http://code.google.com/p/swfobject/wiki/faq Q18 has been updated.
On Apr 24, 12:47 pm, Bobby van der Sluis <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "SWFObject" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/swfobject?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
