Re: FLASH: Best way to detect flash and nonflash browsers

[Paul Richardson]

The redirect loop does actually seem to work if you've got flash, or at 

least it did the first time I tried your link.  You just have to wait for 

the page to complete load before you get redirected.


In the status bar it continually flashes between connecting to site and 

opening page messages accompanied by the clicking so I would guess there is 

some problem with when you are calling the redirect script.


Hope this helps, aftershock from macromedia, can be used to generate the 

html code for detecting the flash plugin for netscape and ie so if you run 

into in any other problems that might be the best route.  You can download 

an evaluation copy of aftershock from somewhere on their website.


Paul


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From: Norm at Signal <normmail [dot] signalz [dot] com>

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CC: <normsignalz [dot] com>

>Subject: FLASH: Best way to detect flash and nonflash browsers

>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 09:36:21 -0400

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>I am looking for help.  We have a web page the has a flash item on it which

>if it runs, it redirects the browser to the flash site.  If it doesn't run

>the user see's a standard html page saying the web site requires flash plug

>in.  This has been working fine in test mode.  However some people in 

>London

>office are reporting things like they just get a bunch of clicking, or they

>see a bunch of flashing in the browser (I think they are talking about in

>the browser status area).  The redirect item does have an audible click.  

>It

>appears that for these people they get in a loop where the redirect loops.

>

>The web site is in test mode at http://itxc.signalz.com.

>

>The real flash page that the above gets directed to is

>http://itxc.signalz.com/intro.html

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>When I send these users to the intro.html page, they see the flash content

>with no problems, so we know they have flash installed.

>

>Are there other or better ways to detect and support flash and non-flash

>browsers?  Can anyone confirm any of the problems above?  We tested here

>with similar configuration and it works fine.

>

>Thank you!

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