Object and Embed tags work in all major browsers at this point, and are a viable workaround until such time as SWFObject gets an update. Here's a complete guide to the syntax: Įmbedding plug-ins via JavaScript became popular as a method for working around some patent trolling activity in the early 2000s, but I believe that the IP holders successfully extorted money from the folks with deep pockets and have returned to their respective caves. Otherwise, you can find a ton of examples on how to use the conventional HTML approach to embed Flash content on your site. On the rare occasion that it does work, the system pauses and then finally does. I restart the program and even the computer but the problem continuously occurs. Every single time I open Internet Explorer, it pauses and then says Program Not Responding and the program then closes. I haven't tested it, but that might be a good short-term workaround. Internet Explorer not responding on Windows 8. I've seen some comments in the SWFObject bugbase saying that the issue is resolved in SWFObject 2.1, but not in SWFObject 2.2. SWFObject is a useful library, and it provides some additional benefit to the standard HTML object and embed tags. Because IE uses the ActiveX control as opposed to the NPAPI or PPAPI plug-in, the invocation is different and the changes in IE inject compatibility problems with existing JavaScript on many sites.

To clarify, Internet Explorer 10 and higher supports Flash Player on Windows 8 and above however, modernization efforts in Internet Explorer have broken SWFObject's ability to distinguish between Internet Explorer and other browsers.

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