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As I feared, there is no easy way to do this. It appears I will be doing = the site over.=20 Thanks to everyone for your suggestions, and particularly alerting me to = the ADA issues. I had not thought of that before. I appreciate your input. Bill >>> "login for webmaster" <webmaster(at)baptisthospital.com> 12/07/00 08:54AM = >>> I recently took over responsibilities for my company's Web site. Unfortunat= ely, I was not involved in the planning or implementation of the initial, = and largest, part of this site. So here's my problem: The site was built using Flash. No big deal, except there was no HTML = alternative given. When I brought this up, the design company who built = the site came up with a JavaScript "sniffer" which looked to see if they = had a Netscape browser 2.0 or earlier. If so, it would display a .gif in = place of the Flash movie. (I can't even test the JavaScript because I = don't know anyone with Netscape 2.0 - not even the design firm!) This "sniffer", however, was very selective. It only applied to certain = Flash movies. The worst part is the navigation was built completely in = Flash - which contained drop down menus that I can't reproduce in a = .gif/.jpg form because of space restrictions. So even if the Flash movie = was replaced, a user without the Flash plug-in could not adequately get = around the site. I have not had any complaints about Flash from users, but = that may be because they can't access the site, and therefore my e-mail = address! So, after all that, my questions: 1) Should I bother to change anything considering a large majority of = users are browsing with IE 4.0 or higher? (this contains and Active X = control to go find the Flash plug-in.) 2) If so, any ideas on a time-efficient way to solve this huge design = flaw? (I'm one guy running a 1,000+ page Web site.) I really appreciate any help/ideas anyone has on tackling this problem. Thanks. If you want to see the site, go to: http://www.baptisthospital.com= =20 Bill
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