<s>
SWFObject	B-Operating_System
(	O
originally	O
FlashObject	O
)	O
is	O
an	O
open-source	B-Application
JavaScript	B-Language
library	I-Language
used	O
to	O
embed	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
content	O
onto	O
Web	O
pages	O
and	O
to	O
protect	O
the	O
flash	B-Protocol
game	I-Protocol
against	O
piracy	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
supplied	O
as	O
one	O
small	O
JavaScript	B-Language
file	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
library	B-Language
can	O
also	O
detect	O
the	O
installed	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
plug-in	B-Application
in	O
all	O
major	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
on	O
all	O
major	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
(	O
OS	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
redirect	O
the	O
visitor	O
to	O
another	O
webpage	O
or	O
show	O
alternate	O
HTML	B-Language
content	O
if	O
the	O
installed	O
plug-in	B-Application
is	O
not	O
suitable	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
library	B-Language
is	O
independent	O
,	O
although	O
related	O
external	O
libraries	O
often	O
integrate	O
with	O
it	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
SWFAddress	O
for	O
deep	O
linking	O
and	O
SWFFit	O
for	O
dynamic	O
content	O
scaling	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
multitude	O
of	O
Flash	O
embedding	O
JavaScript	B-Language
libraries	I-Language
,	O
SWFObject	B-Operating_System
has	O
emerged	O
as	O
the	O
most	O
popular	O
being	O
used	O
by	O
over	O
2,600,000	O
websites	O
as	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
including	O
high-profile	O
websites	O
such	O
as	O
Ask.com,	O
Windows.com,	O
Time.com,	O
Skype.com,	O
Discovery.com	O
and	O
YouTube	B-General_Concept
.	I-General_Concept
</s>
<s>
SWFObject	B-Operating_System
provides	O
a	O
reliable	O
method	O
of	O
embedding	O
Flash	O
content	O
into	O
a	O
webpage	O
by	O
internally	O
handling	O
the	O
various	O
practices	O
that	O
one	O
must	O
follow	O
in	O
order	O
for	O
different	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
to	O
display	O
Flash	O
content	O
correctly	O
,	O
and	O
isolating	O
them	O
from	O
the	O
web	O
designer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developer	O
may	O
interface	O
with	O
the	O
library	B-Language
in	O
a	O
standardized	O
manner	O
,	O
the	O
minimum	O
being	O
a	O
single	O
line	O
of	O
JavaScript	B-Language
code	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Therefore	O
,	O
even	O
inexperienced	O
web	O
designers	O
without	O
knowledge	O
of	O
the	O
ideal	O
HTML	B-Language
code	I-Language
to	O
embed	O
Flash	O
content	O
,	O
can	O
easily	O
insert	O
Flash	O
content	O
into	O
web	O
pages	O
,	O
and	O
have	O
them	O
reliably	O
work	O
for	O
the	O
widest	O
possible	O
audience	O
(	O
excepting	O
those	O
with	O
JavaScript	B-Language
disabled	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flash	O
content	O
inserted	O
using	O
SWFObject	B-Operating_System
will	O
also	O
work	O
on	O
devices	O
that	O
support	O
JavaScript	B-Language
execution	O
(	O
and	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
)	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
the	B-Operating_System
Wii	I-Operating_System
,	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
3	I-Operating_System
and	O
Nokia	B-Application
N800	I-Application
,	O
unlike	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
disadvantage	O
with	O
SWFObject	B-Operating_System
is	O
that	O
visitors	O
with	O
JavaScript	B-Language
disabled	O
in	O
their	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
will	O
not	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
view	O
the	O
Flash	O
content	O
,	O
and	O
will	O
instead	O
see	O
alternate	O
HTML	B-Language
content	O
provided	O
by	O
the	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
For	O
websites	O
that	O
aim	O
to	O
reach	O
the	O
widest	O
possible	O
audience	O
an	O
alternate	O
method	O
is	O
available	O
,	O
by	O
using	O
standards-compliant	O
HTML	B-Language
markup	O
to	O
embed	O
the	O
Flash	O
movie	O
(	O
typically	O
using	O
the	O
tags	O
for	O
the	O
best	O
browser	B-Application
compatibility	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
using	O
the	O
registerObject( )	O
function	O
within	O
the	O
library	B-Language
's	O
API	O
to	O
register	O
the	O
Flash	O
content	O
enabling	O
usage	O
of	O
the	O
other	O
features	O
that	O
the	O
library	B-Language
provides	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SWFObject	B-Operating_System
also	O
includes	O
a	O
few	O
utility	O
functions	O
within	O
its	O
API	O
to	O
retrieve	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
related	O
information	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
checking	O
whether	O
a	O
specific	O
version	O
of	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
is	O
installed	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
few	O
DHTML	B-General_Concept
utilities	O
to	O
help	O
work	O
with	O
the	B-General_Concept
DOM	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
this	O
,	O
the	O
most	O
common	O
reasons	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Website	I-Operating_System
developers	O
turn	O
to	O
external	O
JavaScript	B-Language
frameworks	I-Language
such	O
as	O
jQuery	B-Language
or	O
Prototype	B-Application
are	O
satisfied	O
internally	O
,	O
giving	O
developers	O
fewer	O
reasons	O
to	O
add	O
additional	O
JavaScript	B-Language
libraries	I-Language
to	O
their	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
library	B-Language
can	O
also	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
integrate	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
Express	O
Install	O
into	O
the	O
webpage	O
,	O
allowing	O
users	O
to	O
install	O
the	O
latest	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
without	O
leaving	O
the	O
site	O
,	O
although	O
this	O
requires	O
a	O
browser	B-Application
restart	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SWFAddress	O
is	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
and	O
ActionScript	O
library	B-Language
that	O
allows	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
websites	I-Operating_System
to	O
support	O
deep	O
linking	O
,	O
and	O
can	O
automatically	O
integrate	O
with	O
SWFObject	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
SWFFit	O
(	O
formerly	O
known	O
as	O
FitFlash	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
JavaScript	B-Language
library	I-Language
used	O
to	O
resize	O
Flash	O
movies	O
according	O
to	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
window	O
size	O
,	O
keeping	O
it	O
accessible	O
independent	O
of	O
the	O
screen	O
resolution	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
SWFFit	O
primarily	O
configures	O
the	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
to	O
display	O
scroll	O
bars	O
when	O
content	O
exceeds	O
the	O
browser	B-Application
window	O
size	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
together	O
with	O
SWFObject	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
