Firefox 1.5 and embed-ing flash objects
Posted by Dan Eastwell
I like the The nested-objects method of embedding flash into a web page but it has its drawbacks
It gets rid of the embed element and uses conditional comments in order to hide classid and codebase parameters from non-IE browsers, which includes the W3C validator.
However, in the limited testing I've done, although this method loads swf files into Firefox, the specific example I'm working on uses contained flv video files, and the controls don't work. It may be the video, or it may be the controls, either way a javascript workaround may have to be the answer in this instance..
Update: You know what it was? <param name="wmode" value="transparent" /> This bit of code will stop controls in swf flash movies from working when using the 'nested-objects' or conditional comments flash embedding method.
My guess would be this is also true for < 1.5 Firefox and older Netscape browsers.
