On 29/06/2007, at 6:52 PM, David Little wrote:
I see your point here. The only thing I wonder about, and forgive me
if I am just in need of more coffee here, but what does a user get if
they *choose* not use Flash? Is alt-content handled?
It shows my limited knowledge of this area that I wasn't aware that
you could put your alternative content within the <object> tag --
that's going to be very useful. This seems to be the best way forward
for me at present with my limited time frame without relying on
Javascript libraries.
The problem with using the <object> tag to embed content such as
flash presents some problems in IE7. By default, these controls are
"disabled" and users must click the object to "activate" it. This is
the result of a company that held a patent on embedding content, and
took MS to court over it. However, the patent doesn't include
embedding inline objects (Such as using javascript to embed flash).
I'd strongly encourage you to check out SWFObject. It's quick and
easy to implement. You can also provide alternate content for users
without flash or javascript. That said, the object tag *does* support
alternate content as well.
SWFobject --> http://blog.deconcept.com/swfobject/
- Tate
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