RE: FLASH: What goes on with MAC's and FLASH

[Richard Hume]

Thankyou for your reply John,


OK - I should have checked the mime.... I thought I had !


Thanks for the A, B, C's too.... And the tech-note references.


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Sent:	Thursday, 5 November 1998 1:53 am

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Subject:	Re: FLASH: What goes on with MAC's and FLASH


Hi Richard,


> I recently tried a couple of my sites on an iMAC with Netscape 4.???? And

> found no problems - HOWEVER, two clients in particular are saying all they

> see are blanks screens when using a MAC.



> http://www.southernmedia.com

You've been on this List long enough you should know to check that the

MIME is set for Flash.  This ois the first thing any Flash developer

does once he secres a Flash job is to verify whether Flash is set on the

server where the Flash is going to be hosted. This is not a Mac problem

this is a potential problem for all non-ActiveX browsers.

http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/Index.htm#Server



> http://www.sanity.com.au

Different Problem most likely the wrong setup for Aftershock. See below

a note that I posted not too long ago.


Also, everyone please iclude the whole URL including the http:// so we

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For Flash 3 - Aftershock (and any other detection scheme that relies

solely on Scripting) has two main variables each with two main

optionsboth reside in the Scripting section.


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A] Installation


1) Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet Explorer Checked

If checked then MSIE Win 95/98/NT automatically will install the ActiveX

component if the browser does not have the Flash ActiveX control

installed.


2) Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet Explorer UnChecked

  (Shockwave Plugin/ActiveX control box in Media Types must also be

checked).

If unchecked then Flash will supply Flash to detetable MSIE Win 95/NT

browsers.

This includes all Script enabled MSIE 4 and only MSIE 3 that have

VBScript 2.0 or better.

The script needs to be manually modified to include Windows 98 as per MM

note 13342.

http://www.macromedia.com/support/flash/ts/documents/as_win98.htm


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B] Media Types:


1) Only Shockwave Plugin/ActiveX control box checked.

This provides Flash for all Flash enabled browsers.

Undetectable browsers will get the NoPlugin Icon if the Plugin/ActiveX

control is not installed.

    Flash capable but Undetectable Browsers:

        Netscape 2

        AOL 3 IWENG version

        MSIE Mac

        MSIE Win 3.1

        Opera

        MSIE 3 Win 95/NT with VBScript 1

(MSIE 3 Win 95/NT will automatically get Active X Control if

"Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet Explorer" is Checked as

above).


2) Both "Shockwave Plugin/ActiveX control" and "Static or Animated GIF"

boxes checked.

This provides Flash for all browsers where Flash can be detected

(JavaScript must be enabled). It will provide a GIF alternative to

undetectable browsers regardless of whether or not it has the Flash

plugin. ActiveX MSIE 3 Win 95/NT with VBScript 1 will get Flash only if

the "Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet Explorer" box is checked.

For MSIE Windows 98 if the "Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet

Explorer" box is unchecked then it will get GIF content unless the

manual modification is made (as above). Other ActiveX capable browsers

will get Flash if the "Installation: ActiveX Control on Internet

Explorer" box is checked or if unchecked and Scripts are enabled.



The Java alternate content is only available for content created  with

Flash 2.


Also see http://www.FlashCentral.com/Tech/Index.htm#Aftershock


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