[F8] Latest embedding method ?

Howdy all,

Is there a thread here or a resource somewhere that shows the best way to embed Flash in this day and age?

I'm a little out of touch, but here's what happenned..

I made up a banner, published it in Flash 8, heard complaints that it wasn't getting seen.

So I thought I'd run a Flash detect, then have a .gif displayed if the flash player wasn't installed.

Couldn't see the Flash myself then in Firefox. :(

So I backed down the banner to 6.0.0.0 in the html, and hope that the client can see it, but if I actually want to make a movie that uses some of the Flash 8 features, for the moment I'm hosed.

Does the Satay method still work at all? I was having absolutely no luck with it earlier, and now I can't seem to be able to remove the Flash player from my system ( Win2000 ).

I haven't even approached the ActiveX issue yet.

Sorry, I'm ranting, so, um, is there a thread here or a resource somewhere that shows the best way to embed Flash in this day and age?

Thanks.