Posted by Stan McCann on 11/09/06 20:56

z.heineman@gmail.com wrote in
news:1163107482.539915.44310@m7g2000cwm.googlegroups.com:

>
> Bergamot wrote:
>> z.heineman@gmail.com wrote:
>> > a way to have the webserver determine the
>> > clients connection speed and decide whether to load a Flash or
>> > HTML website (lite version).
>>
>> Connection speed is not the only factor.
>>
>> Leave the choice up to the visitor. Some will want Flash even if
>> it's slow, while others will want HTML regardless of speed.
>>
>> --
>> Berg
>
> I plan on giving the option and for it to be saved in a cookie, but
> I was hoping for the server to determine which site to provide
> initially.
> Is this possible?
>
>

I don't think it is possible, at least, not easily. As Berg said,
leave it up to the visitor. Some will also not accept your cookie.

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