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strict HTML tests :
embed content with object tag

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

type mime java

JitterText.class

mime type: application/x-java-applet

applet in a subdirectory, with parameters, nested objects with IE conditional comments.

code :

<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" 
        width="150" height="80">
  <param name="codebase" value="data" >
  <param name="code" value="JitterText">
  <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
  <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
  <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
  <param name="SPEED" value="250">
  <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">

  <!--[if gte IE 7]> <!-->
  <object classid="java:JitterText.class"
          codebase="data"
          type="application/x-java-applet"
          width="150" height="80">
    <param name="code" value="JitterText">
    <!-- Safari browser needs the following param -->
    <param name="JAVA_CODEBASE" value="data">
    <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
    <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
    <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
    <param name="SPEED" value="250">
    <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">
    alt : <a href="data/JitterText.class">JitterText.class</a>
  </object>
  <!--<![endif]-->
  <!--[if lt IE 7]>
    alt : <a href="data/JitterText.class">JitterText.class</a>
  <![endif]-->

</object>

result :

observed results in various browsers :
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	success	success	success	success (#1)	success	success	success	success	almost success (#2)	success	degrade correctly

#1 : Safari need the JAVA_CODEBASE parameter despite the codebase attribute to correctly find the folder that contents the applet.

#2 : the first object is well displayed, but the alternative content of the second is also displayed. And there is a security alert caused by this second one, because IE don't understand the conditional comments.

JitterText.class

mime type: application/x-java-applet

applet in a subdirectory, with parameters, nested objects, nested one hidden by CSS.

code :

<style type="text/css">
/* class to hide nested objects in IE */
/* hides the second object from all versions of IE */
* html object.hiddenObjectForIE { display: none; }

/* display the second object only for IE5 Mac */
/* IE Mac \*//*/
* html object.hiddenObjectForIE { display: inline; }
/**/
</style>

<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" 
        width="150" height="80">
  <param name="codebase" value="data" >
  <param name="code" value="JitterText">
  <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
  <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
  <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
  <param name="SPEED" value="250">
  <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">

  <object classid="java:JitterText.class"
          codebase="data"
          type="application/x-java-applet"
          width="150" height="80"
          class="hiddenObjectForIE">
    <param name="code" value="JitterText">
    <!-- Safari browser needs the following param -->
    <param name="JAVA_CODEBASE" value="data">
    <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
    <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
    <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
    <param name="SPEED" value="250">
    <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">
    alt : <a href="data/JitterText.class">JitterText.class</a>
  </object>

</object>

result :

observed results in various browsers :
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	success	success	success	success (#1)	success	presque succès (#3)	presque succès (#3)	presque succès (#3)	presque succès (#2)	success	degrade correctly

#3 : the first object is well displayed, but the alternative content of the second is also displayed. And there is a security alert caused by this second one.

JitterText.class

mime type: application/x-java-applet

applet in a subdirectory, with parameters, objects in conditional comments.

code :

<!--[if IE]>
<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" 
        width="150" height="80">
  <param name="codebase" value="data" >
  <param name="code" value="JitterText">
  <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
  <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
  <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
  <param name="SPEED" value="250">
  <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">
    alt : <a href="data/JitterText.class">JitterText.class</a>
</object>
<![endif]-->

<!--[if !IE]> <!-->
<object classid="java:JitterText.class"
        codebase="data"
        type="application/x-java-applet"
        width="150" height="80">
  <param name="code" value="JitterText">
  <!-- Safari browser needs the following param -->
  <param name="JAVA_CODEBASE" value="data">
  <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
  <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
  <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
  <param name="SPEED" value="250">
  <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">
  alt : <a href="data/JitterText.class">JitterText.class</a>
</object>
<!--<![endif]-->

result :

observed results in various browsers :
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	success	success	success	success (#1)	success	success	success	success	degrade correctly	success	degrade correctly

JitterText.jar

mime type: application/x-java-applet

class within a jar file, in a subdirectory, with parameters, nested objects with IE conditional comments.

code :

<object classid="clsid:8AD9C840-044E-11D1-B3E9-00805F499D93" 
        width="150" height="80">
  <param name="archive" value="JitterText.jar">
  <param name="codebase" value="data">
  <param name="code" value="JitterText">
  <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
  <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
  <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
  <param name="SPEED" value="250">
  <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">

  <!--[if gte IE 7]> <!-->
  <object type="application/x-java-applet"
          classid="java:JitterText.class"
          archive="JitterText.jar"
          codebase="data"
          width="150" height="80">
    <!-- Konqueror browser needs the following param -->
    <param name="archive" value="JitterText.jar">
    <param name="code" value="JitterText">
    <!-- Safari browser needs the following param -->
    <param name="JAVA_CODEBASE" value="data">
    <param name="BGCOLOR" value="000000">
    <param name="TEXTCOLOR" value="FF0000">
    <param name="TEXT" value="OJITesting!">
    <param name="SPEED" value="250">
    <param name="RANDOMCOLOR" value="1">
    alt : <a href="data/JitterText.jar">JitterText.jar</a>
  </object>
  <!--<![endif]-->
  <!--[if lt IE 7]>
    alt : <a href="data/JitterText.jar">JitterText.jar</a>
  <![endif]-->

</object>

result :

observed results in various browsers :
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	success	success	success	success (#1)	success	success	success	success	almost success (#2)	success	degrade correctly

<- index

strict HTML tests : embed content with object tag

type mime java

JitterText.class

code :

result :

JitterText.class

code :

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JitterText.class

code :

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JitterText.jar

code :

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strict HTML tests :
embed content with object tag