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Detecting flash

Nifty way to detect if a flash player is installed, or not, and provide alternative content if needed using the DOM. A simple solution, but effective nonetheless.

permanent link 14 aug at 16:04 by Nick

There are 4 guest comments so far.

commentat 16:28 on 14 August 2006, Fransjo Leihitu wrote:

Why bother when you have well tested JS libs .. for example : http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/

commentat 16:50 on 14 August 2006, Rob Smith wrote:

There are indeed many other ways of achieving the same results. The approach outlined in this article demonstrates how easy it is for even the beginner to write their own code using the DOM without the need for third party JavaScript, highlighting common mistakes such as accessing the DOM before the page has completely loaded and the security issues raised by IE.

commentat 19:14 on 14 August 2006, Bramus! wrote:

I still favor SWFObject ... ;)

commentat 20:32 on 14 August 2006, Fransjo wrote:

hahaha now way .. UFO for me .. gotta represent my country ;-)

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