Comments on: FlashObject turns 1

By: April

April — Wed, 19 Apr 2006 15:33:06 +0000

We used FlashObject on this site:
http://www.fullcircleschoolinc.org
It works perfectly!

By: ::stass::

::stass:: — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 14:24:28 +0000

FlashObject is just great. No problems at all:
Animated Flirts - flash animations at:
http://www.sendflirt.com/ - Free Online Dating Site

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:58:11 +0000

I’ve already updated the FlashObject page with details on this, and I have another blog post from December that discusses the IE changes.

The shirt answer, though, is that FlashObject fixes the issue.

By: Aaron Elliott

Aaron Elliott — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:56:20 +0000

How will FlashObject handle the new IE problems with Active X controls?

Articles:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/workshop/author/dhtml/overview/activating_activex.asp
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/activecontent/#captivate_before

Thanks!

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sat, 04 Feb 2006 00:42:06 +0000

It sounds like you are probably not giving each Flash movie a unique Id. Try doing that, and if you are still having issues, join the FlashObject mailing list and send a link so we can take a look at see what the specific issue is.

By: Michael Ypes

Michael Ypes — Fri, 03 Feb 2006 19:15:33 +0000

It seems a great idea but I cannot get it to work with multiple flash files at the same time. I use flash files to create headings in normal html sites by passing through variables for different instances. I also want to provide a text alternative for printing purposes and also old farts who haven’t got flash installed :) It works fine without your code but when I implement your code it does not always display the content??? Is it javascript, the browser or what. As is I can’t use this solution and therefore is a tradegy as it is quite a nice and neat package. Any ideas. By the way sorry if I have posted this in the wrong area.

If you want an example url let me know.

Cheers

By: Fred Simonton

Fred Simonton — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:20:02 +0000

Hi Geoff,
Here’s another reasonably high-profile implementation:
Library of Congress Book Festival.

I’m in the midst of making sure flashObject is used throughout the site to avoid the MSIE update nightmare.

Thanks for the great stuff!

- fred

By: Dave Benton

Dave Benton — Fri, 06 Jan 2006 20:18:10 +0000

yeah full screen flash object….

By: sami

sami — Wed, 28 Dec 2005 18:37:52 +0000

Flashobject rocks my folio site too. Cheers, dude!

By: sectore

sectore — Mon, 12 Dec 2005 08:23:25 +0000

I have been using FlashObject for a few months now at my personal portfolio: http://www.websector.de

It works perfectly and Google love it ;-)
Thx!!!

By: Johan

Johan — Sun, 11 Dec 2005 16:19:16 +0000

What is the difference between your method and this method described here: http://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/ufo/

It has similarities.

By: Yoeri

Yoeri — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 23:42:49 +0000

I’m using FlashObject in different sites now…shows up very smooth. The only tiny little thingie I miss, is when the flash isn’t delivered, the tekxt in the element (eg. in the div) is empty…I’ve tested it in Opera (Small view). sIFR has the same kinda replacement, but those text still appear in small view.

By: raphaele

raphaele — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 14:13:30 +0000

I’m using flashobject on nearly all the websites i work on : http://charlotteleduc.com , for a recent example, and our portfolio : http://dealdo.net . Really appreciate it. Thanx.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:33:51 +0000

It would be pretty easy to build something that checks the version of Flash the user has installed and then gives them a specific Flash movie.

You could use the version detection code (example of how to use it here) to set some variables depending on the Flash version they have installed, and then use FlashObject to write the proper movie to the page using those variables.

By: Marie

Marie — Sun, 04 Dec 2005 23:29:21 +0000

3-day old Flash Newbie here. Cool script, thanks for letting us all coattail on your expertise. Oddly, in my ignorance, I was looking for a javascript that does something this one doesn’t do that I thought was obvious (but this always happens to me). After developing my first little flash movie in flash 8 and tried to show it off to the boyfriend, he couldn’t view it because he only had 7 installed. Thus began a process of redesigning the movie so it publishes all right in both 7 and 8, but I really want a way of putting both on the server and letting the javascript pick the appropriate version. (all the glow and drop shadows are missing in 7) I think I’ll attempt to hack this script to do that. I’m thinking it would be nice to save specific versions for flash 5,6,7,and 8 on the server. No one else has wanted to do this? I can’t find anything on it on a google search. Macromedia’s all or nothing mentality in the built-in html seemed downright force-upgrades microsoftish to me.

By: Thomas P.

Thomas P. — Mon, 28 Nov 2005 09:35:46 +0000

I use it on my Flash Gallery and also when I include flash in my blog

By: Aaron Elliott

Aaron Elliott — Tue, 15 Nov 2005 14:43:11 +0000

I use it on my portfolio site - outstanding script.

By: Geoff

Geoff — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:50:22 +0000

I tend to agree with you, which is why months ago I changed the description from ’standards compliant’ to ‘can be used in valid HTML and XHTML 1.0 documents.’

By: Steve

Steve — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 16:47:36 +0000

While I appreciate what you have done with FlashObject, I think it is a bit misleading to say that it is standards compliant.
Sure, it makes your HTML/XHTML file pass validation, but the markup that the browser ultimately renders is the same object/embed tags as usual.
People should be informed that this is really just a way to trick validators by hiding the invalid markup behind javascript.

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 11 Nov 2005 04:59:12 +0000

I noticed something weird when I look at your fo_tester.fla in flash 8 (macintosh version)

I go to Movie Explorer to have a quick peek at any hidden code and the code on “sunrays_mc” inside “sun” does not show up in Movie Explorer.

code follows

onClipEvent (enterFrame) { this._rotation+= .2; }

Does Movie Explorer often miss stuff like this? I’ve never noticed it before (but I rarely use it)

Jim