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Subject:	Re: FLASH: Flash Plugin on Linux Bug?
From:	Brad Bechtel
Date:	Thu, 20 Apr 2000 17:04:14 +0100

When you click on the link described, a new window pops up with a short detection script, then the Flash movie. This sounds like a problem with the detection script that this site is using. It's probably searching for Windows or Macintosh computers and failing because he's using Linux.

>A coworker of mine is viewing a site linked from this page on our site:
>http://www.oklahoman.com/?movies
>
>He is using Linux and his plugin is Flash 4.012 (I believe). He is
>using a version 4 plugin.
>
>There is a link on the right side that says "Sandra Bullock 1st
>Person." This is what he's trying to view.
>
>He gets into the site and starts clicking on menu items...and suddenly
>it will kick him out and say he doesn't have the Flash 4 plugin. He
>does, I checked...and it's not when he touches any specific menu item.
>It just happens after a certain amount of time.
>
>I've seen numerous instances where Flash won't let you into a site
>because you don't have the proper plugin. But I've never seen an
>instance where Flash lets you into a site then changes its mind on
>whether or not you have the plugin.

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