Firefox Flash Bug UPDATE
This is an update to: http://www.findmotive.com/2006/10/02/firefox-flash-bug-update/
So far upgrading to Flash 9 and restarting Firefox has seemed to have fixed this issue. So far so good. I’ll keep ya posted.
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And clear the Firefox cache for good measure: Preferences->Privacy->Private Data->Clear Now (and only check the appropriate box(es).
There are more issues with flash in firefox then this one…
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; nl; rv:1.8.1.4) Gecko/20070515 Firefox/2.0.0.4
flash player 9
Is the version I’m using
1. even though an swf is completely loaded, firefox will show “loading” in the status bar. (not always, but a lot of the time)
2. Clearing your cash with the famous shift-refresh (or even ctrl-refresh) does not always work. –> when using webdeveloper 1.1.4 you can disable your cash so you can see the new result, but once you turn it on again, the old version will show up again???
The only solution would be clearing the buffer with ctrl-shift-delete, but try explaining that to your customers!!!
the meta tag to supress caching does not prevent the flash file to be cached. But anyway, I like cache since it speeds up subsequent visits but when i update a project i cannot make sure every user gets the new version.
3. the flashfile works, but the firefox address bar becomes un-editable…
that meens that once the flash is loaded, you can only change the URL by clicking on an LINK… NOT by typing the new address in the address bar as it will not allow you to type…
All in all not that big a problem since it works, but you can hardly call it optimal.
But the caching of flash ar rather the clearing of the cache IS a huge problem.