OK, so here’s the situation, you’ve got a swf that is using the ExternalInterface class for communicating with Javascript.  You’ve got it running on ASP.net.  You’re using SWFObject to embed the flash.  It all works hunky dory in Firefox, Safari and in IE it’s OK when you call the function from the flash.  However when you try to get the Javascript to call a function on the swf nothing works.

The problem is that ASP.net renders the page in a form, so using something like window["movieName"] to get the movie it isn’t looking in the right place.  Change the call for IE to return document.forms[0][movieName]; and Roberts your mothers brother.  And you can stop swearing and threatening to kill your Project Manager when they ask time and time again if it’s done yet.

Firefox 3 has been released and there are a few new feaures that are cool.

I like the new address bar drop down, lots of extra info on the sites you’ve visited displayed really nicely.  Icons are very web 2.0 now, but I suppose that was to be expected.  I’m slightly irritated that the refresh button has moved to the right as I’ve been clicking on the wrong side from habit, though I’m sure that I’ll finally get the hang of it.

The new bookmarks system is very nice – allowing you to easily add links and tag them so you can add extra info.

I’ve heard that it runs a lot quicker too – but lets see.

The only irritation is that FireBug was knocked out by this latest release, I’m keeping my fingers crossed that they get that sorted soon.