> I found this wonderful site (http://www.mbusa.com/brand/index.jsp) > If my > interpretation of the rather elegant code is correct, this site has a > second layout that is rendered if FLASH is not present. Can some one > please confirm or correct my observation. I've sent an e-mail and poked
They don't serve an alternative layout. Using Javascript they check for the Flash plug-in, and if found they write the Flash code to the document, else they enable a couple of stylesheets. I haven't delved into the scripts or CSS, but looking at the page source, I assume they display:none; the HTML version. If Flash isn't found, the enabled stylesheets make the HTML version visible again. You can see the effect by using this url: http://www.mbusa.com/brand/index.jsp?noflash=1 Clever, but not foolproof. No/disabled Javascipt and you get nothing. If you like this idea, you might be interested in Shaun Inman's Flash Replacement technique. http://www.shauninman.com/ -ben ***************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help *****************************************************
