Re: FLASH: Plugin instalation problems (is: Opera)

[John Dowdell]

At 8:02 AM 8/12/99, Nigel Randsley-Pena wrote, in parts:

> Each location has a windows based computer with the Opera browser...

> Does anyone know if this is in fact true, or will the users experience

> strange errors later while using Flashed or Shocked based content ?


Last I checked, the Opera Software folks support only some-but-not-all

Netscape plugins. Although there have been reports of successful Shockwave

installations, usually those don't go at all. They tested against Flash 3,

though, and I haven't heard of Opera problems with the Flash 4 Player.


(Rephrased, Flash is likely supported by Opera, but Shockwave isn't.)




> ...can't find C:\Opera\Netscape...


If that's a literal phrase from a dialog, then it looks like one component

is hardwired for the Netscape browsers. Shouldn't affect the Player itself,

though.



Last I checked, the Macromedia and shockwave.com sites did not include

explicit JavaScript and other checks for the Opera browser, so you'd

probably see some small differences in various areas. Current Opera says it

can use the Netscape plugin version of the Flash Player, though, so overall

it would likely work.


jd






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