Player 6 detection yes or no?

[Grubbel]

Currently I use the Flash deployment kit by Macromedia to detect Flash player 6, for my Flash projects.

But the .js file is 17 KB, the .vbs 2 KB. Users with low bandwidth connection will have to load for another 4 seconds before seeing anything of the Flash movie.

So detect yes or no? Many sites (even of mayor design companies) don't have detection at all. The just rely on the automatic update feature of MS Internet Explorer. Isn't this enough?

What do you think?

[chosenson]

create a blank first frame. place this code in the frame.

var thisVersion = getVersion();
var stringVer = String(thisVersion);
var playerVer = stringVer.charAt(4);
if (playerVer != 6) {
getURL("http://www.yourhtmlsite.com");
}


this will test for player version. if it is not the version you need (6,5,4...) you can direct the viewer to a non flash page or a place to get the flashplayer. if the test is true this will just go on to you flash site.

[hurricaneone]

I like Moock's script for detection.

If ya user's got the player, it like it ain't there at all, and it's throughly tested.

http://www.moock.org/webdesign/flash...tion/moockfpi/

[Grubbel]

Thank you for your reply!

chosenson: yes I know of that way of detection.

And I also know of the Moock solution.

I was just wondering if detecting is stil necessary.
More views on this issue are welcome!

Anyone know how a browser on a mac or netscape react when the desired flash player isn't available on the system and NO plug-in detection had been inplemented?

[dnraz]

as far as i know, when u publish ur movie, the html sends you to or at least shows the link to the plugins page, in this case flash6, if u dont have the plugin.

with the release of player 7 beta id change your code so its 6 or 7.

on my page i check for mx cos my site uses AS that requires player 6, if the version is 5 or lower i send them to a frame with a button linked to the flash player download.

.Christoph

[transam1978]

I did as you instructed Chosenson, blank 1st frame and copied that code into it! Then I used macromedia's player uninstall and went to my site and nothing!! Just a box where the movie is suppose to be with an "x" in the upper left corner!
Why wont it direct me to the site I put in? Is there more to that Code than just changing the url to goto? Need to have flash player 6 to view my site! PLEAE HELP!

[dnraz]

well duh
of course u need the flashplayer to view ur flashmovie, so uninstalling wasnt a good idea.
the whole point of checking for flash 6 is that your movie was made with it and mite use new flash mx features, so it only checks if u have flash 6 player and not 5 or 4 or whatever, its NOT checking if u have any flash player installed. ( at least not directly, you will know u dont have the flash player if ur movie doesnt play )

.Christoph

[chosenson]

If you wanted to test the script, you should have set the test value to an eroneous amount (...8). Uninstalling flash player does not always remove all traces of it. I believe you would find a registry value for flashplayer. The script tests for this value. (the '6')

reinstall your flash player. change the value to 8 or something like that and test. if it still doesn't work, post your script and I will give it a look-see.