At 4:50 PM 5/8/1, Chris Badouin wrote: > Does anyone use a CF to detect flash installed on users browser? I might suggest a difference approach, because there has been a shift recently... it's now usually more valuable to detect the level of the visitor's SWF capabilities, rather than just whether they have a Macromedia Flash Player. The MediaMetrix quarterly consumer audits show that over 95% of consumers can immediately view SWF content in their current browsers, without downloading anything new. However, if you're relying on the predictable interactivity engine within the Macromedia Flash Player 5, then by March this instant viewership was only 55%. I'd guess we're now in the 65-70% viewership range here in May, considering there are three-million-plus completed downloads each day... regardless, very few don't have *any* Flash Player, but some have older ones. Here's the March audit: <http://www.macromedia.com/software/player_census/flashplayer/version_penetr ation.html> (Methodology info, sample tests and more are up a directory level.) Your SWF file itself can check which version of Player is rendering it, via the "getVersion()" function. In IE/Win it's easy to specify a minimum version via the CODEBASE attribute of the OBJECT tag. There's also the Macromedia Flash Deployment Kit and other approaches too. Generally, it's more valuable to have the SWF file test the version of its rendering Player these days... almost everyone has at least some Flash capability, but it's useful to check whether this capability matches your particular content. jd John Dowdell, Macromedia Tech Support, San Francisco CA US Search technotes: http://www.macromedia.com/support/search/ Offlist email risks capture by the spam filters. I may not see your email if it's not on the list. Private one-on-one email options are available via Priority Access: http://www.macromedia.com/support/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
