RE: FLASH: Flash detection problem solved

[Cummins, Rob]

> I posted a query re Flash detection causing Javascript error on the

> detection page yesterday.

> 

> Today I have found out that the server was the fault freenetname.co.uk do

> not support flash content, presumably they don't have the mime type set.

> 

The mime type is not essential to view flash content. It will only affect

Netscape vesions 3 or lower, and possibly Linux versions. Moremodern

browsers are considerably less dependant on MIME, as they should be able to

figure out the filetype by the file extension (.swf, in this case). It's

possible to add a TYPE parameter to your flash embedding tags, which will

help older browsers to recognise the swf. format. 


> If their mime type is not set why can I see flash content if I directly

> view

> a page with a swf on it?

> 

> Oh well I have asked them to think about setting the mime type, but they

> didn'y seem too keen.

> 

They have no excuse. Setting a mime type on a server is trivial. It

shouldn't take more than 5 minutes if they know what they're doing. However,

you get what you pay for. 


Alias|Rob


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