Checkout expressinstall for just this. Also Static SWFObject may be suited to the home page of your site (its less reliant on JS)
Depending on the site and how crucial the use of the Flash is to present content (in some cases the main aim of a site can not be made with HTML) you may want to inform the user that they are not getting the fullest UX. But sometimes it is more or less impossible to create an alternative site which gives you as much experience as the flash site. agreed which is what I meant when I said the follow > The important thing is for users viewing the alt version access content - > be unimpeded by not having js/flash enabled - you don't have to replicate > what the flash does I think that you flash site is superb its a good use of flash. I think that you can make your alt content meet the needs of users without flash/JS - though to what extent you do is entirely your choice - perhaps a budgeting/time-frame decision In some cases a client wishes to have a feature, one that the client feels is supa-cool & fun, but overall does little or nothing to add to the UX of the site. In these cases I leave the alt content as plain as it needs to be (some users turn off flash to avoid just this use of flash - which is all to prevalent, and tarnishes flash unduly in the eyes of users) I often browse the web with flash disabled and or JS too. I appreciate it when sites work for me without flash/JS - the alt-content is not just for Google its for users who prefer to get the basic web. Also many businesses prevent staff members from using flash whilst at work. Making a website is about meeting the need expectations of users not asking them to meet your :) - S On 5 February 2010 11:43, M J <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Sam, I will definitely try to use the advice I got from you! I'll > split it up in more html-pages and fix the images. > > One thing I haven't figured out still... What if you most of all want > the users to download flash and not actually see the alternative > content (which I want for google only) but to see a sign saying to > download flash. I could put in a link in the alternative div now, but > then they still see the altenativ content and might not install flash. > I've understood that the best thing would be to have a nicely design > fully functional alternative page. But sometimes it is more or less > impossible to create an alternative site which gives you as much > experience as the flash site. > > Maybe the solution would be to link to the alternative page? Or hide > the div in some way? > > /Mats > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "SWFObject" group. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<swfobject%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en.
