221090 - usatoday site doesn't recognize flash on Mac

Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME

(SeaMonkey :: General, defect)

Description

[fundwatch98]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20030925
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20030925

Flash presentations will not work on the usatoday site - even after downloading
the latest shockwave flash.

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.  Go to http://www.usatoday.com
2.  Observe the message 'For enhanced presentation, Flash 6'


Actual Results:  
Flash presentation will not function, even after downloading the latest Flash
plugin.

Expected Results:  
The Flash presentation should appear.

Comment 1

[Jo Hermans]

Works for me in build 2003120105 on Mac OS X 10.2.8, using Shockwave Flash 7.0 r14

Comment 2

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

WFM using OS X 10.3.2, Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O; en-US;
rv:1.7a) Gecko/20040210.  Resolving this bug as WFM based on today's testing as
well as Comment #1. Using Shockwave Flash 7.0 r14.   

Comment 3

[fundwatch98]

I downloaded Mozilla 1.6 - Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; PPC Mac OS X Mach-O;
en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040113 and reinstalled Flash - File name: Shockwave Flash
NP-PPC Shockwave Flash 7.0 r19

Result:  The usatoday site still gives me the "For enhanced presentation, Flash
6" message, and the graphic in the upper right hand corner of the page does not
change as it does for me with Safari.

Comment 4

[Marcia Knous [:marcia]]

Fundwatch:  Can you give me more information about what kind of
hardware/software you are running?  The original information in the bug does not
contain that info.   I am testing this bug on a Mac Powerbook G4 with 512 MB
RAM, running the latest version of Panther

Comment 5

[fundwatch98]

 Marcia:

Here's some information about my machine, and the Panther software version:

Machine Model:	Power Mac G4
CPU Type:	PowerPC G4  (2.9)
Number Of CPUs:	2
CPU Speed:	450 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):	1 MB
Memory:	1.25 GB
Bus Speed:	100 MHz
Boot ROM Version:	4.28f1
Sales Order Number:	M7892LL/A

System Version:	Mac OS X 10.3.2 (7D24)
Kernel Version:	Darwin 7.2.0

Comment 6

[fundwatch98]

Marcia,

I also tried the usatoday site on a newer computer that I have, with the same
result... no flash presentation on the upper right corner.  Here is the
information on that computer:

Machine Model:	iMac
CPU Type:	PowerPC G4  (2.1)
Number Of CPUs:	1
CPU Speed:	700 MHz
L2 Cache (per CPU):	256 KB
Memory:	640 MB
Bus Speed:	100 MHz
Boot ROM Version:	4.41f1
Sales Order Number:	M8672LL/B

System Version:	Mac OS X 10.3.2 (7D24)
Kernel Version:	Darwin 7.2.0