RE: FLASH: Flash detection problem solved

[Cummins, Rob]

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

> affect

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

> This is totally incorrect. The ONLY browsers that are immune to server

> MIME problems are Windows versions of IE 3 and later. All other browsers

> use the MIME type sent by the server. They may or may not have symptoms.

> Netscape 4 has less problems than Netscape 3 but some visitors will

> still have symptoms ranging from annoying popups, no pix to crashing

> browsers.

> 

I stand corrected. I wasn't aware the problem was so unpredictable.  Is it

true to say that Mac versions of IE suffer from the same problems? 


Anyway, like I said, adding a mime type is not hard. Get the sysadmins to do

it. And send them a nice box of biscuits and a thank you note.


Alais|Rob 


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