SWFObject 2.0 released!

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After months of work, we are pleased to present SWFObject 2.0.

The project has moved over to the code.google.com website instead of my blog, so go over there and check out the docs and consider upgrading, as the new version is a lot more flexible than v1.5.

I’d like to give a huge thank you to all of the people who contributed and helped us test out the new release, those no longer with us, and of course to Bobby who is easily the biggest contributor to this new version (and has a new design up on his blog!) and has kept the project pushing forward at a good pace.

Moving foward, we’ll be continuing to work with Adobe to get the word out about SWFObject 2.

22 thoughts on “SWFObject 2.0 released!”

  7. Hey Geoff – congrats to you and Bobby, and my condolences regarding Mike – so sad. I seriously owe you a round of beers or something, SWFobject has saved me so much time and hassles on projects the last year or longer (2 years now?) At least the next time we share a shuttle to the airport, I’m paying. ;) All the best! Rob

  8. Can you show where the second set ofmust go? under the second or above or in the IF section or??… thanks

  12. Hey Geoff, have you had any problems with the swfobject 2.0 and the history.js+historyFrame.html that is automatically built for you with Flex apps? I was reading over here http://aralbalkan.com/912#comment-136334 and I was having a problem as well. When I delted the history.js reference in the head, i had no more problem. But since i don’t get that problem when I run the Adobe AC_OETags.js group…I just thought maybe there is something there… I dunno.

  13. I’ve never used the flex version of that. I’d recommend using SWFAddress instead, as it will update the url along with the swf state, so it’s a bit more user friendly.

  14. Hey Geoff,

    Thanks for the tip. Oh, I just wanted to say, I was cracking up yesterday when I downloaded your swfobject generator…I actually mistakenly downloaded it thinking I was getting your swfobject.js and when I clicked on the .html page for the generator, I about fell out of my chair laughing. I was thinking “Man if it wasn’t easy enough, now I can fill in a form and just about have my whole deal ready to go!!”.

    Also, I’ve never had a problem with the Adobe Flex set up, but I just like how much more elegant your swfobject is. Cleaner seperation… I was going to clean up the Adobe set up yesterday and then I remembered the swfobject (I haven’t been doing anything in flash for a while so I forgot all about it).

    Ok, thanks again.

    Kev

  16. Can someone tell me how can I view this player instead of viewing the standard youtube one on PHP Melody?

    Please it’s important….Really!!

    Thanks in advance!

  17. I am new to the SWFObject 2, but it has really helped me because of the 2 optimized Flash Player methods I am able to use. thansk for putting your time into such a good thing.

  18. “Can someone tell me how can I view this player instead of viewing the standard youtube one on PHP Melody?”
    I would like to but sorry, i’m new to the SWFObject 2 or SWFAddress kind of thing. Still learning.

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    Digital Frames

  19. Hey Geoff – congrats to you and Bobby, and my condolences regarding Mike – so sad. I seriously owe you a round of beers or something, SWFobject has saved me so much time and hassles on projects the last year or longer (2 years now?) At least the next time we share a shuttle to the airport, I’m paying. ;) All the best! Rob http://www.foxoyun.net

  20. For some time now, I have been looking for a small java-script file to embed Flash content. And here I found the answer! I will try immediately if it is as ‘easy-to-use and standards-friendly’ as you claim and I will come back soon with my feedback. Thanks for sharing!

  22. This seems to be easy from the way it is posted, but this is just not that simple to use as a beginner. Maybe I need to find a good forum where I can ask a few more questions and get some guidance.

    thanks for the post,

    Marlin