An example of how to handle the mouse wheel on ALL browsers then the swf wmode=transparent. The final version we are using is MouseWheelEnabler.
The code is based on: http://blog.earthbrowser.com/2009/01/simple-solution-for-mousewheel-events.html
We just add a check to see if they are using wmode aswell as using os x.
Usage
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<mx:Application
xmlns:mx="http://www.adobe.com/2006/mxml"
layout="absolute"
xmlns:view="view.*"
addedToStage="initMouseWheel()">
<mx:Script>
<![CDATA[
import com.adobe.utils.mousewheel.MouseWheelEnabler;
private function initMouseWheel() : void
{
MouseWheelEnabler.init( stage );
}
]]>
</mx:Script>
<view:MockView />
</mx:Application>