Re: FLASH: tables and flash detection

[Hal Medrano]

>please, help... I ran into an oddity with NS3/PC that I hope someone can

>assist with (it works fine with more modern browsers)

>

>if I have one html table around a aftershock flash sniffer (where swf or gif

>served depending on plugin), all is well

>

>see http://www.eo7.com/internal/fun/sniffer/onetable.html with Netscape3 on

>a PC

>

>but if I have nested tables, the sniffer/detection code shows on the page

>

>see http://www.eo7.com/internal/fun/sniffer/twotable.html, again with NS3/PC

>

>is there a way around this?

>


Instead of using JavaScript to detect Flash, use Flash to detect Flash, as

shown by Colin Moock:


http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash/


The process overview is this: Put an empty swf in your table cell which

will sniff for Flash.   When flash is detected, it'll shoot the Flash

content you want into the same cell (using Load Movie, perhaps) or reload

the whole page (using GetURL).  If flash is not detected, a META REFRESH

tag will shoot your user to a non-Flash page.


Enjoy!



Hal Medrano

New Media Group

U S WEST Creative Services


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