Remembering: Wasn't the implementation of the Squeakland plug-in in the beginning not:
1. show a page with a working plugin 2. ask the user if he sees the plugin working (describe or img what he should see) 3. ask him/here if he/she wants to install the plug-in (not always allowed in institutes) 4. offer him/her a table with plug-ins and let him/her click on the hyperlink 5. pray that they click on the right on... (I prefer this approach: you cannot hit a moving target... one? at least 25 targets: platform x browser) -----Original Message----- From: Lex Spoon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 8:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [pws] Idea for the Project Swiki Mark Guzdial <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can JavaScript be written to detect the existence of the Squeak > Plugin? I was thinking that it would be cool if a user doesn't have > the Squeak Plugin tried to visit a Project page, they'd get: > - a GIF image of what the page looks like and > - a link to get the plugin > > Since GIF images are created and uploaded already, that wouldn't be hard, no? > Does <embed> have an end tag, e.g.: <embed src="..." content-type="application/yummy-squeak-stuff" ...> </embed> If so, all you should have to do is insert default text within the <embed> tag. Browsers that can't display the requested item, should show the alternative HTML. If this fails, by the way, it would seem acceptible to put the instructions at the bottom of the page. "Did the project fail to load? You may need to download *the Squeak plugin*". -Lex
