Bare Bones Software Posts BBEdit QuickTime Object-Embed Tag Script

June 1, 2006; 06:20 AM
Bare Bones Software, developer of leading-edge power tools for Mac OS X, posted an AppleScript script for use with BBEdit to assist Web developers in the migration away from the EMBED tag for deployment of QuickTime(tm) content.

As a result of the recent settlement between Microsoft and Eolas Technology, the EMBED tag is no longer supported without viewer interaction in updated versions of Internet Explorer 6, nor will it be in future versions of Internet Explorer. Any HTML code that uses the EMBED tag must perforce be modified to ensure future compatibility when delivering QuickTime content over the web.

"BBEdit makes short work of a wide range of tasks," explained Rich Siegel, founder and CEO of Bare Bones Software, Inc. "The changes to IE require Web developers to alter their code, which, if the site is QuickTime-rich, can be a daunting prospect. We are happy to provide a script which takes advantage of BBEdit's deep AppleScript support so that webmasters can make short work of this tedious task."

The BBEdit Embed Tag Script posted today addresses the new browser requirements for a commonly encountered CSS situation where object tags contain EMBED tags for QuickTime media that must be replaced, in this case with JavaScript function calls, to dynamically load and display media content.

As with all AppleScript scripts, this common example can be modified to fit individual requirements, and adequate back-ups are always recommended. The BBEdit Embed Tag Script is available free of charge to all registered BBEdit customers from the Bare Bones Software web site: http://www.barebones.com/products/bbedit/embedtag.shtml .



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