Re: RE: FLASH: IE4 on mac/bad detection?

[Colin Moock]

flashershocker [dot] com

,Internet writes:

>So is the message here  that if you want to get in to sites with

>detection

>scripts (like MACROMEDIA) mac users must use Navigator?

jd gave the reasonable approaches I think:

	1) let a flash movie send users to the right place. that would work

for IE.

	2) send the user to a page that explains the situation (flash can't be

detected) and asks them to manually enter the site.

Perhaps another alternative is to send users of Mac IE4 to the Flash

content and have a small HTML link which says something like:

"Can't see the animation? Click here for help."


>From a user standpoint, I suppose you're right--accessing flash content

is easier with Navigator, but only because designers/developers seem to

be making the general error of not accounting for IE on Mac in their

scripts.


>BTW: do PC users have this problem with IE4? (I suspect not. )

Nope. Generally, the PC experience is pretty seamless. IE4 even

performs autoinstallation of the ActiveX control when it's not present.


-Colin


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