I've read all the posts related to this and tried some of the fixes but nothing seems to work for me. I tried using @import for my stylesheets instead of the link tag, no luck there.
I use iepngfix.htc on all my images (this is fed to ie6 via conditional comments) could that be the problem?
I also use Add page load events ~ by Simon Willison to execute some javascript on page load, maybe this is the problem?
Anyway if anyone could take a look at it on ie6 I'd appreciate it, if you go to my site: www.mimoymima.com
and click quickly through the tabs on the top you'll see the alternate content pop up from time to time (it's very unpredictable, sometimes it does pop up for a file then the same file will load fine the next time) ... if you click through all the tabs a few times you'll definitely see it though
thanks, hopefully someone knows what's going on, I'm going to try taking out some of my js and the png hack and see if that works
I tried taking out the png fix and the other javascript I had in my pages and neither fixed the problem. I've read posts about this problem being known since 2005
works fine on my machine (XP Pro IE6 and FF2). there was a slight hesitation before the SWF appeared, but it was only a split-second (not long enough to read anything), and was no different from any other site i visit.
my understanding is that Flash Player loads SWFs after the rest of the page content has loaded... if you have any processing required on your page (ajax action, remote files/scripts taking a while to load, etc.), if could cause the SWF embed to be delayed.
if you're using addLoadEvent (or similar), this means SWFObject will definitely be invoked *after* the rest of the page has loaded, including waiting for the google urchin tracker and any other inline scripts to execute. (BTW, you can put the google urchin tracker into a function and call it with addLoadEvent, too.)
but i really don't see any problems with your site when viewed on my machine; your SWF loads very quickly -- i hear the music within a second or two of entering your URL.
Philip, thanks so much for checking it out, the problem with the alt content showing up only happens part of the time and only on ie6. It may just be certain version of ie6, not sure, if you do have a second can you go back to the site with ie and click across the top row of tabs from left to right a few times. You should see a very quick flash of alternate content from time to time. It's totally unpredictable. I've taken out the calls to the other javascripts all together and it still happens for me. I'm using ie 6.0.290.2180xpsp_sp2
And thanks for the idea of putting the urchin tracker into a load event, I hadn't thought about that.
ok, i tried clicking around. what i saw was a brief flash of white (the page bgnd) while one SWF unloads and the other loads. it loaded and unloaded so quickly, i didn't see any alternate content.
if this is what you're referring to, i wouldn't worry about it... this is normal.
if you want to minimize the harshness of the white, you could make a graphic that matches the dimensions of your SWFs (including rounded corners), and set it as the background image for your flashcontent div. i'd use some kind of muted, neutral color such as #EFEFEF or #DDDDDD. this would act as a visual placeholder, make the white flash less obvious/harsh, and would still keep your page content accessible (the image is a controlled via CSS, not your page markup).
no it's the actual alternate content I'm seeing, some of the time it's just the white flash you're talking about, other times I see the alt content for a split second though. It's good that you're not seeing it :) maybe it's just my version of ie6? Can anyone else see the alt content? if I go through all the tabs on the top of the page once or twice I see it every time.
That is good news. I'm not sure what could be causing it, I did read something on another post about reinstalling flash player to fix this the problem, I'll probably try that tomorrow.