How to overcome Flash sniffers on old sites? (FWA)
Hi folks,
It's Rob Ford here from FWA (http://www.thefwa.com)
I am currently researching and writing an epic article called The History of Flash Websites, which highlights those pioneering sites in the last 15 or so years.
An issue I am coming up against is old Flash sniffers on splash pages, saying I don't have the relevant Flash player installed, i.e. FP3, FP4, FP5, FP6 etc. This is stopping me be able to get to the actual website of some sites.
Here's an example of a FP6 sniffer gone bad:
http://web.archive.org/web/20030719211508id_/http://www.playmore.com/
Thanks in advance for any thoughts on this!
I don't think there is an easy way to overcome this.
One way I could think of is using a virtual machine, where you could install older Flash Player versions, and access these sites from there. You can download archived Flash Players from http://helpx.adobe.com/flash-player/kb/archived-flash-player-versions.html
But I am not sure if you can actually install and run very old versions on a modern OS, even in compatibility mode.
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