However. As I understand: bots are unable to parse javascript period.

So – in my understanding: bots will only index your home page and no mod/rewrite will ever help.

Could someone confirm this?

I did something like that for a simple website not so long ago.
Here is how it works: every page in the Flash site has an xHTML mirror, at the same URL as in the Flash with SWFAddress (just like you explained). The redirection is triggered by a small Flash file embedded with Javascript in the HTML mirror page (so there is no way for a robot to know there is a redirection).
The Flash site then opens at the good page thanks to SWFAddress.
Finally, the Flash site loads the content from the xHTML mirror page, with a special div contaning valid xHTML=XML that you can parse easily with E4X.

Check it out: http://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Aamovible.be
(Disable Javascript to see the source in the mirror pages)

It’s based on my fellow Hans work on a previous site, http://www.alternativ.be, which uses about the same principle but without SWFAddress http://www.novio.be/blog/?p=3

I just stumbled upon your blog and it seems pretty damn loaded with good stuff
Keep it up

-M

we are juggling with the same issue in a big project at the moment. We are using typo3 for all the content management and url generation. We are thinking about a solution to display and overall using the hardlink and rewriting it to a softlink for swfaddressing in background. But would that effect the client-side js? mod_rewrite stays behind the server-side …

solution: disabling request for flash user using the hardlink and retreiving it with “document.location” instead of a “hash” by listening to changes on the location.

How does it work for u guys? Our goal is to use only one url shema for both clients (bot, flash and html).

Cheers

Florian