Groovy,
I'll put this on the list for next week's R & R day.
C On Thursday, June 24, 2004, at 06:29 PM, Ben Bishop wrote:
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/
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