Re: FLASH: now: gap in ie4.5 on mac

[Colin Moock]

jd, i always respect your posts, but we seem to be crossing wires here a

bit...


you wrote:

>Recap: If the problem only appeared in IE4.5, and IE4 was fine, and IE5 is

>in beta now, then it's good to see *now* which way IE5/Mac acts.

i thought i stated quite clearly that it was *not* a problem in ie4. it is a

problem in ie 4.5. i agree that testing on ie5 is a reasonable next step in

diagnosing the problem, but as producers of content for your product, i don't

think it's our job. downloading and installing beta software (*especially*

ie) is time consuming and dangerous for production machines. it should be

performed by quality assurance staff at the software companies affected by

the problem (mm & ms).


therefore this is not practical:

>[shout] getting in on betas while they're beta is a good thing! [/shout]


i have already done half the job for you (well not you, but mm): i have

identified the exact case where the problem reproducibly occurs. many other

developers have verified the problem. heck, i even maintain an instructional

article on the topic:

http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash/fillthewindow.html


all i'm asking is that mm (who have budgets for doing this stuff) verify the

problem. if in the process of investigating the problem, someone finds a fix,

so much the better. i even dream of a technote on the subject...


as for contacting microsoft ourselves, please understand how futile that can

be from a single individual's perspective. if there is a problem in ie that

causes flash to be poorly displayed, one complaint to ms from a flash

developer will very likely do very little (ms's first logical assumption will

be that the developer has done something wrong in the embed tag or otherwise

cause the anomaly themselves). clearly macromedia would have much more clout

pointing the problem out to ms.


as i said before, developers are more than willing/able to report bugs and

problems. what they need in return is either a recommended workaround/fix, or

at the very least, documentation on the issue that can be used in an official

way with clients.


don't make me sick dg on you ;P


colin





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