Comments on: Swfobject and lightbox conflict http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/ Team BKWLD Tue, 06 Jan 2009 11:24:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Robert http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-3097 Wed, 07 May 2008 20:30:28 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-3097 Quick update, the whole defer thing ended up causing some probs in IE 7. The site ended up not needing lightbox in the end, so I took all of this at. So it's still sort of a mystery, but something to be solved later. Quick update, the whole defer thing ended up causing some probs in IE 7. The site ended up not needing lightbox in the end, so I took all of this at. So it’s still sort of a mystery, but something to be solved later.

]]> by: Jordan http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2804 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 22:09:11 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2804 Yes Flash Satay is definitely the way to go if you can. With SwfObject though it lends itself to allowing you to detect the player version so you can handle an upgrade if needed. That is something the Satay method doesn't do all that well. So did do you approach the version detection when you were using the Satay method? Yes Flash Satay is definitely the way to go if you can. With SwfObject though it lends itself to allowing you to detect the player version so you can handle an upgrade if needed. That is something the Satay method doesn’t do all that well.

So did do you approach the version detection when you were using the Satay method?

]]> by: Mark http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2802 Mon, 28 Apr 2008 17:02:49 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2802 @Aral and @Jordan, the object element is an official W3C recommendation that has progressive enhancement built right in. <a href="http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay" rel="nofollow">Flash Satay</a> was my method of choice for years, until MS lost their lawsuit with Eolas. It's perfectly standards compliant, downgrades gracefully when the desired plug-in isn't available, and requires no javascript. IE is the reason for confusing bits of this implementation, and IE is the reason it is no longer a viable solution (click to activate). @Aral and @Jordan, the object element is an official W3C recommendation that has progressive enhancement built right in. Flash Satay was my method of choice for years, until MS lost their lawsuit with Eolas. It’s perfectly standards compliant, downgrades gracefully when the desired plug-in isn’t available, and requires no javascript. IE is the reason for confusing bits of this implementation, and IE is the reason it is no longer a viable solution (click to activate).

]]> by: Jordan http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2790 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 21:57:58 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2790 I would have to agree with Alan. Standards compliant code is good. Are you sure it was a conflict with lightbox. Reading further is seemed it like it was a runtime delay issue. I would have to agree with Alan. Standards compliant code is good. Are you sure it was a conflict with lightbox. Reading further is seemed it like it was a runtime delay issue.

]]> by: Aral Balkan http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2771 Sun, 27 Apr 2008 11:33:35 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2771 Hey guys, Glad to hear that the post helped :) Mark, I'd argue that the main reason for using SWFObject is to embed SWF files in a standards-compliant manner that lends itself to the implementation of progressive enhancement :) Hey guys,

Glad to hear that the post helped :) Mark, I’d argue that the main reason for using SWFObject is to embed SWF files in a standards-compliant manner that lends itself to the implementation of progressive enhancement :)

]]> by: Mark http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2770 Sat, 26 Apr 2008 22:07:00 +0000 http://team.bkwld.com/2008/04/25/swfobject-and-lightbox-conflict/#comment-2770 I never would have guessed that would be the problem. The primary reason for using swf object is for IE compatibility. If they have such a hard time keeping up with the Internet, why don't they just license webkit? I never would have guessed that would be the problem. The primary reason for using swf object is for IE compatibility. If they have such a hard time keeping up with the Internet, why don’t they just license webkit?

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