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Subject: Re: FLASH: Flash detection problem solved
From: Taco Fleur
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 1999 15:10:54 +0100

They probably don't know how to set the mime type!

I'd be glad to send some instructions on how to do it..

Let me know.

-----Original Message-----
From: Cummins, Rob <rob [dot] cumminsatnewsint [dot] co [dot] uk>
To: 'flasheratchinwag [dot] com' <flasheratchinwag [dot] com>
Date: martes 28 de septiembre de 1999 15:46
Subject: RE: FLASH: Flash detection problem solved


>
>
>> 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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