Does the prevent_swf_caching setting fix only the Avant browser? Or are there other browsers that are affected?
It looks like this settings is on by default.
Does the prevent_swf_caching setting fix only the Avant browser? Or are there other browsers that are affected?
It looks like this settings is on by default.
March 10, 2010 - 12:37pm
This was an odd Flash Player/Browser bug in some browsers for some users. We never could determine what exactly was going on but that preventing the browser from loading from cache slowed things down enough to avoid the issue.
Avant was the only browser reported with this issue (but I think we saw it in IE while testing but not consistently (it's been awhile, I can't remember)).
Turning the fix on by default is just erring on the safe side. If you don't think your users will experience this issue try turning it off.
We've implemented some sites where if SWFUpload hasn't loaded after a specific amount of time we fall back to normal uploading. Gracefully degrading to handle whatever issues come up is a good idea and covers this kind of issue.