Flash Plug-in Detection and Upgrading

Incorporating the SWFObject ExpressInstall to force Plug-in Installation

In our previous article (Activating an ActiveX Control’s Interface through Javascript), we recommended circumventing the Microsoft Internet Explorer update that forces users to activate media items with Geoff Stearns‘s SWFObject. As a result, a number of emails flooded into era//404 with questions on browser detection to drive users to upgrade their Flash Plug-In.