Firefox doesn't show WMODE="transparent"

[besbajah]

Hi there,

I've got some nice flash buttons on my site. They work fine and the buttons have a transparency setting that works fine in IE6 and Netscape7.

However, I've just installed Firefox 1.0.4, and the transparency is no longer, no longer visible, if you get my drift. You get the buttons, but this 'visible' background.

For IE I use: - <PARAM NAME="wmode" VALUE="transparent">
no worries
For Netscape I use: - WMODE="transparent"
again, no worries.

Any idea what to use for Firefox?

It's a bit of a concern seeing that this browser's usage statistics are around 20% now.

Cheers,
Bes.

[IdolonWebDesign]

macromedia says this works with mozilla 1.0 Click here to go to their site instructions (http://www.macromedia.com/cfusion/knowledgebase/index.cfm?id=tn_14201) full example would be like

<object classid='clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000'
codebase='http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.ca
b#version=6,0,29,0' width='720' height='81'>
<!-- make sure you insert the following line -->
<param name='WMode' value='Transparent'>
<param name='movie' value='./flash.swf'> <param name='quality'
value='high'>
<embed src='http://your_domain.com/your_flash_file.swf'
quality='high' pluginspage='http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer'
type='application/x-shockwave-flash' width='100'
height='100' wmode='transparent'>
</embed>
</object>

Or I could be way off here.

[besbajah]

You're right on the money buddy, thanks for your input.

I've found the answer, somewhat contrived; it was the Flash 7 plugin that was already installed and working on my computer; working for Netscape that is! When I installed Firefox it just picked up the settings and went on its merry way.

Now, normally when you install a new browser it tells you the plugins are needed and to click certain links. Firefox didn't do this, unfortunately, it just found existing settings. I'm not sure whether this is the fault of the software or because of some installation parameter that was wrong on my PC.

Anyhow, by reinstalling the plugin it sorted out the problem with Flash, ahhh, ahhhh. I should have known in the first place really shouldn't I, considering everything was working fine on Netscape 7.

All's well, thanks for your help.
Bes.