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| Subject: | RE: Detection script and java flash player |
| From: | David Williamson |
| Date: | Thu, 5 Mar 1998 12:14:24 GMT |
alternativly there are Flash "JumpMovie"'s in use on
www.flashbanners.com, www.spookyandthebandit.com. and all sites we have
produced in the last 6 months have been using them, safer than Jscript
why not use a Flash movie to find out if you have the plug-in. Made
sense to us.
cheers dave
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David Williamson
Spooky and the Bandit
12 Theobalds Road
London WC1X 8PF
UK +44 (171) 692 5257
www.spookyandthebandit.com
> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Croteau [SMTP:croteau
erols [dot] com]> Sent: Thursday, March 05, 1998 9:24 AM
> To: flasher
shocker [dot] com> Subject: Re: Detection script and java flash player
>
> Hi Miranda,
>
> > Can I have some script to detect whether the users' browser contain
> flash
> > plugin or not?
> Yes, MM has two techologies to help detect if Flash is available, both
> require JavaScript.
> Aftershock
> SmartShockwave
>
> You can also use a Flash JumpMovie to detect Flash.
>
> Soon I should have my AllFlash detection system available publicly.
>
> > One more thing, is anyone can tell me about java flash player??
> Haven't got
> > much time to try it out, maybe someone here will give me the clue?
> Aftershock is a free utility from MM to allow for easy degrading from
> Flash to FlashJava to Gif.
> Also check out the Transcript link on the FlashTalk page at
> FlashCentral.
> Jonathan Gay talked about FlashJava and there is a link to my Flash
> verses FlashJava Test page. You can compare the time it takes for the
> same .swf animation to download using your browser for both Flash and
> FlashJava.
>
> > And also, is the scripting make the pages/animations take more time
> to
> > download?
> In general only slightly except for SmartShockwave which is a .js
> module
> containing nearly 800 lines of JavaScript (15K) also there are
> possible
> delays when using the Flash Jumpmovie technique.
>
>
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