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  • Geoff Cox
    #1

    if Flash not installed?

    Hello,

    I have a web site which uses Javascript and soundManager2 which uses
    Flash to play mp3 files

    What is the best way to deal with a user whose PC browser does not
    have Flash installed?

    Thanks

    Geoff
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    • Steve Pugh
      #2
      Re: if Flash not installed?

      On May 13, 9:53 pm, Geoff Cox <g...@freeuk.no tcomwrote:
      Hello,
      >
      I have a web site which uses Javascript and soundManager2 which uses
      Flash to play mp3 files
      >
      What is the best way to deal with a user whose PC browser does not
      have Flash installed?
      One or both of:

      Include a polite message pointing out that to hear your sounds they
      should install and/or enable Flash and enable JavaScript.

      Link to the MP3 files so that they can play them in the player of
      their choice

      Steve

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        • Geoff Cox
          #3
          Re: if Flash not installed?

          On Tue, 13 May 2008 14:08:30 -0700 (PDT), Steve Pugh
          <steve.grumpy@g mail.comwrote:
          >On May 13, 9:53 pm, Geoff Cox <g...@freeuk.no tcomwrote:
          >Hello,
          >>
          >I have a web site which uses Javascript and soundManager2 which uses
          >Flash to play mp3 files
          >>
          >What is the best way to deal with a user whose PC browser does not
          >have Flash installed?
          >
          >One or both of:
          >
          >Include a polite message pointing out that to hear your sounds they
          >should install and/or enable Flash and enable JavaScript.
          >
          >Link to the MP3 files so that they can play them in the player of
          >their choice
          >
          Steve
          Thanks Steve - I guess the first option!

          Cheers

          Geoff

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            • Pierre Jelenc
              #4
              Re: if Flash not installed?

              Geoff Cox <gcox@freeuk.no tcomwrites:
              On Tue, 13 May 2008 14:08:30 -0700 (PDT), Steve Pugh
              <steve.grumpy@g mail.comwrote:
              >
              On May 13, 9:53 pm, Geoff Cox <g...@freeuk.no tcomwrote:
              Hello,
              >
              I have a web site which uses Javascript and soundManager2 which uses
              Flash to play mp3 files
              >
              What is the best way to deal with a user whose PC browser does not
              have Flash installed?
              One or both of:

              Include a polite message pointing out that to hear your sounds they
              should install and/or enable Flash and enable JavaScript.

              Link to the MP3 files so that they can play them in the player of
              their choice

              Steve
              >
              Thanks Steve - I guess the first option!
              Why? My mp3 player is much better than anything Flash comes up with. Why
              would you want me to use an inferior product? Or to enable a dangerous
              scripting language?

              Pierre
              --
              Pierre Jelenc
              The Gigometer www.gigometer.com
              The NYC Beer Guide www.nycbeer.org

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                • Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn
                  #5
                  Re: if Flash not installed?

                  Pierre Jelenc wrote:
                  Geoff Cox <gcox@freeuk.no tcomwrites:
                  >On Tue, 13 May 2008 14:08:30 -0700 (PDT), Steve Pugh
                  ><steve.grumpy@ gmail.comwrote:
                  >>On May 13, 9:53 pm, Geoff Cox <g...@freeuk.no tcomwrote:
                  >>>What is the best way to deal with a user whose PC browser does not
                  >>>have Flash installed?
                  >>One or both of:
                  >>>
                  >>Include a polite message pointing out that to hear your sounds they
                  >>should install and/or enable Flash and enable JavaScript.
                  >>>
                  >>Link to the MP3 files so that they can play them in the player of
                  >>their choice
                  >>[...]
                  >Thanks Steve - I guess the first option!
                  >
                  Why? My mp3 player is much better than anything Flash comes up with. Why
                  would you want me to use an inferior product?
                  Good point.
                  Or to enable a dangerous scripting language?
                  Please stop distributing FUD. Client-side scripting is not any more
                  dangerous than the security leaks in the environment it runs in are. For
                  example, if JScript poses a danger in IE/MSHTML, it is MSHTML's fault which
                  provides the necessary API, particularly IE's borken insufficient security
                  model, not JScript's.


                  F'up2 cljs

                  PointedEars
                  --
                  realism: HTML 4.01 Strict
                  evangelism: XHTML 1.0 Strict
                  madness: XHTML 1.1 as application/xhtml+xml
                  -- Bjoern Hoehrmann

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