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Subject: Re: FLASH: Ie 4.5 for Mac
From: Charlene Reese
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 1999 02:45:50 GMT

FYI the MIE 4.5 version I just installed came from the CD that was
distributed by Microsoft at MacWorld.
Only two plugins - Default and Quicktime

-charlene

On 1/15/99, John Dowdell wrote:
>At 6:31 PM 1/15/99, Charlene Reese wrote:
>> I thought Flash was supposed to be standard equipment by now but it
>> isn't in this scenerio.
>
>All downloadable Netscape browsers come installed with Flash, and all new
>Macs and PCs either have Flash and Shockwave preinstalled or on their
>operating system CD.
>
>While the Microsoft browser CDs tend to have Shockwave and Flash, the
>Microsoft browser downloads present these as an option.
>
>
>> I read the tech note about IEMac not being plugin-detectable so what
>> is the answer?
>
>It's true that IE/Mac does not have a useful navigator.plugins object
>accessible to JavaScript, and because ActiveX Controls are practically
>confined to Windows there's also no use of the "CreateObject()" VBScript
>function. Therefore it's difficult to make things easy for IE/Mac users.
>
>You may wish to include a Flash file and have a "if you can't see the
>animation" link.
>
>jd
>
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>John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US
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