
>that this information is in error or they can confirm that the MIME is
>now set on their server, please feel free to contact me. Also, anyone
>finding a site that displays Flash publicly and does not have the MIME
>set on their server, please notify me so we can add them to the list.
>All people who are added to the list will be bnotified in advance if
>possible.
>
>Note, I am aware that if someone is using an isp to host their site,
>that they cannot directly control the situation. But anyone doing
>serious Flash work should have the MIME set for Flash on their server.
>
>The MIME on a server does not affect Windows 95/NT MSIE 3/4 browsers.
>There are many symptoms that can be caused when the MIME is not set on a
>Server.
> Plays OK
> Crashes browsers
> Blank Image
> Broken Icon
> Puzzle piece
> Flash Movie Icon
> Error Message boxes
> Pop-up box to save File
> Pop-up box asking what program to use to play file
>
>Not all browsers react the same way. There seems to be alot of factors
>involved in how a particular browser receives and displays or doesn't
>display a Flash .swf file when the MIME is not set. Note adding MIME
>Type: application/x-shockwave-flash is only a pertial solution, more
>people will get Flash NOT all. For more information check under servers
>at the Flash Tech Resource.
>
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>THE NO-MIME LIST
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>the Hunger (KNOWN to CRASH NETSCAPE)
>http://www.terravirtua.com/equine/
>equineatterravirtua [dot] com
>
>Geoff & Yvonne (KNOWN to CRASH NETSCAPE)
>http://wkweb4.cableinet.co.uk/pc.media/
>pc [dot] mediaatcableinet [dot] co [dot] uk
>
>http://www.visualxtc.com/intro.html
>
>Flash Discussion Group
>http://www.devdesign.com/flash/
>
>Britain's In-Line Skating Association
>http://www.pepperhead.co.uk/cgi-bin/bisa.cgi
>
>Lost in CyberSpace
>http://ispy.t3cyber.com/irwin/game/intro.html
>
>Lucid Horizons
>http://weber.u.washington.edu/~emerald/lh/lhmain.htm
>emeraldatu [dot] washington [dot] edu
>
>Saraxa Media
>http://mtv3pelit.saraxa.com/~muumi/flash/funki.html
>Mikko Uromo <mikkomuatsaraxa [dot] com>
>
>Daniel A. DeYoung
>http://www.otown.net/
>deyoungattrifinity [dot] com
>
>AMF Designer
>http://www.tba.com.br/pages/alexmf/
>alexmfattba [dot] com [dot] br
>
>D. Keith Robinson (Tascor) (Has advised his ISP about problem)
>http://www.7nights.com/flash4html.htm
>v-dkrobatmicrosoft [dot] com
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>----------- -----------------------
>John Croteau croteauaterols [dot] com (mailto:croteauaterols [dot] com)
>------------- -------------------------
>Flash Central(The Universe Starts Here) http://www.FlashCentral.com/
>FlashTeK(Advanced Websites with Flash) http://www.CrownMall.com/Flash/
>The Flash Tech Resource (Tech Notes) http://www.FlashCentral.com/tech/
>Need a PC ? -- Computer King -- http://www.crownmall.com/computers/
>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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