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From: Stephanie Sullivan
Date: May 23, 2005 5:30AM

On 5/22/05 10:13 PM, "Patrick H. Lauke" simply typed the following:

> No, the issue does not appear with FlashObject, because the javascript
> effectively includes the flash with an (invalid, although working) EMBED
> element, rather than a pure OBJECT. The source validates, as the invalid
> markup is added client side. Some may call it cheating, or going against
> the whole idea of the spec...but I'll leave *that* discussion for
> another day...

K... That's what I thought. I suppose if we wanted to go with the specs, we
just wouldn't use Flash. But I'm not willing to do that. This works for me
for now... Especially since this method shows a static image if Flash is not
available. I like that.

Stephanie Sullivan
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