Has EMBED Flash problem in IE caused sites to abandon Flash?

Question

Apparently this problem has been around for a while and
several sites
that used Flash for slideshows on their homepages seem to be
using ajax
now. I didn't realize that there was some eolas patent issue
that
Microsoft activex was violating. I finally found a site that
explained
how to add Flash with a javascript, but am wondering if other
webmasters
just decided to remove their Flash content and used ajax or
something
else? Given that Microsoft is trying to push Silverlight it
appears
suspicious that this embed problem has come up recently. Is
this just
another attempt by Microsoft to include issues in their
products that
interfere with the products of other companies?

Answer 1

Professor wrote:
> Apparently this problem has been around for a while and
several sites
> that used Flash for slideshows on their homepages seem
to be using ajax
> now. I didn't realize that there was some eolas patent
issue that
> Microsoft activex was violating. I finally found a site
that explained
> how to add Flash with a javascript, but am wondering if
other webmasters
> just decided to remove their Flash content and used ajax
or something
> else? Given that Microsoft is trying to push Silverlight
it appears
> suspicious that this embed problem has come up recently.
Ajax is much easier to update to none Flash Savvy users.
Perhaps going back and
forth to a designer asking him to update a slide show is not
something some like
to do.
I wouldn't assume flash it's going to be abandoned because of
such a minor
issue, in fact I see with the release of Flash 9 player and
now flash 10 and latest
Flash authoring tool out the corner, flash only intensify
it's present online.
Papervision is almost everywhere, Audi A5 - A Rhythm of
Lines, Sony BRAVIA, Canon EOS 400D,
HBO Voyeur, Nike Sweet Spots and lots more. More and more
people are asking specifically
for suites built with this new environment.
Adobe solved the EMBED problem almost as soon as it appeared.
Flash not automatically generates
JS file and your object embed tags accordingly. There is also
very popular swfobject that
most of us use instead of the Adobe's methods...
> Is this just
> another attempt by Microsoft to include issues in their
products that
> interfere with the products of other companies?
The embed did not just effected Flash but many other
technologies. On top of it
MS lost rather substantial amount of money in the EMBED
patent case so I wouldn't think
it was to suppress one and promote another product.
Best Regards
Urami
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