Ok, here's the deal...
I don't know if this is a repost since I haven't seen any threads in here on this issue, but Microshaft lost in a court battle with Eolas Technologies. In a nutshell the suit claimed that the way browsers handle embedded active content (Flash, Quicktime, etc.) infringed upon their patents. The newly modified MSIE web browser will now have to "seek permission" by the end user before loading any active content unless a workaround is deployed.
On my web site the Flash intro was called by OBJECT tags. As a workaround I created an external JS file. I changed the script as to document.write everything that was formerly contained within the tags. In addition I tweaked the previous Flash code so that if a browser cannot detect a plugin, a message is displayed to get the plugin. In MSIE this is as simple as unchecking "Enable Plugins" to ensure that the script works. With the new JS page it works under MSIE as it should.
In Netscape, Safari, and OW, nothing appears if Flash is disabled.
I'm confident that I did this workaround correctly.
Can someone tell me if I'm doing something wrong in the script?
The page in question is at
http://homepage.mac.com/jpalmeda/
The JS file is at
http://homepage.mac.com/jpalmeda/skrew_ms.js
Thanks.
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