meaning of the results :
sucess : the embed content is displayed.
degrade correctly : the alternative content
is displayed. Perhaps an other plugin would be able to display the content.
failed : the content is not displayed, or the alternative content, or other problem...
details of the tested browsers and theirs plugins
mime type: application/pdf
<object data="data/test.pdf" type="application/pdf" width="300" height="200"> alt : <a href="data/test.pdf">test.pdf</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
success (#1) | success (#1) | success (#2) | success | success | success | success | success | success | success | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
#1 : Firefox must have a very recent plugin. The adobe reader 7.0 plugin
result an alert, the 7.0.8 plugin works.
WARNING, multiple objects of pdf type on a same page crash Firefox !
#2 : Opera need a user's click to activate the control.
mime type: application/postscript
<object data="data/test.ps" type="application/postscript" width="300" height="200"> alt : <a href="data/test.ps">test.ps</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
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degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | success | failed | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
mime type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text
<object type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.text" data="data/test.odt" width="600" height="1000"> alt : <a href="data/test.odt">test.odt</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
success (#3) | success (#3) | degrade correctly | success | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
#3 : The OpenOffice plugin seem a little buggy, it need a very large surface to display correctly the document (width="600" height="1000").
mime type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet
<object type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.spreadsheet" data="data/test.ods" width="600" height="1000"> alt : <a href="data/test.ods">test.ods</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
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success (#3) | success (#3) | degrade correctly | success | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
mime type: application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation
<object type="application/vnd.oasis.opendocument.presentation" data="data/test.odp" width="600" height="1000"> alt : <a href="data/test.odp">test.odp</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
success (#3) | success (#3) | degrade correctly | success | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
mime type: application/vnd.sun.xml.writer
<object type="application/vnd.sun.xml.writer" data="data/test.sxw" width="600" height="1000"> alt : <a href="data/test.sxw">test.sxw</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
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success (#3) | success (#3) | degrade correctly | success | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
mime type: application/vnd.sun.xml.calc
<object type="application/vnd.sun.xml.calc" data="data/test.sxc" width="600" height="1000"> alt : <a href="data/test.sxc">test.sxc</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
success (#3) | success (#3) | degrade correctly | success | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
mime type: application/vnd.sun.xml.impress
<object type="application/vnd.sun.xml.impress" data="data/test.sxi" width="600" height="1000"> alt : <a href="data/test.sxi">test.sxi</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
success (#3) | success (#3) | degrade correctly | degrade correctly (#5) | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
#5 : In Konqueror, this type can be associated with the Kpresenter plugin of Koffice, but it results a bad conversion, content is truncated.
mime type: application/msword
this test document was created with OpenOffice.org
<object type="application/msword" data="data/test.doc" width="300" height="200"> alt : <a href="data/test.doc">test.doc</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
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degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | success | degrade correctly | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
#4 : without the plugin, I don't have it.
mime type: application/vnd.ms-excel
this test document was created with OpenOffice.org
<object type="application/vnd.ms-excel" data="data/test.xls" width="300" height="200"> alt : <a href="data/test.xls">test.xls</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
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degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | success | degrade correctly | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |
mime type: application/vnd.ms-powerpoint
this test document was created with OpenOffice.org
<object type="application/vnd.ms-powerpoint" data="data/test.ppt" width="300" height="200"> alt : <a href="data/test.ppt">test.ppt</a> </object>
Firefox 1.5 | Firefox 1.0.7 | Opera 9 | Konqueror 3.5.2 | Safari 2.0.4 | IE 7rc1 | IE 6 | IE 5.5 | IE 5.0.1 | IE 4.0.1 | IE Mac 5.2.3 | Lynx 2.8.5 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly | degrade correctly (#5) | degrade correctly | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly (#4) | degrade correctly | degrade correctly |