Thanks for the info, I will add this to the FAQ!
On Apr 24, 9:01 am, "Aran Rhee" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Wlater.
>
> I'm glad you got that working. What an obscure fix (good job finding it...)
>
> Aran
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>
> Behalf Of Walter
> Sent: Friday, 24 April 2009 4:58 PM
> To: SWFObject
> Subject: Re: ExpressInstall Not Working on Mac Player Versions Below 9?
>
> I've resolved my issue.
>
> When Apple was making the jump from PPC to x86 processors, Flash 8 was
> out. When the operating system (I believe 10.4) was switched to an
> x86 architecture, Apple built a seamless PPC emulator into the OS
> called Rosetta. Using Rosetta, Macs can automatically emulate PPC
> programs without the user even knowing it.
>
> The Flash 8 for Mac plug-in was built on that old PPC architecture.
> Around that time, browsers had the option of starting in Rosetta
> rather than the native architecture - albeit at a speed hit. When the
> OS was initially released, there wasn't a way to use Flash because
> Adobe hadn't released an updated version of the plug-in. Likely
> because they were busy finishing up Flash Player 9. My guess is that
> because Flash is a plug-in, Rosetta didn't know to start browsers in
> Rosetta. Or maybe it was another jab at Adobe by Apple.
>
> Whatever the case, you can force a browser to open in Rosetta by
> opening the info window in Finder (clicking the app and selecting "Get
> Info"), then ticking the "Open in Rosetta" box. Safari and Opera no
> longer support this, but Firefox 3 does.
>
> This causes everything to work as expected. The expressInstall files
> work now, and the link you sent above correctly detects the version I
> have installed.
>
> Thanks for the help, Aran!
>
> - W
>
> On Apr 24, 1:08 am, "Aran Rhee" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > If you are getting 0.0.0, then you definitely have a corrupt install.
>
> > I am surprised the uninstaller takes so long (takes ago 10 sec on my
> > machine, but I am on a PC). Perhaps plug-in switcher added a bunch of crap
> > which the uninstaller had to remove (I know there isn't a registry etc on
> > mac, but...)
>
> > Aran
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>
> > Behalf Of Walter
> > Sent: Friday, 24 April 2009 3:19 PM
> > To: SWFObject
> > Subject: Re: ExpressInstall Not Working on Mac Player Versions Below 9?
>
> > I'm going to experiment further. I think there's something wrong with
> > my installs. That page says I have version 0.0.0. Flash Switcher
> > simply changes the files in /Library/Internet Plug-Ins/, but I suspect
> > there are more files installed than just the 2 in there.
>
> > It just sucks because it takes 7 minutes (I timed it) for the
> > uninstaller to finish on my machine. :P
>
> > - W
>
> > On Apr 23, 11:21 pm, "Aran Rhee" <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > Well, the easy way to check is to run the normal uninstaller, and
> install
> > > the version you want to test against and see if the EI dialog is shown.
> If
> > > so, then you know Flash Switcher is not de/re-registering the players
> > > correctly.
>
> > > BTW - If you go to a player version detection page (
>
> likehttp://www.bobbyvandersluis.com/swfobject/testsuite_2_1/test_api_getf...
> > > yerversion.html ), what version does it say yuou have? Does it match the
> > > Flash Switcher version ?
>
> > > Aran
>
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
>
> > > Behalf Of Walter
> > > Sent: Friday, 24 April 2009 1:30 PM
> > > To: SWFObject
> > > Subject: ExpressInstall Not Working on Mac Player Versions Below 9?
>
> > > At first I thought there was something wrong with my implementation,
> > > but after downloading the latest version of SWFObject, validating my
> > > HTML / CSS and looking at some other sites I started to realize my
> > > pages weren't the only ones I was seeing this on.
>
> > > Using <a href="http://pipwerks.com/lab/swfobject/expressInstall/2.0/
> > > dynamic.html">an example</a> at pipewerks, I've tested 7.0.69, 8.0.22,
> > > 8.0.24, 8.0.33, 9.0.115, and 9.0.124. The only ones that worked were
> > > the last two. And of course, 10.0.22.
>
> > > Thinking <a href="http://www.sephiroth.it/weblog/archives/2006/10/
> > > flash_switcher_for_firefox.php">Flash Switcher</a> may be installing
> > > the plug-ins incorrectly, I used Adobe's uninstaller and then tried
> > > running the plug-in installer. I tried it both in Safari and Firefox
> > > on Mac. No luck.
>
> > > Is anyone else seeing this happen?
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