Comments on: Don’t let Google fool you; tame your Flash! http://blog.futtta.be/2008/05/06/dont-let-google-fool-you-tame-your-flash-movies/ Frank Goossens' Twitterless twaddle Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:09:56 +0100 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: frank http://blog.futtta.be/2008/05/06/dont-let-google-fool-you-tame-your-flash-movies/#comment-1129 frank Wed, 07 May 2008 09:26:13 +0000 http://blog.futtta.be/?p=420#comment-1129 i think it's highly unlikely that google would ever go down that path, because; * google embedding flash in their pages would offer no advantages to google or to the user. * it would mean a change in the google interface, they're very conservative as far as their GUI is concerned. * if they would want to change the way they show flash-results, they'll sooner do it the way they do for images (<a href="http://images.google.be/imgres?imgurl=http://usability.typepad.com/confusability/kill_flash_nielsen.jpg&imgrefurl=http://usability.typepad.com/confusability/cinema/index.html&start=130&h=425&w=306&sz=79&tbnid=DZb8NI2HILFdlM:&tbnh=126&tbnw=91&hl=nl&ei=WHUhSMjVA4qOwQGUo8D-Cw&sig2=QK5-1tijrNGdSyY4r4U0Pw&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dflash%2Bsucks%26start%3D120%26gbv%3D1%26hl%3Dnl%26sa%3DN" title="example of a google image result" rel="nofollow">show image in a frame and the context in a larger frame below that one</a>) * there are other ways to do this besides flashvars. having your flash contact a serverside app would be the first thing i would look into. i think it’s highly unlikely that google would ever go down that path, because;
* google embedding flash in their pages would offer no advantages to google or to the user.
* it would mean a change in the google interface, they’re very conservative as far as their GUI is concerned.
* if they would want to change the way they show flash-results, they’ll sooner do it the way they do for images (show image in a frame and the context in a larger frame below that one)
* there are other ways to do this besides flashvars. having your flash contact a serverside app would be the first thing i would look into.

]]> By: SlowMo http://blog.futtta.be/2008/05/06/dont-let-google-fool-you-tame-your-flash-movies/#comment-1123 SlowMo Wed, 07 May 2008 07:48:26 +0000 http://blog.futtta.be/?p=420#comment-1123 Imho it shouldn't be hard for evil google to keep track of the object/embed tags as well.. And then they'd still be able to show you the flash, without your site. Next thing you know, you'll be adding object/embed tags with 1024bit hashes, to make sure the flash is shown on your site. Imho it shouldn’t be hard for evil google to keep track of the object/embed tags as well.. And then they’d still be able to show you the flash, without your site.

Next thing you know, you’ll be adding object/embed tags with 1024bit hashes, to make sure the flash is shown on your site.

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