Is there a trick to getting the latest Flash plug-in to work?

Question

I just updated my Flash player to the newest version, and installed it for all browsers. Now it seems some sites won't recognize the player - for example, sesamestreetworkshop.org has a bunch of games that are Flash, and when I go there it tells me I need to get the latest Flash plug-in. So I did, installed it for all browsers, and it still doesn't work. Any help?
iBook G4   Mac OS X (10.3.9)  

Answer 1

I can confirm this problem. The scripts that sites use to detect flash just don't work anymore. Flash just works, but the plug-in can't be detected by detection scripts. Let's take a look at the variables FX networks is using:
var requiredVersion = 7;
var useRedirect = true;
var flashPage = "main.html"
var flashPage2 = "main.html"
var noFlashPage = "noflash.html"
var upgradePage = "noflash.html"
var flash2Installed = false;
var flash3Installed = false;
var flash4Installed = false;
var flash5Installed = false;
var flash6Installed = false;
var flash7Installed = false;
var flash8Installed = false;
var maxVersion = 8;
var actualVersion = 0;
var hasRightVersion = false;
var jsVersion = 1.0;
As you can see, their pages can't be accessed with Flash Player 9, the max version is Flash Player 8.
So you will have to wait until they change their scripts, what is kinda stupid in my eyes. I think more people use the same scripts. That sites require a minimum Flash version is correct, but a max version is really not done.
I've mailed their webmasters and asked them to fix it asap.
I think that's the only thing that can be done at this time, if the scripts some sites are using are the same as this one.
eMac G4   Mac OS X (10.4.7)