This has already been debated to the death, ressurrected & debated some more, and finally argued to dust.
For more information: http://www.macromedia.com/software/flashplayer/productinfo/faq/#section-4 There is a direct link you can send to your clients via the Flash Detection Kit and/or utilize IE's ActiveX auto-update. For those of you on Intranets, you can apply for a free licensing to distribute the Flash Player Installer yourself. If your worried about the impact this will have on Flash, there is a positive and negative. The positive, business deals with Yahoo! will hopefully increase RIA's exposure much like Google's recent projects have, and Macromedia apparently has recieved dough to help fund additional projects (as much as one can surmise from the FAQ and various blog postings with Macromedia representative responses). The negative, Macromedia will not rescind on removing this offer until it negatively affects player downloads. Millions download the Flash Player a day. They've proven they will do this already with Shockwave: http://www.markme.com/emmy/archives/007214.cfm Therefore, it will take a negative impression on current Flash Player downloaders (a sharp decrease in daily downloads) before Macromedia will take action. They are actively monitoring these downloads. ----- Original Message ----- From: "extensive_systems" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 20, 2005 1:30 PM Subject: [flexcoders] Nip the Insanity in the Bud / The Thin Edge of the Wedge Subject line says it all - note the commentary at the first link, provided below. Flex developers that rely on the Flash runtime should be concerned about this issue. I just ran across this page describing MM's Flash Player download (and behind that, some kind of generally toxic and indeed self-immolating business decision) bringing "other stuff" (currently, the Yahoo Toolbar) along with it... http://www.turdhead.com/index.php?p=53 http://www.macromedia.com/shockwave/download/download.cgi?P1_Prod_Version=ShockwaveFlash ... you see the Yahoo Toolbar, selected by default, if you hit MM's link using IE browser. Yahoo! Groups Links Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/flexcoders/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
