Re: FLASH: Is there a DEFINITIVE Flash3 auto-detection?

[Daniel Hart]

Hi Daniel,

 

thanks for that old emails, I have looked at it again, if this successfully gets the right browser, great . . . but what about the rest, like if ActiveX is turned off, if the user has Flash2 instead of Flash3, if the user has actually uninstalled Flash but there is still a trace etc etc.?

 

Thanks for your help.

 

Daniel Hart
graphic designer
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djh-graphicszetnet [dot] co [dot] uk

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Votino <danieldescry [dot] com>
To: flashershocker [dot] com <flashershocker [dot] com>
Date: 08 January 1999 04:22
Subject: Re: FLASH: Is there a DEFINITIVE Flash3 auto-detection?

Hi Daniel

 

Thought you query was to John, I noticed you were looking for a script that detects as many browsers as possible.

 

Here is an attached text file of a script that detects a plethora of browsers and redirects as you wish.  You'll have to change the URL's of course.

 

What Ive learned works well is simply make anyone with v2 of any browesr or less go to a help page . . . if they have a Flash capable browser 3+, I forward them to a Flash Plugin detect page which then forwards them either to a getplugin.html page or to the Flashed Site Entrance itself.  The help page and the getplugin page can both have an option to go non flashed if you wish.  All this takes place in seconds but it gets them where I want them and where they wont be too confused. 

 

Not exactly what you wanted I know but I hope it helps you and any others whove spent alot of time fretting about this area as I have.  I would like to hear other ways you folks have solved these detection issues.  =)

 

~Daniel

 

PS . . The olympic.org site goes as far as as detecting your platform and browser on the getplugin page so that your choice is made for you of which plugin to download.  This all done through extensive JavaScripting.