RE: FLASH: MM Please Respond: Flash 4 Developers' Future to be Crippled by AOL/Netscape NEGLECT? (Netscape/FlashPlugin *ongoing* SNAFU'S) [was: RE: FLASH: OT: Macromedia upgrades . . for Troy]

[R]

actually, I think they did that precisely so it would look the same on all

platforms. They implemented their own graphics library.


by the way, for all those who think Macr has ignored the issue:



--snip


Comments from Troy Evans from bug 34827:


NETSCAPE TEAM,


In reviewing Preview release 1 of Netscape 6(mozilla) it seems there are

some major compatibility problems in ActiveX support and Plug-in support.

This problem causes serious functional problems with Macromedia Flash player

(version 4.0.7.0 - this ships by default with Netscape 6 PR1) NB - Flash

Player

4.0.27/28.0 are the latest versions.


The following features are rendered useless in both the NS Flash Plug-in and

the ActiveX Plug-in implementations:

1. LOAD MOVIE()

2. LOAD DATA()

3. Support for ActiveX & Plugin


It seems this is due to some internal incompatibility with allowing plug-ins

to access network resources via HTTP or HTTPS in the browser interface in

both ActiveX and NS Plug-ins on Mozilla.


We reported the error to the MOZILLA TEAM around October on Milestone 11 or

12 of Mozilla but it seemed to be only related to ActiveX support. This has

changed since.


As this is critical to Flash's success as a medium, I would hope that you

could reslove this - as this does reflect on Netscape too.


This would create a potentially large issue, as ever Flash site in existence

that utilizes LOAD MOVIE() would have to be modified and some of the major

benefits of using Flash (LOAD MOVIE & LOAD VARIABLE) would be rendered

useless on particular browsers.


Attached is a clear and repeatable example showing the error. It includes

examples of the following:


1. USE OF THE ACTIVEX FLASH PLAYER ON MOZILLA - ACTIVEX.HTML

2. USE OF THE NS FLASH PLAYER PLUG-IN ON MOZILLA - EMBED.HTML


3. As NS6 plays BOTH ActiveX and NS Plug-ins, both need to be fully

operational

for complete support, otherwise all flash sites must change their HTML tags

due to the <OBJECT><EMBED></EMBED></OBJECT> nesting technique that ships

with FLASH and is recommended by all.


Also we have since changed our trademark and branding for the Flash Player,

we

no longer refer to the Plugin as "Shockwave Flash" or

to it as a plug-in.  The correct term is


"Macromedia Flash Player"


If there is anything that I can do let me know.  I would like to see these

issues resolved by N 6 PR2


Regards,


Troy Evans

Flash Player Product Marketing Manager


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Subject: Re: FLASH: MM Please Respond: Flash 4 Developers' Future to be

Crippled by AOL/Netscape NEGLECT? (Netscape/FlashPlugin *ongoing*

SNAFU'S) [was: RE: FLASH: OT: Macromedia upgrades . . for Troy]



and speaking of the new netscape (for the lack of a better thread to

post this in). Does anyone else have a problem with that new interface

for the browser? I seriously think it will clash with the designs for

web sites that we developers come up with.  macIE5 does the same thing,

but I'm not so offended by theirs.  As if there isn't enough

crossplatform/browser issues to worry about, now I have to design

something that fits with their browser interface... reminds me of apples

new qt player....


Grrrr


DSG


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