FLASH: Detecting Flash IE plug-in

[G. Jefferson]

When I took a look at the www.artattack.co.uk site, using IE 4.5 on the 

Mac, the screen said something like "Flash is not installed on your 

machine. Click on the button below and follow the instructions. 


Predictably, it downloaded the Flash PPC installer. Naturally, I had 

installed the Flash player yonks ago, but I clicked on the installer icon 

anyway and was informed "No need to install, Flash is already installed 

in IE4.5" -- Words to that effect anyway.


So, is Alexander's code at fault, IE4.5 or something else? Even 

Macromedia's own site seems to think I don't have Flash unless I click on 

the test buttons, and then it decides perhaps I do have the Flash plug-in 

after all. I have noticed quite a lot of "Click this button if you *know* 

you've got Flash" on various sites. Is detecting Flash plug-ins a known 

problem?


Gareth.



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