Is this http://www.alistapart.com/articles/flashsatay/ still applicable today, or is there a better method to embed flash inside a web page using standard compliant tags and working in all browsers?

moved to the right category (Graphics & Multimedia) by droppyale.

There's a really cheap-ass way to do it with javascript, it's wrong in everyway, but it's quick, easy and it validates:

function flashMe (flash,name,height,width)
{
document.write('<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" codebase="http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=7,0,0,0" width="'+ width + '" height="' + height + '" id="' + name + '" align="middle">');
document.write('<param name="allowScriptAccess" value="sameDomain" />');
document.write('<param name="movie" value="/swf/' + flash + '" />');
document.write('<param name="quality" value="high" />');
document.write('<param name="bgcolor" value="#ffffff" />');
document.write('<embed src="/swf/' + flash + '" quality="high" bgcolor="#ffffff" width="' + width + '" height="' + height + '" name="' + name + '" align="middle" allowScriptAccess="sameDomain" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" />');
document.write('</object>');
}

document.write is deprecated.

Anyways, the flash satay works just fine. Include an embed for IE incase they're using older versions.

Another big vote for FlashObject. BIG VOTE!

Although there is a slim chance, you should still have a fallback for people with javascript disabled.

What do you mean? If someone has JS turned off, how will this script work?

>_>

I have JS turned off.

>_>

And the whole "Get with JS or be left out" thing isn't such a good idea. People sometimes have no choice, are ignorant or simply don't want JS on.

If someone chooses to turn JS off, they shouldn't be penalized by not being able to view Flash content since JS and Flash have no relationship to each other.

Or Pithhelmet is you're on Safari.

The satay method uses a loader, right? Meaning, that the whole movie must be downloaded before the users sees anything. For my use, it's not good. I'm loaded http://maps.yahoo.com/beta .

I just want to add that Flash Satay has a few issues, including JAWS ignoring the Flash content.

The FlashObject page goes over pretty much all of the alternative ways of embedding Flash and shows the pros/cons of each. You should go read it.

I would recommend this:

<object type="application/x-shockwave-flash" data="flash.swf" width="700" height="300">
<param name="movie" value="flash.swf" />
<param name="quality" value="high" />
<param name="wmode" value="transparent" />
<param name="bgcolor" value="#eeeeee">
<param name="menu" value="false">
<img src="island1.jpg" width="700" height="300"/>
</object>

Doesn't work in IE5, island1.jpg will be displayed if the browser doesn't have flash installed.

Just wanted to mention that a new version of FlashObject, version 1.3b, was released today. Changes include:

• When calling FlashObject.write() you can now pass an HTMLElement reference


• Fixed a bug that was crashing IE PC with Flash Player version 6.0.21, 6.0.23, or 6.0.29, if GetVariable or SetVariable (and a few other methods) was used


• You may now specify a specific URL to redirect the user to after they complete an ExpressInstall process


• FlashObject now integrates seamlessly with the Javascript Integration Kit


• flashobject.js file has been compressed down to just over 6kb

And for those that are interested, FlashObject works in all of the current web browsers, including, on PC: IE5/5.5/6, Netscape 7/8, Firefox, Mozilla, and Opera. On Mac: IE5.2, Safari, Firefox, Netscape 6/7, Mozilla, and Opera 7.5+, and should continue to work well into the future.