Re: Flash or no Flash

Hi Ben,

There are server-based components such as BrowserHawk which will detect
Flash, among other browser capabilities.  I assume there are corresponding
programs in other languages (Perl, PHP, what have you) if you're not
IIS-based.

Once the software tells you whether or not Flash is available, you can then
decide whether or not to include the Flash movie with a simple if-then-else
as you show.

HTH ... .

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----- Original Message -----
From: Ben Russo <i.am.ben(at)sympatico.ca>
To: HWG Techniques <hwg-techniques(at)hwg.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 2:48 AM
Subject: Flash or no Flash


> Hey list!
>
> I'm totally clueless on this one.  I just started learning flash a couple
of
> days ago.  So now I'm using it on my site.
>
> I have a 125 x 125 movie in the right corner of my page.  Now I realize a
> lot of people still don't have any macromedia plug-ins, so this one is for
> all those who dont:
>
> There has to be a way to detect if the movie will work or not on a
browser.
> What I would like to do is put a simple if/then thing on the site.  for
> example:
>
> if plug-in [flash] exists then
>   display object [movie.swf]
> else
>   display object [image.gif]
> end if
>
> yeah, simple crappy example there, but you get the idea right?  So, the
big
> question:
>
> Is there a way to determine the page's elements based on flash detection?
>
> man...  that sounds confusing...
>
> Thanks for any help anyone can give me!
>
> - Ben
>

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