Re: FLASH: Flash: Yet Another Detection Script Request

[Gregg Caines]

The closest thing I've seen to 100% is the one we use on our site, which

uses no JavaScript (which is a good thing, since JavaScript is probably

enabled in less browsers than Flash).  It's Macromedia's "self-detecting

sniffer" method, not something we came up with on our own, but if

you're interested, we have example source (FLA & HTML) up at:


www.neometrixsystems.com/neosniff/


I spent a lot of time testing out every method I could find, and this is the

only one I found satisfactory.  The only drawback I find is the client-side

redirect, so if you're looking to avoid a client-side redirect, then maybe

JavaScript is your only answer.


HTH


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Gregg Caines

n e o m e t r i x  systems inc.

http://www.neometrixsystems.com

gcainesneometrixsystems [dot] com

> I'm looking for a 100% reliable Javascript flash-detection script that

will

> look for Flash 4 or higher and write a Flash movie to the document if it

> exists, or write an animated .gif if it doesn't. Any ideas?

>

> david




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