[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #11109: Upgrade SWFobject JS to 2.2

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#11109: Upgrade SWFobject JS to 2.2
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 Reporter:  niallkennedy  |       Owner:  azaozz   
     Type:  enhancement   |      Status:  new      
 Priority:  normal        |   Milestone:  2.9      
Component:  JavaScript    |     Version:           
 Severity:  normal        |    Keywords:  has-patch
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Changes (by dimadin):

 * cc: dimadin (added)
  * milestone:  Unassigned => 2.9


Comment:

 In plugins repository I [http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Asvn.wp-
 plugins.org+wp_enqueue_script%28%27swfobject%27%29 saw] that most plugins
 that use SWFObject use their own file and not enqueued one which is
 included with WordPress. One of rare plugins that enqueue it properly is
 Viper's Video Quicktags and because of it's hack I saw that its necessary
 for Viper's Video Quicktags and other plugins to use version 2.2.

 Is there reason why this still hasn't been updated? If there isn't reason,
 could update be done for WP 2.9 so that we can encourage plugin authors to
 start using wp_enqueue_script?

 I don't see anywhere in core WP that this file is used except in one very
 rare case described below. It is only used SWFObject script included with
 SWFUpload on upload screens: swfupload-all is enqueued that contains
 SWFObject script in itself; but if SCRIPT_DEBUG is turned on, then
 enqueuing of swfupload-all enqueue separate files (which are by default
 all in swfupload-all.js) and one of them is swfobject.js (you can see this
 in [http://core.trac.wordpress.org/browser/trunk/wp-includes/script-
 loader.php script-loader.php]).

 So in most cases swfobject.js is only used by plugins and they need latest
 version, so update is recommended.

 (btw, SWFUpload too has newer version)

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