Dude, I'm pretty sure that the BMW website does that because of a bodgy detection script rather than the site actually "requiring" Player7. Player8 can handle anything that Player7 could (aka backwards compatibility). In pseudocode, it sounds like the detection script is checking that (version == 7) rather than (version >= 7).
On 10/28/05, Count Schemula <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just went to the BMW website, and got ready to "explore the new M5." > > Win XP > Firefox 1.0.7 > Flash Player 8 > > The website checks my "extended capabilities" and blocks my progress and > tells me that I need Flash Player 7 to view the website. > > Sigh. > > The more things change, the more things seem like 1996. > > What's funny, or not so funny, the bigest websites are the worst > offenders. > > I'm a small developer and I get raked over the coals for the stupidest > things and then I go to a big boy site and get junked up. > > I use Express Install to force people to upgrade to FP8, mostly because I > love the way the fonts look, and I am going to use the new video codec. I > get light traffic, and I just up and change my whole website every so > often, > so, it's not really something I want to do - develop an FP7 and an FP8 > website. > > The ubiquitous player will never be realized. :( > _______________________________________________ > Flashcoders mailing list > [email protected] > http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders > _______________________________________________ Flashcoders mailing list [email protected] http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders
