I also did not know about FlashObject, when I made my own implementation for Ripple. It's actually named FlashObject too... But it
adds parameters in much the same way as FlashTag. I much prefer my way of adding FlashVars though. It's just
myFlashObject.vars.varName = value.
I also only half-implemented version detection. That was because I couldn't figure out how to do minor version detection for IE. Now
that I know how to do that, I should add it.
And, I would agree. It would be great to have one way, that everyone agrees
captures the best characteristics of all of them.
Peter
www.peterjoel.com
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From: "Christian Cantrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Open Source Flash Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 3:10 AM
Subject: RE: [osflash] FlashObject vs FlashTag
Hi, all. Couple of points:
I didn't know about FlashObject when I wrote FlashTag. If I had, I
actually might have used it. (I'm definitely not trying to compete.) I
should clarify that Macromedia isn't pushing the FlashTag. I just wrote
it for the integration kit, and figured people might find it useful
outside of JS/Flash integration. Initially, it was really simple (just
enough to get the job done), but I decided to add some additional
functionality to make it useful outside the project.
It looks like FlashObject and FlashTag take very different approaches to
parameters. The reason the FlashTag actually validates each and every
parameter is because I found that many people use object and embed tags
incorrectly, so I wanted a solution that would help developers make sure
they got everything right. It's less future-proof than FlashObject, but
it's a good way to make sure you are setting parameters in the
recommended fashion.
Also, it's open-source, so feel free to customize the FlashTag to meet
your exact needs! But if FlashObject is better for you, don't worry --
you're not hurting my feelings. :)
Christian
-----Original Message-----
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paddy Keane
Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 8:03 AM
To: Open Source Flash Mailing List
Subject: [osflash] FlashObject vs FlashTag
Guys,
Which one's better and why: FlashTag or FlashObject? I've
been using FlashObject by Geoff Stearns for a while now and
found it extremely useful! I notice that MM are now pushing
FlashTag by Christian Cantrell.
FlashObject seems really well conceived to me with extra
functionality to FlashTag like 'getRequestParameter', or
displaying alternate content if the required flash version
isn't met. It would be great if the community could finally
pick one method for embedding flash. My votes with
FlashObject (apologies Christian ;( )
paddy
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