Geoff Sterns has just released v1.2 of his FlashObject script for embedding Flash content into web pages.
FlashObject works quietly in the background of your HTML document. When developing pages that use FlashObject, you should start with your alternate (non-Flash) content first. Get your pages working without your Flash movies, then add them in later with little Javascript snippets that replace your alternate content with the Flash movies. This ensures that the alternate content will be indexed by search engines, and that users without the Flash plugin will still see a working HTML page. Whether you provide upgrade instructions or not is up to you. If your alternate content can suffice, there may be no reason at all to tell people they are missing out on Flash content.
Documentation and more at its permanent home with mini FAQ and a few comparisons with other embedding methods including ALAs.
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