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IE6 and navigator.plugin solution?

Neil Morris
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#1: Jul 20 '05
HI
I am wondering if there is a solution to the IE6 missing navigator.plugin
feature. would something like the OBJECT tag with the
type="applicaton/x-shockwave-flash" where one can count the methods and then
compare it to the type="" method count?

just wondering

Neil Morris

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Keith Bowes
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#2: Jul 20 '05

re: IE6 and navigator.plugin solution?


Neil Morris wrote:[color=blue]
> I am wondering if there is a solution to the IE6 missing navigator.plugin
> feature.[/color]

Uh, Internet Explorer for Windows doesn't support plug-ins, but rather
program components embedded into web pages (though the Eolas lawsuit may
change that). The way to detect Flash is:
new ActiveXObject('SockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash')

See the MSDN for more information. Be sure to do object detection.

Though this is a possibility, most people use VBScript for this purpose.

However, perhaps a better way is to just include alternative content in
the "object" element.


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