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.SWF widget not showing in Firefox?

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jayhorne3
jayhorne3
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Hello, I run a website and having an issue with a widget that I purchased. The widget works in IE, Chrome but does not show in Firefox. I am trying to run a widget that uses .swf url and have read many issues with the .swf files in firefox. I have tried to handle this with swfobject and tried for a couple of days to figure out what coding needs to be added to support firefox but can not figure it out. Please help!

The coding of the object is defined below:

<object width="172" height="163"> 

 <param name="movie" value="http://cdn.onlinecountdowns.com/w/_005.swf"/>
 <param name="flashvars" value="eid=98619"/>
 <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/>
 <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" />
 <embed src="http://cdn.onlinecountdowns.com/w/_005.swf"
        type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always"
        width="172" height="163"
        flashvars="eid=98619" wmode="transparent"/>
 </embed>

</object>

Hello, I run a website and having an issue with a widget that I purchased. The widget works in IE, Chrome but does not show in Firefox. I am trying to run a widget that uses .swf url and have read many issues with the .swf files in firefox. I have tried to handle this with swfobject and tried for a couple of days to figure out what coding needs to be added to support firefox but can not figure it out. Please help! The coding of the object is defined below: <object width="172" height="163"> <param name="movie" value="http://cdn.onlinecountdowns.com/w/_005.swf"/> <param name="flashvars" value="eid=98619"/> <param name="wmode" value="transparent"/> <param name="allowScriptAccess" value="always" /> <embed src="http://cdn.onlinecountdowns.com/w/_005.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowScriptAccess="always" width="172" height="163" flashvars="eid=98619" wmode="transparent"/> </embed> </object>

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guigs
guigs
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Hi jayhorne3, Please post your question to stackoverflow.com or the developer of the widget. They will know best how to make the widget compatible with Firefox. Our web compatibility team is a great resource as well at http://webcompat.com

I hope this helps.

cor-el
cor-el
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The widget works for me. 

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You can reload web page(s) and bypass the cache to refresh possibly outdated or corrupted files.

  • Hold down the Shift key and left-click the Reload button
  • Press "Ctrl + F5" or press "Ctrl + Shift + R" (Windows,Linux)
  • Press "Command + Shift + R" (Mac)

Start Firefox in Safe Mode to check if one of the extensions (Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Extensions) or if hardware acceleration is causing the problem.

  • Switch to the DEFAULT theme: Firefox/Tools > Add-ons > Appearance
  • Do NOT click the Reset button on the Safe Mode start window