Re: FLASH: IE and Mac - 4.5

[Helen Triolo]

JGL wrote:

> 

>But, I think that is Barrangers approach. To check for ie4.5, not the

> plug-in. The other info you describe is what the developer responsibility

>is, once it is known that ie4.5mac is present.

and 

> Correct me if I'm wrong, but javascript and ie4.5 for mac do work, just not

> from with in Flash . . .


Yes, JGL, according to the snip below I believe you're right (the

problem is not javascript itself, but plugin detection with javascript)

and sorry, I misinterpreted what Barranger was trying to do.  I thought

he was trying to detect Flash version #'s and so forth as well as OS.


> > >

> > >     >>try it out (fixed in ie5)

> > >      detecting the flash plugin is impossible in ie 4.5 because it

> > > doesn't have the plugins property of the javascript navigator object.

> > > there's no direct workaround to this problem. ie 4.5 users should be

> > > sent to a page where they have to choose for themselves, or to the

> > > non-flash version of the site if there are links to the flash version

> > > from there.


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