Best Practices for Flash Player Detection
The problem has riddled developers since the birth of Macromedia Flash: What happens when a site visitor doesn't have the version of Macromedia Flash Player needed for my content, or doesn't have one at all? Many answers have appeared over the years. And so far, the work has not been the result of developers trying to reinvent the wheel. Instead, it's been the result of developers trying to invent a wheel that actually works.
Can Flash detection be truly effective? Can it be seamless for site visitors and simple for you to implement? Can it make the player upgrade process friendlier?
Flash Video is sweeping the Internet, clearing way for the best user experience the world has ever known for Internet-based video. This 60-minute session is broken into six 10-minute tutorials. This Macrochat introduces material from the new Macromedia Flash Video Training course.
The session starts with an overview of Flash Video in the market. Flash Player is the most frequently installed video and MP3 player in the world. In that context, I review how you can use the pre-built components to deliver Flash Video to your users. Advanced users will see great advanced Flash Video techniques, including synchronizing data with video, closed captioning, and strategies for building a seek bar and monitoring the stream.
By using Flash Video, you provide your users with the best experience possible on the Internet today. After this Macrochat you will understand that "Play" just means "Play."
