Re: Testing if "Shockwave" is installed.

[John Dowdell]

At 1:15 AM 3/16/98, mitch wrote:

>Macromedia's site tests whether "Shockwave" is installed, and if not,

>brings you to a bland page saying that it uses Shockwave extensively and

>recommends installation.  After installation, subsequent accesses of

>macromedia.com take the viewer directly to the main Macromedia

>site...which is what I'm trying to accomplish with my site...I've looked

>at their page source and tried to figure out how they do this, but not

>having much luck...  I'm trying to learn JavaScript now..very much a

>novice in this area, and my progress has been slow...  I also think it

>may involve set up of a cookie.



You're right on the mark... the Macromedia site does set a cookie for

whether that browser has multimedia capability. That's how it knows to

redirect you to the full pages on subsequent visits.


jd




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