Flash not rendering in stable web site

[sjhutton123]

My client has a site at Menco which was working and has not been touched in several years (I am not the original developer). It has suddenly stopped working across multiple browsers and operating systems. I've personally tested on Safari, Firefox, and Chrome with the same results on different computers.

Perhaps there is an issue with the version, but I haven't been able so far to locate anything dealing with this as a potential issue.

The code below is an example of one of the pages that results in showing the "FAIL" message:

<div>

            <!--Valid flash version 8.0-->

            <object classid="clsid:D27CDB6E-AE6D-11cf-96B8-444553540000" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=8,0,0,24" width="980" height="356">

              <param name="movie" value="flash/header_v8.swf?button=1">

              <param name="quality" value="high">

              <param name="menu" value="false">

              <param name="wmode" value="transparent">

              <!--[if !IE]> <-->

              <object data="flash/header_v8.swf?button=1" width="980" height="356" type="application/x-shockwave-flash">

                <param name="quality" value="high">

                <param name="menu" value="false">

                <param name="pluginurl" value="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer">

                <param name="wmode" value="transparent">

                FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this).

              </object>

              <!----> <!--[endif]---->

            </object>

          </div>

[sjhutton123]

I now see I had to actively allow flash from this specific site in my browser before it would run.

[_maria_]

I now see I had to actively allow flash from this specific site in my browser before it would run.

That is correct.  All major browser vendors have moved, or are moving, to a Flash click-to-play model.  Implementation and behaviour varies by browser.

Here's more information from Microsoft (for Edge), Google for Chrome (and, by extension, Chromium-based browsers), and Mozilla for Firefox:

• Edge: Extending User Control of Flash with Click-to-Run - Microsoft Edge Dev BlogMicrosoft Edge Dev Blog
• Chrome: Google Groups and Flash Roadmap - The Chromium Projects
• Firefox: Flash Activation: Browser Comparison - Plugins | MDN

[_maria_]

Essentially all major browser versions are disabling Flash by default and forcing users to enable it.  I visited the site in question, using Chrome.  After enabling Flash in the browser, for that site, and reloading the page, Flash content displayed.

To enable Flash in the various browsers, see:

• For Internet Explorer: Enable Flash Player for Internet Explorer.
• For Internet Explorer on Windows 10: Enable Flash Player for IE on Windows 10.
• For Edge on Windows 10: Enable Flash Player for Edge on Windows 10.
• For Firefox on any OS: Why do I have to click to activate plugins? | Firefox Help
• For Safari on Mac OS: Enable Flash Player for Safari.
• For Google Chrome: Enable Flash Player for Chrome.
• For Opera: Enable Flash Player for Opera.

You may want to modify the "FAIL (the browser should render some flash content, not this)" message to something else telling users they need to enable Flash in their browser.  <edit> Or modify the behaviour to something that aligns with the various browser implementations, so the browser prompts the user to enable Flash in the browser - see links in my subsequent comment.

All of the links above are posted at Flash Player Help .