Flash detection Javascript doesn't work in Firefox

[Cliff R.]

Hi, I use a handy little Javascript Flash detection script on a number
of sites (copied below). Usually works great, but I just started
trying Firefox and it's not working. A few browsers are referenced in
the script so I presume that Firefox needs to be added somewhere --
does anyone know how I could update this to be supported by Firefox?
Thanks!



<SCRIPT TYPE="text/JavaScript">
<!--
var MM_contentVersion = 5;
var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"]) ?
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin :
0;
if ( plugin ) {
var words = navigator.plugins["Shockwave
Flash"].description.split(" ");
for (var i = 0; i < words.length; ++i)
{
if (isNaN(parseInt(words)))
continue;
var MM_PluginVersion = words;
}
var MM_FlashCanPlay = MM_PluginVersion >= MM_contentVersion;
}
else if (navigator.userAgent && navigator.userAgent.indexOf("MSIE")>=0
&& (navigator.appVersion.indexOf("Win") != -1)) {
document.write('<SCR' + 'IPT LANGUAGE=VBScript\> \n'); //FS
hide this from IE4.5 Mac by splitting the tag
document.write('on error resume next \n');
document.write('MM_FlashCanPlay = (
IsObject(CreateObject("ShockwaveFlash.ShockwaveFlash." &
MM_contentVersion)))\n');
document.write('</SCR' + 'IPT\> \n');
}
if ( MM_FlashCanPlay ) {
document.write('<OBJECT
classid="clsid27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000"');
document.write('
codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,0,0"
');
document.write(' ID="flash5" WIDTH=308 HEIGHT=68 ALIGN="">');
document.write(' <PARAM NAME=movie VALUE="/flash/logo.swf">
<PARAM NAME=loop VALUE=false> <PARAM NAME=quality VALUE=high> <PARAM
NAME=bgcolor VALUE=#4A3476> ');
document.write(' <EMBED src="/flash/logo.swf" loop=false
quality=high bgcolor=#4A3476 ');
document.write(' swLiveConnect=FALSE WIDTH=306 HEIGHT=68
NAME="flash5" ALIGN=""');
document.write(' TYPE="application/x-shockwave-flash"
PLUGINSPAGE="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">');
document.write(' </EMBED>');
document.write(' </OBJECT>');
} else{
document.write('<IMG SRC="/images/logo.gif" HEIGHT=68
WIDTH=306 BORDER=0>');
}
//-->
</SCRIPT><NOSCRIPT><IMG SRC="/images/logo.gif" HEIGHT=68 WIDTH=306
BORDER=0></NOSCRIPT>

 

[Martin Honnen]

Hi, I use a handy little Javascript Flash detection script on a number
of sites (copied below). Usually works great, but I just started
trying Firefox and it's not working.

var MM_contentVersion = 5;
var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"]) ?
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin :
0;
if ( plugin ) {
var words = navigator.plugins["Shockwave
Flash"].description.split(" ");
for (var i = 0; i < words.length; ++i)
{
if (isNaN(parseInt(words)))
continue;
var MM_PluginVersion = words;
}
var MM_FlashCanPlay = MM_PluginVersion >= MM_contentVersion;
}

That part of the script is the part to check Netscape or other browsers
like Firefox having the navigator.mimeTypes collection so that script
works with Firefox, for instance when I run that part here with Firefox
1.0 and Shockwave Flash player 7.something installed the variable
MM_FlashCanPlay is true.
So what exactly happens for you when you say "doesn't work with
Firefox", any script errors?
What does
aboutlugins
show, does that show Shockwave Flash for the MIME type
application/x-shockwave-flash?

 

[Cliff R.]

Hi -- when I said it doesn't work in Firefox, I mean that nothing is
showing where the Flash should be. Not the Flash itself or the image
that's supposed to show if there is no Flash player. And I don't see
any script errors, it's just not showing anything. I'm not sure what
all the elements of the script mean because I didn't write it, but I
do know that it's always worked.

But here's the weird thing, I just noticed that it works on some sites
and not on others (meaning the Flash movie does display). For
example, the same script works on http://www.skyblues.com/ but not on
http://www.bluerill.com/ . Any thoughts or help? Thank you!

Hi, I use a handy little Javascript Flash detection script on a number
of sites (copied below). Usually works great, but I just started
trying Firefox and it's not working.

var MM_contentVersion = 5;
var plugin = (navigator.mimeTypes &&
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"]) ?
navigator.mimeTypes["application/x-shockwave-flash"].enabledPlugin :
0;
if ( plugin ) {
var words = navigator.plugins["Shockwave
Flash"].description.split(" ");
for (var i = 0; i < words.length; ++i)
{
if (isNaN(parseInt(words)))
continue;
var MM_PluginVersion = words;
}
var MM_FlashCanPlay = MM_PluginVersion >= MM_contentVersion;
}

That part of the script is the part to check Netscape or other browsers
like Firefox having the navigator.mimeTypes collection so that script
works with Firefox, for instance when I run that part here with Firefox
1.0 and Shockwave Flash player 7.something installed the variable
MM_FlashCanPlay is true.
So what exactly happens for you when you say "doesn't work with
Firefox", any script errors?
What does
aboutlugins
show, does that show Shockwave Flash for the MIME type
application/x-shockwave-flash?

 

[Martin Honnen]

when I said it doesn't work in Firefox, I mean that nothing is
showing where the Flash should be. Not the Flash itself or the image
that's supposed to show if there is no Flash player. And I don't see
any script errors, it's just not showing anything.

But here's the weird thing, I just noticed that it works on some sites
and not on others (meaning the Flash movie does display). For
example, the same script works on http://www.skyblues.com/ but not on
http://www.bluerill.com/ .

I see Flash movies on http://www.bluerill.com/ with Firefox 1.0, I
haven't checked how many the page source includes and whether all are
there but there is Flash visible on the page.

 

[Cliff R.]

Weird, I have Firefox 1.0 also and I'm just seeing 2 empty blue spaces
where the Flash animations should be (there are 2 animations on that
page). I checked to make sure Javascript is enabled and it is. Any
other thoughts on why this might be?

Thank you for your help!

 

[Martin Honnen]

I have Firefox 1.0 also and I'm just seeing 2 empty blue spaces
where the Flash animations should be (there are 2 animations on that
page). I checked to make sure Javascript is enabled and it is. Any
other thoughts on why this might be?

Not really, other than checking
aboutlugins
to see whether Firefox correctly finds the Flash player and the right
version of it.
Then to find out what the problem could be I would start by using static
HTML markup to embed the Flash (e.g. <embed ...>) and see whether that
is rendered by Firefox. Only if it is I would look at the script again
as then it is likely that the script use is the cause of the problem.

 

[sali]

i am facing the same problem, did u find the solution?