SWFAddress 2.0 Update - Deep linking for Flash and Ajax

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SWFAddress 2.0 - Deep linking for Flash and Ajax

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SWFAddress is a small, but powerful library that provides deep linking for Flash and [URL=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ajax_(programming)”]Ajax. It’s a developer tool, allowing creation of unique virtual URLs, pointing to a website section or application state. SWFAddress enables a number of important capabilities which are missing in today’s rich web technologies including:

• Bookmarking in a browser or social website
• Sending links via email or instant messenger
• Finding specific content with the search engines
• Utilizing browser history, back / forward and reload buttons
• Easy integration with SWFObject (see “Quick Setup for SWFObject”)

Supported Browsers

Mozilla Firefox 1+
Internet Explorer 6+
Mozilla 1.8+
Safari 1.3+
Camino 1+
Opera 9.02+
Netscape 8+

Here is the full changelog for version 2.0: (link)

• Support for multiple Flash movies and Ajax.
• Event listeners for ActionScript and JavaScript.
• New SWFAddressEvent class with support for INIT and CHANGE types.
• New unobtrusive SEO technique.
• Support for Adobe Flash CS3.
• Support for Flash Player 7 with the Flash/JavaScript Integration Kit.
• Support for SWFObject 2.0, UFO and Adobe’s Active Content embedding.
• New strict mode that adds trailing slashes by default.
• New helper methods for link, window and popup management.
• Ability to configure the script with query parameters.
• The swfaddress.html is optional and not used by default.
• Lots of new and improved Flash based samples.
• Various optimizations and fixes.
• API docs for ActionScript 3 and JavaScript.

Blog posts (Its worth reading ALL of these).

SWFAddress 2.0 is coming
SWFAddress 2.0 part 1 - The story so far
SWFAddress 2.0 part 2 - Why it matters
SWFAddress 2.0 part 3 - Ajax and SEO
Official SWFAddress 2.0 Release Blog Post

It seems like a very well thought out and substantial expansion/update to an already awesome solution. You can see from the Showcase the types of companies whom utilize this solution to get an idea of its impact and usage with in the community, pretty impressive.

Goning to be AWESOME!

:kommie:

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Can you write a simple html code which doesn’t check flash player version? I couldn’t make it work :frowning:

Thanks